William Chien
William Chien
Saxophonist Dr. William Chien is a soloist, chamber musician and educator. He has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He has premiered numerous new works at various international events such as World Saxophone Congress, North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, Navy International Saxophone Symposium, Denton Jazz Festival, Malaysia KK Jazz Festival, Taichung Jazz Festival and Taiwan National Recital Concert Hall. Dr. Chien holds the degree of Doctor of Music from the University of North Texas, major in saxophone performance and related field in jazz study.
Saxophonist Dr. William Chien is a soloist, chamber musician and educator. He has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He has premiered numerous new works at various international events such as World Saxophone Congress, North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, Navy International Saxophone Symposium, Denton Jazz Festival, Malaysia KK Jazz Festival, Taichung Jazz Festival and Taiwan National Recital Concert Hall. Dr. Chien holds the degree of Doctor of Music from the University of North Texas, major in saxophone performance and related field in jazz study.
Dr. Chien has served as a committee member in the First Asian Saxophone Congress and was invited to be the judge for the jazz competition of the Congress in 2016. He assisted many other important saxophone events such as Taiwan International Saxophone Summer Camp and Taipei International Jazz Camp. Dr. Chien has previously served on the faculty as Assistant Professor of Saxophone at Taiwan National Tainan University, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taipei Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei Christ’s College, Kuang Jen High School and Taipei Hwa Kang Art School. He has been awarded the position of Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas from 2010-2013. Since 2018, Dr. Chien directs saxophone ensemble and teaches lessons at Southwestern Adventist University in Keene, Texas, U.S.A. He also maintains a large saxophone studio in DFW areas, his students regularly achieve positions in All-State, All-Region and All-District bands.
In 2017, Dr. Chien started a tutorial YOUTUBE channel, released dozen videos of jazz and saxophone teaching. Within a year, those videos already got more than 300,000 views. Dr. Chien is the author of “Saxophone Learning for Novices” and “Saxophone Altissimo”, published by Mercury Publishing House. For more information, please visit www.williamchien.com.