Vancouver Chinese Singers (VCS) is a BC government registered non-profit organization, established in 1984 by a group of enthusiastic music-loving Chinese Canadians. The members felt that through music they could express their warm memories and yearning for their homeland.

In addition to one or two concert performances per year, VCS (Yuan Dao) has also participated in many Canadian activities and charitable events, including: Performances by invitation at EXPO '86 and at the 2003 Taiwan Cultural Festival in Vancouver; A concert, entitled "An Evening with Yuan Dao", in 1997 (Canada's Year of Asia-Pacific) sponsored by the Foreign Affairs Department of Canada; Fund-raising concerts for Vancouver's Children's Hospital and earthquake victims in Taiwan. They have also visited local hospitals and senior nursing homes occasionally.

The members of Yuan Dao have also made many friends through music, including visits to Vancouver from Melodia Sinica Choir of Los Angeles, and twice from Rong Rong Choir of Seattle. VCS have also traveled to Seattle - once in 1989 to perform with Rong Rong, then in 1995 to sing with Seattle's Qing Qing and Four Seasons Choirs, and the Qing Qing Choir from San Francisco.

Yuan Dao sings a variety of music, including traditional and contemporary folk songs from east and west, as well as classical songs, songs with poetic verse, and religious songs of praise. With new acquaintances and long-time members united in music and teamwork, VCS will always strive to improve in the future.

Conductor:Katherine Lu (1997 to now)
Katherine, born in Taiwan, graduated from U.B.C. with B.Sc. major in chemistry. She first started voice lessons as a teenager in Taiwan. Later she studied and completed the Royal Conservatory curriculum under the guidance of Beth Watson in Vancouver. She has also practiced Russian songs with pianist Janina Kuzmas for three years and she has studied the techniques of singing English songs and German lieder with Soprano Anna Tamm-Relyea for many years. In the last few years, Katherine has been giving annual recitals regularly. She was twice in Beijing, China to study the interpretation and singing of Chinese folk songs. Katherine is one of the founders of the Vancouver Chinese Singers Society. She has been the conductor for the group since 1997. She is now teaching Mandarin full time at Burnaby North Secondary School.

Accompanist:I-Fen Peng (2005 to 2015)
Dr. Peng started to play piano at the age of four and later entered the National NormalUniversity of Taiwan as the recipient of a nationalscholarship where she studied piano withProfessor Li-Na Yeh. In 1994 she completed her Master of Music at Ohio StateUniversitywhere she studied piano with world renowned pianists Earl Wild and Dr. Rosemary Platt. Dr. Peng then received a full scholarship to pursue her doctoral studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music where her mentors included James Tocco, Eugene Pridonoff, Sandra Rivers and Kenneth Griffith. Additionally, Dr. Peng participated in master classes with Hans Leygraf, Menahem Pressler, and Ruth Laredo. Dr. Peng was broadcast live on WGUC Radio of Cincinnati on several occasions while a resident of Ohio.
In 2001 she was appointed to the position of Assistant Professor at the Tainan University of Arts and Technology. Dr. Peng relocated Vancouver British Columbia next year to establish a private academy. Dr. Peng has been an active teacher and performer during her Vancouver years. She has collaborated with choirs, professional instrumentalists, vocalists and fellow piano players in several venues including the Chan Centre, the Vancouver Playhouse and theTaiwanese Cultural Festival at the Plaza of Nations. Her students are routinely successful in local festivals have achieved performers levels as high as the ARCT and beyond.