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About Alice

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Alice is an Asian American/Chinese American pianist, music educator, scholar, activist and lifelong Brooklyn, New Yorker. She graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and a Master of Arts in Music Education, and is currently a doctoral candidate (ABD) in music education at Boston University. Alice is the founding music teacher at P.S. 532 New Bridges Elementary, an arts-integrated public elementary school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. As a product of the NYC public school system, Alice is passionate about decolonizing, anti-racist, abolitionist public music education and empowering the individual and collective voices of youth through music as expression.

For more on Alice’s work as a music educator, check out the following channels:

  • Music with Miss Alice on Instagram
  • Music with Miss Alice with PS 532 New Bridges Elementary on YouTube

Support Alice’s work through her Venmo: @AliceTsui


Alice started playing piano when she was four years old. She gave her first performance when she was seven years old, and she has competed in various competitions including the Young Artists Competition in Queens College, the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Competition, the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Piano Concerto Competition, the NYU Steinhardt Piano Concerto Competition and the Kosciuszko Piano Competition. In December 2007, Alice performed Bach’s Piano Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 and was awarded the Gold Medal of Excellence in the Brooklyn Technical High School Orchestra. At the Manhattan School of Music where Alice studied piano, she was awarded the Eva Van Gelder Piano Scholarship; at NYU, Alice was awarded the Steinhardt Education Scholarship and the Eileen E. Zaglin Scholarship For Showing Exceptional Creativity and Promise in the Arts.

Alice has performed in the Interstudio Showcase in the Frederick Loewe Theatre, the Chopin Bicentennial Celebration in the Blackbox Theatre, the World Financial Center’s Chopin 200 Celebration, the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park for Sing for Hope, NYU’s Tutte Le Corde: Music after 1940, and in Chamber Ensemble recitals at Tenri Cultural Institute. Alice has played in the Kutztown University Summer Chamber Music Festival as well as the International Keyboard Institute & Festival. In May 2012, Alice won the American Music Teachers League Competition and performed in Carnegie Hall as part of the Young Musicians Concert.

Alice has studied with Mabel Tao, Maxim Anikushin, Maria Asteriadou, Miyoko Lotto, and Jose Ramon Mendez. Alice graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and a Master of Arts in Music Education. Alice is currently a doctoral candidate (ABD) in music education at Boston University.

Alice is the founding music teacher at P.S. 532 New Bridges Elementary, an arts-integrated public elementary school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Alice is on Piano Faculty at the Manhattan School of Music Summer program (MSM Summer). Alice also currently teaches private piano lessons to students of all ages and levels throughout New York City, and online across the world. Alice served as the Arts & Education Coordinator of East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU) and on Artist Development with Kollaboration New York. Alice facilitated freestyle rap, hip-hop, improv, and comedy musical experiences with youth and adults across the U.S. with Freestyle Love Supreme. Alice experiments with covers and remixes songs; you can find these videos on her YouTube channel alongside her classical performances. As a product of the NYC public school system, Alice is passionate about anti-racist public music education and empowering the individual and collective voices of youth through music. To learn more about Alice as a music educator, check out www.musicwithmissalice.com.

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“Every song is a story…” as we embarked on our first @carnegiehall Musical Explorers Concert this year! Listen to @ps532newbridges 2nd Grade musicians singing, jamming, and dancing along to the incredible @jacobdilli, @quianaparler, and @soulsciencelab! #NewBridges
Happy Lunar New Year 2023! 🧧
My 10th Birthday at @ps532newbridges 🥳! Feeling all the celebration vibes with love, dance, and music! 💫🎶🥰 #NewBridges
Empower your musical community through “Lunar Vibes,” an original tender, lo-fi rap inspired by the Lunar New Year and filled with vibes to last all year long! The “Lunar Vibes” Original Song, Instrumental, Lyrics, and Teaching Guide is a digital resource that empowers students to share their voices through affirmations. “Lunar Vibes” is a tender, lo-fi rap with sparkling melodies and silky harmonies. “Lunar Vibes” centers love, unity, the now, and affirmations as we rise. Adaptable for students across the grades, the “Lunar Vibes” Teaching Guide encourages music educators to reflect on their own pedagogy through reflection questions specifically for this song. Speak your affirmations with pride with your “Lunar Vibes”!
“The time is always right to do what is right.” “Love builds up and unites.” In honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., encourage young people to honor through action, do what is right for our communities, and lead with love as we continue to build upon his legacy throughout our lives. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 #NewBridges
Welcome to our 10th Annual Winter Arts Festival: “Many Voices, One Mission”! #NewBridges
Prioritizing the PLAY in PLAYING MUSIC! Listen to New Bridges musicians sightreading “Boomtrapper” by @fwillismusic and @swicksclassroom ❤️🧡💛 Hear us sightread aka rehearse, listen, refine, experience, and PLAY! #NewBridges
Listen to our First Grade Musicians proudly sing the Chorus of the New Bridges Anthem as I accompany on flute for the first time ever! 🎤🎵💫 #NewBridges
“Unapologetic when we pull up… bet you you’ll see far, bet you you’ll see stars, bet you you’ll elevate” — @beyonce Shoutout to the @ps532newbridges New Bridges Orchestra for shining brightly with me in celebrating each other as part of Many Voices: One Mission! Humbled to be a @recordingacademy @grammymuseum 2023 Finalist for the Music Educator Award! Music education will always be for the youth, by the youth, and because of the youth! 🎶🎵💫 #NewBridges

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