Dr. Hooi Yin Boey
Hooi Yin Boey is an independent piano instructor and collaborative pianist in Morgantown,
WV. She is an Artist Teacher in WVU’s Community Music Program. She served as
adjunct instructor at WVU School of Music from 2017-2020. Until Spring 2016,
Dr. Boey served as a tenured Associate Professor of Music at Alderson Broaddus
University. A native of Malaysia, Dr. Boey earned her Associate Degree in piano
performance at UCSI University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, followed by Bachelor
of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in piano performance
at WVU. Her teachers and mentors include Dr. Peter Amstutz, Dr. Connie Arrau
Sturm, and Dr. James Miltenberger.
In 2014, Dr. Boey was honored by ABU’s Student Government Association as the “Outstanding
Faculty Member of the Year” at ABU’s annual Commencement. She is also the recipient
of the 2012 Distinguished Teacher of the Year award and 2019 Distinguished Leader
of the Year award from the West Virginia Music Teachers Association. Dr. Boey
is a dedicated studio teacher and her students, including pre-college and college
level, have earned outstanding ratings in WVMTA adjudicated performances and
have won numerous awards in WVMTA state piano competitions, WVMTA Mountain State
competitions, Morgantown Piano Competition, and Elite International Music Competition.
Hooi Yin Boey is active as recitalist and accompanist. She has also given scholarly
presentations at the National Convention of the Music Teachers National Association
(MTNA) and at the State Convention of the West Virginia Music Education Association.
As a collaborative artist, she performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City in
the 2010 ensemble debut of Alderson Broaddus University’s Concert Choir. Other
performance highlights include a 2010 piano-duet recital with her husband, Peter
Amstutz, at UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and a 2012 collaboration
with ABU’s Concert Band, performing an arrangement of Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto
in G minor, on ABU’s Spring Concert that year.
Dr. Boey is an adjudicator for piano competitions, including MTNA events in West Virginia, Ohio, and Virginia; she also served on the semifinals jury panel for the 2016 UCSI International Piano Competition in Malaysia. Dr. Boey has been an active member of MTNA and WVMTA since 1998 and served on the WVMTA Administrative Board from 2005 to 2017. In WVMTA she also served as District-Two Chair from 2005-2017, First Vice President from 2007-2009, Competition Chair 2007-2009, and Membership Chair from 2009-2013. Since Fall 2017, she has been the faculty advisor for MTNA/WVMTA’s WVU Student Chapter.
