Division of Strings, Wind, Brass and Percussion
The Division of Strings, Wind, Brass, and Percussion of the School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen integrates performance, teaching, and research. The school has established several student ensembles including a student symphony orchestra and chamber groups. Currently, the division offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in all strings, wind, brass, and percussion major including violin, viola, cello, double bass, guitar, harp, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, french horn, trombone, tuba, trumpet, and percussion. The division aims to develop multiple talents with high-level performance skills. Career pathways include, but are not limited to solo performance, chamber ensemble, and orchestral. In terms of activities, the division regularly invites internationally and nationally renowned artists to visit as well as hold master classes and concerts to enrich students’ learning through multiple aspects.
The teaching faculty of the Division offers a wide range of expertise and a comprehensive curriculum. Under the leadership of Professor Vera, TSU Weiling, the renowned educator, violinist, and Academic Leader of the Division, the Division consists of many well-known artists, such as percussionist, Professor Le YU; violinist, Professor YAO Jue; hornist, Associate Professor Robert FANT, Associate Professor (Teaching) Tianxia WU; violinist, Assistant Professor Stanislav Pronin; clarinetist, Assistant Professor (Teaching) YI Cheng; violinist, Assistant Professor (Teaching) Shucong HE; saxphonist, Assistant Professor (Teaching) Tak-Chiu WONG; violinist, Assistant Professor (Teaching) Yoon Jung YANG; cellist, Lecturer Yiqiu CHEN; collaborative piano, Lecturer Ming ZHAO, Lecturer Xiaoya LIU; violinist ZHANG Jingye; concert violist and violinist, Andrew LING; cellist, Jiapeng NIE; double bassist, XUE Yu; flutist, Qi YAN, YUAN Long; oboist, Sai KAI; bassoonist, Benjamin Moermond; trombonist, Kevin Thompson; trumpeter, Robert Smith; tubaist, Paul Luxenberg; percussionist, LIU Heng; collaborative piano, ZHANG Chen; and so on. Our faculty members are often invited to be on the jury of many international as well as national competitions and festivals. The Academic Leader of the Division Prof. Vera, TSU Weiling, and Programme Director of Percussion Prof. Le YU have recently served as judicators of the Singapore International Violin Competition and the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards.
Currently, the division is still searching for relevant faculties aiming to continue building up an international and diversified faculty team. The ultimate goal of our division is to attract the top talents from all over the world to join us together and establish a first-class music scheme in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China.