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Piano

Passionate about teaching and performing, pianist Jocelyn Lai seeks to inspire and connect people through classical music.  

Described by the Vancouver Sun as “get[ting] the balance between lush lyricism, sparkling keyboard figurations, and formal rigour just right” in her most recent performance, as a classical concert pianist, she has performed at festivals and academies across Canada, the United States, and Spain. Over the past few years, she also presented a solo concert tour across British Columbia (Kamloops, Cranbrook, Squamish), presenting a program of Canadian works interweaved with the European classics.

With patience, encouragement, and the ability to connect individually with her students, Jocelyn empowers her students to discover their distinct musical voices by teaching piano technique and artistry at all levels. As an educator, she served as a lecturer teaching music theory at Hunter College (New York), guided children through private piano instruction at the Nord Anglia International School and taught more than forty classes of secondary piano in the college division at the Juilliard School. Now based in Vancouver, BC, she is a full-time instructor of piano studies in the Language, Literature, and Performing Arts Department at 51�鱨վ and serves on the faculty at the Vancouver Academy of Music.

Jocelyn holds a Bachelor of Music from the UBC School of Music, Master of Music from the Juilliard School, an Artist Diploma from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts from the City University of New York Graduate Center. Her musical inspiration and guidance come from her teachers: Jane Coop, HaeSun Paik, and Julian Martin.