As partial fulfillment for the Doctoral of Musical Arts degree, Dr. Chan presented her doctoral thesis on George Enescu’s Sonata No.3 in A minor "dans le caractère populaire roumain" (in Romanian Folk Style) for violin and piano. The presentation focused on the influences of Romanian folk music on the work and Enescu’s innovations of musical notation, merging the lines between folk style and Western Classical traditions. The lecture recital concluded with a performance of the sonata its in entirety, performed with pianist Lorena Tecu.