TCS Institute for Choral Arts

TCS Fifty Mixed Choir TCS Fifty Mixed Choir

Founded in 2011 under conductor 方素貞, the TCS Fifty Mixed Choir is the only mixed choir of the TCS Institute for Choral Arts. Its members come from all walks of life and share a love of singing, pursuing their musical ideals on stage.

Since its founding, the TCS Fifty Mixed Choir has given more than fifty performances in venues far and wide. In 2017 it made its debut on the stage of the National Concert Hall in Taipei, and between 2019 and 2026 it presented its own full-length concerts, Blooming 50, at the National Recital Hall, the Eslite Performance Hall, the Multi-Purpose Hall of the Taipei Biotechnology Park and the Chung Cheng Auditorium of Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, steadily deepening its musical strength.

In addition to its own concerts, the TCS Fifty Mixed Choir has taken part many times in TCS Funfest, the large-scale production presented by the TCS Institute for Choral Arts, sharing the stage and exchanging ideas with outstanding choirs from Taiwan and abroad. It has also been invited to perform internationally in Miyazaki, Japan, and Surabaya, Indonesia, presenting selected Taiwanese choral works and exchanging different cultural perspectives.

A key advocate for choral music, the TCS Fifty Mixed Choir has long used choral singing to reach out to the community, touring regularly to museums, hospitals, senior care centers and community organizations. By bringing music closer to the public and into everyday life, the choir sows seeds of beauty and goodness wherever it goes.

Conductor · Piano

Conductor

方素貞

方素貞 received early vocal training from 洪惠美 and 郭美智.
In 1990 方素貞 graduated first in the Western music division of the Department of Music, Chinese Culture University, majoring in voice under Professor 李靜美.

In 1992 方素貞 co-founded the Taipei Chamber Singers with a group of fellow choral enthusiasts and became its General Manager, taking part with the choir in several international competitions with distinguished results, including First Prize in the Chamber Choir Category and the Grand Prix at the 22nd Béla Bartók International Choir Competition and Folklore Festival in Hungary in 2006. A frequent soprano soloist in Taipei Chamber Singers concerts, 方素貞 has won praise from audiences in Taiwan and abroad for refined technique and heartfelt expression, and is often invited to appear as a soloist with other ensembles.

Between 1997 and 2024, 方素貞 founded the TCS Female Choir and TCS Female Choir 2, 3, 4 and 5, as well as the TCS Fifty Mixed Choir.

方素貞 has conducted the TCS Fifty Mixed Choir at the National Concert Hall and the National Recital Hall, and in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.

方素貞 is currently General Manager of the Taipei Chamber Singers and conductor of the TCS Fifty Mixed Choir, the TCS Female Choir, the CPC Choir, the NSTC Yunxin Choir, the Taoyuan Zhiyin Choir and the Rotary International District 3521 Choir, among others.

Piano

陳柔安

Holds a master's degree in piano performance from the Department of Music, Taipei National University of the Arts, having studied with Professors 林宏興, 黃淑珺, 熊育馨 and 王美齡, and has received coaching in piano master classes with Yury Ayrapetyan, Yong Hi Moon, 吉武雅子, 葉孟儒, Andrew Brownell and Daniel Epstein, among others.

Won First Prize in the university music division at the national finals of the 2014 Taiwan Grand Prize Music Competition, and went on to receive an Excellence Award at the Japan finals of the Japan Classical Music Competition. In 2016, won the Gold Award (First Prize) in the piano division at the Asia International Piano Academy & Festival with Competition in Korea. Has served many times as collaborative pianist for Japanese performers in Taiwan–Japan joint exchange concerts. Received the Collaborative Piano Award at the German Art Song Competition of the Association of Vocalists of the Republic of China in 2017 and 2018. In 2019 and 2020, performed as collaborative pianist with the TNUA opera class in excerpts from The Merry Wives of Windsor, L'elisir d'amore and La gazza ladra.

