Yushi's Music

Yushihouse aims to promote individual thinking and self-expression using arts as channels--music is one such excellent medium. We are honoured to have Gwendolyn Wong to be Yushihouse’s Musician-in-Residence. Yushi’s Music provides a gateway for participants to experience and appreciate the beauty of music.

With her rich musical knowledge and teaching experience, Gwendolyn has designed a series of music courses and talks tailored to students as well as the general public. Our piano courses and public music talks strive to promote participants’ aesthetics development through expanding his/her musical horizon. The well-structured piano courses will allow students to advance in musicality, interpretation, style, and technique, thus laying a solid foundation for them to take part in piano examinations. Our public talks will allow audience to further their understanding and appreciation of music.

Musician-in-Residence, Yushihouse

Gwendolyn Wong, BMus (Hons), BS (Hons)

solo pianist, piano teacher, chamber musician, instrumental/vocal collaborative pianist, music public speaker

Graduated with an honours degree in Piano Performance, Ms. Wong received her professional training in the U.S. under the tutelage of Dr. Lorna Griffitt (Indiana University) and Nina Scolnik (Julliard School, Oberlin Conservatory), from whom she inherited her musical lineage of the renowned world-class pianist Manaheim Pressler. Ms. Wong has both performed in the U.S. and at home as a solo pianist and chamber musi

Being member of MTAC (Music Teachers' Association of California), Ms. Wong has dedicated much of her time to music teaching, and has taught students from beginner to performance level. She is well-read in Piano Pedagogy and has developed her unique teaching methods from the pedagogic principles of Otto Ortmann, Tobias Matthay, Abby Whiteside, Heinrich Neuhaus, Josef Lhevinne, Mildred Portney Chase, Rosalie Levant, and Walter Gieseking.

In addition to her music performance degree, Ms. Wong earned a second degree in Neurobiology and conducted research. As both a musician and scientist, she is interested in Auditory Neuroscience. She has examined sound processing in the brain, particularly, the primary auditory cortex’s role in learning and memory. Her research findings have been published in a peer-review journal. Ms. Wong also holds an avid interest in Music Psychology. Her unique background allows her to combine the science of music with traditional pedagogic principles in her teaching.

With a mission to promote the general public's appreciation of classical music, Ms. Wong gives talks on piano technique, piano literature interpretation, piano pedagogy, music and appreciation, music and neuroscience.

GUQIN class

tutor: Wang Ying Yuan (in Cantonese)

every Thursday starting 9 February 2012, 7.30 - 9,00 p.m.

For details, please refer to "current activities" page