Musical Hospitality – bringing musical joy to hospitals and senior care facilities

50 Shades of Hospitality

Today’s podcast features Tom Su, a former hotelier who has found a unique way of combining music with hospitality. After working several years in the hospitality industry in Taipei, Tom chose a different path in telecommunications. But his love for music and his desire to share this passion has finally led him to bringing musical joy to hospitals and senior care facilities. Listen to this episode to learn how he combines music, hospitality, communications, counseling and volunteering in his life.

Tom Su is a musician, a hotelier, a telecommunication manager, a life counsellor and a volunteer. He was born in Taiwan and has a fine arts bachelor degree in violin. He also graduated from Glion Hotel School in 1996. He later became the director of sales and marketing at The Ritz Taipei at the ageof 30. In 2003, he emigrated to Canada where he earned an MBA at the University of Victoria, specialising in Service Management. During the pandemic, he recognised the mental health crisis, so he went back to school and got his certifications in Life Coach and Life Counselling.

Currently Tom is working at Telus, a telecommunications company in Canada. Since 2006, he has also been playing the violin with the West Coast Symphony. Most importantly, he is an active volunteer in senior care facilities, hospitals and his community.

Recently, Tom was awarded as a Local Hero from the mayor of Burnaby in June 2023, to recognize his contribution to the community and an article about his volunteer work was featured in Pancouver, a local Vancouver publication.

(https://pancouver.ca/violinist-tom-su-spreads-joy-and-builds-empathy-by-taking-his-music-to-the-people/).