Ting C. Huang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She realized her passion for music when she was four years old. Piano was her first instrument. At the age of 8, she started playing oboe and later graduated from Kuang Jen Music School in Taipei, Taiwan. During her teens, Ting actively engaged in a variety of music activities. She was the principle oboist of Taipei County Youth Orchestra, the lead singer of the school band, and the member of school choir, all while continuing her piano studies!
In college, Ting had broadened her horizons. She pursued her bachelors degree in social work with a minor in music. She focused her studies on psychiatric social work and completed her internship in Psychiatry Department (Adult) at National Taiwan University Hospital. As a musician, she was the principle oboist for numerous wind ensembles and an oboist in The Wind Band of Taipei Symphony Orchestra which performed at the National Concert Hall several times. As an educator, she worked as a swimming coach for Blue Whale Swimming School, substitute oboe instructor at National Kinmen Senior High School and as a tutor as well.
With her heart being in music, Ting decided to utilize this passion as a therapeutic tool and as a media to communicate with, bring joy to and improve the quality of life of various populations. Upon this revelation, Ting moved to the United States in 2005 and pursed her master's degree in music therapy.
Ting received the International Chancellor’s Non-Resident Scholarship Award (2005-2009) from the University of Missouri- Kansas City (UMKC) and was admitted for the music therapy program. Ting also received a scholarship from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Ting has done her clinical works and internship in a wide variety of settings, such as mental health hospitals, elementary schools, free health clinics, children’s hospitals, children’s development centers, skilled nursing homes and adult day programs. Ting is a board certified music therapist, and an accomplished music educator. She believes that music is a powerful way to communicate, interact and bring people together, and that belief is reflected daily in her work as a therapist and a teacher.
