Liyi Chen

陈力仪女士于1949年4月14日出生于上海市一个高级知识分子家庭。自小好学上进、活泼聪敏、爱好音乐艺术，被选拔为上海市少年宫朗诵队和舞蹈队队员，经常代表上海市少年到机场向外国贵宾献花致礼。1966年中学时代主动报名远赴新疆，历时15载把青春年华贡献给边疆建设。我和力仪在新疆相识相爱相守，长达60年，初心不改。1981年我们作为杭州引进人才回到东南故乡。力仪满腔热忱地投身教育事业，工作之余自学成才获大专学历，并多次到上海音乐学院专科进修。她撰写的”音乐从听起步”的论文获教育部优秀论文奖。三十多年她教书育人、矢志不渝、桃李满天下，直至2004年退休。力仪退休来到美国以后仍热心社区文艺工作，在波士顿地区卫斯理中文学校和康乐老年中心全身心地参与音乐歌唱活动，排练节目，钢琴伴奏获得大家的喜爱和好评。力仪不幸于2026年6月21日凌晨5:30重病离世，享年78岁。

Ms. Chen Liyi was born on April 14, 1949, in Shanghai, into a family of high-level intellectuals. From a young age, she was studious, ambitious, lively, and intelligent, with a deep passion for music and the arts. She was selected as a member of the Shanghai Children’s Palace recitation and dance troupes, frequently representing the youth of Shanghai by presenting flowers and greetings to foreign dignitaries at the airport. In 1966, during her middle school years, she proactively volunteered to head to Xinjiang, dedicating 15 years of her youth to the development of the frontier region. Liyi and I met, fell in love, and built our life together in Xinjiang; for 60 years, our original commitment to one another never wavered. In 1981, we returned to our hometown in the Southeast as talent recruited by the city of Hangzhou. Liyi threw herself into the field of education with boundless enthusiasm, and through self-study, she earned a college degree while working. Her paper, "Music Starts with Listening," was awarded an Outstanding Thesis Award by the Ministry of Education. For over thirty years, she was a dedicated educator, unwavering in her commitment, and she mentored countless students until her retirement in 2004. After moving to the United States following her retirement, Liyi remained passionate about community arts. She wholeheartedly participated in music and singing activities at local Chinese schools and senior centers in the Boston area, where she was beloved and highly regarded for her program rehearsals and piano accompaniment. Liyi unfortunately passed away due to illness in the early morning of June 21, 2026, at 5:30 AM, at the age of 78.