Introduction

Dr. Jason Chen graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music in 1995 with a Bachelor of Music Degree, majoring in composition and piano with a 4-year scholarship. He later furthered his musical studies at the Hong Kong Baptist University, receiving the Master of Arts (majoring in composition and electro-acoustic music) and a Postgraduate Diploma of Education (majoring in Music) respectively in 2000 and 2002. A composer, pianist and researcher, he studied jazz piano and arranging with Prof. Kim Park, and composition under the tutorship of Prof. James Mobberley and Prof. John Chen, and has written over 40 compositions including works for orchestra, chamber music, electroacoustic music and writing music for TV commercials, movie soundtrack. His works have been published by Warner music, Universal music, Capital Artist, What’s music, EEG Records and Hong Kong Composers' Guild. His composition Global Warning for 12 Guitars has been selected by the Hong Kong Composers' Guild to represent the Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) at the 62nd International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) in 2015.

Jason is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts at the Education University of Hong Kong. He had extensive experience in curriculum development and program management as program leader for BEd, BME and sub-degree music program for 15 years. He is also a PhD in music technology at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Australia, researching on composing for film and the media. He has received a General Research Fund (GRF) research project supported by Research Grant Council (RGC) to study compositional thinking in popular and classical music and a Knowledge Transfer (KT) Fund to develop a curriculum in using i-Pad to compose for secondary school. His recent publication includes a journal article published by Springer in STEAM education and a faculty-funded research project in mobile learning in music education. His articles have been published by the top-ranked journals - International Journal of Music Education, Research Studies in Music Education, Music Education Research, Oxford Handbook of Music Technology and Education.

He was the jury panel for New Generation Concert, conducted various workshops for HKAPA, HKCG and EDB and received composition commission from Musicarama 2011. He serves as the external assessor and one committee members for the DSE music curriculum at EDB. He is the editorial board member of the International Journal of Music Education (IJME) and Media Journal of Music Education (MJME). He is appointed as the research commissioner of International Society of Music Education (ISME) and subject specialist by HKCAAVQ. He is a recipient of the Dean's Research Output Prize 2015-16, Dean's Knowledge Transfer Prize 2018-19 and awardee of the International Outstanding E-learning Award 2017-18.

Profile Details          

https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/persons/chi-wai陳智偉-chen

Qualifications      

PhD (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia)

MA (Hong Kong Baptist University)

PGDE (Hong Kong Baptist University)

BMus (University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA)

Areas of Teaching  

Music Technology

Jazz music

Popular music 

Music Theory and Analysis

Music Composition and Improvisation

Research Interests 

Music Technology and Musical Creativity

Mobile Learning and Motivation 

Artifical Intelligence and Data Analytics in Music Education

Popular Music Education 

Jazz Music and Pedagogy

STEAM education 

Music Composition and Improvisation

Music Theory and Analysis

Selected Outputs   

• Chen, C. W. J. (2020) AI in music rducation: The impact of using artificial intelligence (AI) application to practise scales and arpeggios in a virtual learning environment. In W. W. Ma, K. Tong, & W. B. A. Tso (Eds.), Learning environment and design: Current and future impacts (pp. 307-322). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8167-0_19
• Chen, C. W. J., & O’Neill, S. A. (2020). Computer-mediated composition pedagogy: Students’ engagement and learning in popular music and classical music. Music Education Research, 22(2), 185-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2020.1737924
• Chen, C. W. J. (2019). Mobile composing: Professional practices and impact on students’ motivation in popular music.International Journal of Music Education, 38(1), 147-158. https://doi.org/10.1177/0255761419855820
• Chen, C. W. J. (2018). Group creativity: mapping the creative process of a cappella choirs in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom using the musical creativities framework.Music Education Research, 20(1) 59-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2017.1290594
• Chen, C. W. J. (2017). Mobile learning and the ICT in music education in Hong Kong. In A. Ruthmann & R. Mantie (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Technology and Music Education(pp.163-170). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199372133.013.16

Research Projects  

• i-Learning: Develop a Curriculum in Using iPad to Compose Music for Secondary School Students in Hong Kong (KT fund 2017-2019)
• Computer-mediated Composition Pedagogy: Engagement in Popular Music and Classical Music (Dean's Research Prize 2017-2019)
• Music Composition Intelligence: An Empirical Study to Observe Compositional Approaches and Compositional Thinking during the Creative Process of Computer-assisted Composition in Secondary School (GRF 2016-18)

Prizes and Awards 

• Dean's Knowledge Transfer Prize 2018-19
• International Outstanding e-Learning Awards (国际杰出电子教学奖) 2017-18
• Dean's Research Output Prize 2015-16

External Appointments

• Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Music Education (IJME)
• Editorial Board member of the Media Journal of Music Education (MJME)
• Commissioner, Research Commission, International Society of Music Education (ISME)
• HKCAAVQ subject specialist
• External examiner of the Higher Diploma in Popular Music and Music Production at OUHK-LiPACE (2018-Present)

Major External Research Grants

• Music Composition Intelligence: An Empirical Study to Observe Compositional Approaches and Compositional Thinking during the Creative Process of Computer-assisted Composition in Secondary School (GRF, 2016-18)