FACULTY
Eleanor Wong
A.R.A.M., G.R.S.M., L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., Recital Dip. R.A.M.)
Postgraduated Dip. (Manhattan School of Music, New York)
Professor Wong teaches at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. She is also an Honorary Professor at the Wu Han Conservatory of Music, Tianjin Conservatory of Music and a Steinway Honorary Professor. She has been a frequent juror for local and international competitions and has given concerts, masterclasses in many parts of the world. Her students have won prizes in national and international competitions. Her teachers have included Frederic Jackson, Artur Balsam and Vladimir Perlemuter. She is Chairman of the Hong Kong Piano Teachers Association.
Helen Wong
M.Mus., University of Michigan, A.R.AM., L.R.S.M.
Ms. Wong was on the piano faculty of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts before joining the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and The Menuhin faculty at the Nueva School in Hillsborough, California. Ms. Wong is an active performer, adjudicator and lecturer. She has concertized in the U.K., U.S.A., China and Hong Kong. She has given lectures and Master Classes in Sichuan and Beijing and has adjudicated the Bartok Festival of California, the U.S. Open Piano Competition, the Menuhin - Dowling Young Musicians Competition and The Hong Kong Schools Music Festival. Her teachers have included Max Pirani and Gyorgy Sander.
Mary Yeung
M.Mus.Ed., HK Baptist University
Mary Yeung began her early piano training with Josephine Lo and Wong Tak Lun. Graduating with a B.A. degree in Music at the Chinese University of HK under Choi Sown Li in 1987, Mary studied choral conducting under Dr. Angela Tam while teaching Music at Canossa College. In 1996, Mary became Panel head of the Music department while completing her Master degree in Mus. Ed. at HK Baptist University. At Canossa College, Mary started instrumental classes, orchestras and school choirs that participated in local competitions and events. These groups served as an excellent platform for nurturing young music lovers.
Mary Mei-Loe Wu
A.R.C.M. (Hons), M.MUS., D.M.A.
Giving her first public appearance at the age of three, she has benefited from numerous teachers including her mother Constance Wu, Betty Drown, Peter Norris, Lous Kentner, Kendall Taylor, Phyllis Sellick, Ruth Dysan, Vlado Perlemuter and Guido Agosti. An active performer, she has given recitals in Europe, North America, East Asia and Hong Kong. Ms. Loo is on the faculty of theHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, University of Hong Kong, Baptist University and Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Nancy Loo
M.Mus., The Juilliard School
Born in Hong Kong, Ms. Loo has won numerous international competitions, including the 'Rina Sala Gallo', 'Marguerite Long'', 'Viotti' and the 'Premjo Jaen'. Her teachers have included Adele Marcus, Vlado Perlemuter and Guido Agosti. An active performer, she has given recitals in Europe, North America, East Asia and Hong Kong, where she performs regularly with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 1985, Ms. Loo is on the faculty of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, University of Hong Kong, Baptist University and Chinese University of Hong Kong. Currently, she presents a music programme on Radio 4, Radio TV H.K. and writes for magazines and newspapers.