From 2019 to 2025, served as collaborative pianist for concerts of the National Hakka Children's Choir at the National Concert Hall, the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), the National Taichung Theater and elsewhere. This work includes piano rehearsals for the symphonic poem cycle Taiwan Hakka 369 Movements (臺灣客家369樂章) and the concerts With Love to Hakka: Children Sing of Hakka Heritage (情寄客家——童心樂唱客家情), the choir's inaugural concert; Moonlight, a World of Tung Blossoms: Singing Hakka Together (月光光．桐花世界——齊心樂唱客家情); Children of Light (光个細人仔); Awaiting the Dawn: Together We Look Toward the Light of Day (望天光——亻恩等共下，望向日頭天光); Love in a Baby Sling (揹帶个愛); and the Presidential Office concert Surging Winds: Hsinchu (風湧　新竹). In April 2025, toured Japan, taking part in events of the Tokyo Tsung Tsin Association and giving a full concert, Heavenly Hakka Voices from Taiwan (來自台灣．客家天籟), at IMA Hall.

In 2025, appeared as pianist with the Taipei Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Symphonic Concert, and that December took part with the TCS Fifty Mixed Choir in the international exchange concert TCS Funfest 2025.

Recently served as an adjudicator for the Miaoli County preliminary round of the 2025–26 (ROC academic year 114) National Student Music Competition and Teacher-Student Folk Song Competition. In 2026, served as orchestra keyboardist with the New Philharmonic Orchestra for the Taiwan stop of the 40th-anniversary world tour of the full musical The Phantom of the Opera.

In recent years, has focused on chamber music and the art of collaborative piano, exploring many facets of music and broadening artistic perspectives, and is frequently invited to take part in performances of many kinds, building a wide repertoire. Currently collaborative pianist for the TCS Fifty Mixed Choir and the Octagon Tower Male Choir.

Performance History

2026/09 International Exchange Concert in Surabaya, Indonesia Auditorium Gedung W Petra Christian University
2026/08 Songs for Kindred Spirits Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center
2025/12 TCS Funfest New Taipei City Arts Center
2025/04 Songs for Kindred Spirits Shuang Lien Elderly Center, Sanzhi
2025/04 Songs for Kindred Spirits Kingcar Art Center
2024/12 Blooming 50 Multi-Purpose Hall, Taipei Biotechnology Park, Nangang
2024/10 Songs for Kindred Spirits Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
2024/09 Songs for Kindred Spirits Jintai Neighborhood
2024/03 TCS Funfest Zhongshan Hall, Taipei – Chung Cheng Auditorium
2023/03 Blooming 50 Eslite Performance Hall
2022/12 Songs for Kindred Spirits Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall – Ta Hsiao Gate Plaza
2021/12 TCS Funfest New Taipei City Arts Center – Auditorium
2020/09 TCS Funfest Zhongshan Hall, Taipei – Chung Cheng Auditorium
2019/09 Blooming 50 National Recital Hall
2019/08 Love Without End Cheng Hsin General Hospital
2018/12 Love Without End Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
2018/10 TCS Funfest Zhongshan Hall, Taipei
2018/03 Singing Together for Long-Term Care Charity Concert CPC Kuo Kuang Hall, Taipei
2017/08 Confluence: Taipei Chamber Singers 25th Anniversary Concert National Concert Hall
2017/07 Invited Performance in Miyazaki, Japan Hyuga City Central Community Center Hall
2017/05 Love Without End Taipei City Hospital, Yangming Branch
2016/12 TCS Funfest New Taipei City Arts Center – Auditorium
2016/12 Love Without End Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
2015/11 Love Without End Shuang Lien Elderly Center, Sanzhi
2015/10 Love Without End Taipei Yangming Institution for the Disabled, Huagang Branch
2015/01 Songs of the Years Taipei City Hall Parent-Child Theater
2014/09 TCS Funfest Zhongshan Hall, Taipei
2014/08 An Evening of Beautiful Voices Taipei Water Park
2013/11 Songs of the Years KHS Concert Hall, Luzhou
2012/11 Songs of the Years National Palace Museum
2012/01 Choir Express Shuang Lien Elderly Center, Sanzhi
2011/09 Choir Express Dream Community Theater, Xizhi

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