Vivian Koo
Founder and Director of Bassline Institute of Music
Singer-songwriter
Introduction:
Vivian Koo is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter.
She graduated from Wuhan Conservatory of Music, Boston Conservatory of Music and Central Academy of Drama in the United States, and has more than 10 years of music performance and teaching experience.
She has participated in many singing competitions and won awards, and participated in the 2014
"Superstar 4" and won the runner-up.
Recently, Yawei Gu has been focusing on creating her own works, including her latest work "Liar".
Alex Lau
Founder of Bassline Music Academy
Record Company Music Director
Introduction:
Alex is a senior composer, arranger, producer, record company music director, and founder of Bassline Music Academy.
He graduated from Sydney Conservatorium of Music, majoring in composition, and has over ten years of teaching experience. He is currently a music director for a record company, and has also worked as a concert music director and keyboardist, and has composed music for many TV series and films.
Alex has produced over 100 songs and has collaborated with artists including Hins Cheung, Leon Lai, Ruoxi Wu, Hu Hongchun, Hu Hong, Ken Cheng, Chen Zhanpeng, Luo Tianyu, etc.
His recent works include:
"Liar" - Yawei Gu (composer, arrangement, supervisor)
"Love" - Yan Mingxi (Composition, Arrangement, Supervision)
"He's Not You" - Shiga Lin (Composition, Conductor)
"Bubbly Cucumber" - Chantel x Aska (composer, arrangement, supervisor)
Casey Tse
Star singing instructor
Singer-songwriter
🏆Graduate of Avex Artist Academy in Japan🏆Runner-up of the Hong Kong audition of The Voice of China (Season 2)🏆Experienced singer Vocal Coach, training hundreds of students
#Careful guidance teaching style
Teaching philosophy:
Have you ever felt that singing is something abstract? Even if you receive some feedback and know where you want to improve, you don’t know how to actually do it?
My teaching philosophy is to make learning to sing a very concrete thing, so that students can go from knowledge to control the body and vocal system, and then be able to produce the desired effect. When you try this training method, you will find that the whole process is not only not abstract, but also very concrete and can be controlled. It lays a solid foundation, thereby establishing the stability of students' singing performances, and also cultivates students' ability to analyze songs and analyze interpretation methods, thereby establishing their personal style and singing out the emotions of the songs.
The goal is to cultivate singers with solid skills and soulful voices.
Rena Leung
Star singing instructor
🏆Bachelor of Music, Hong Kong Baptist University - First Class Honors
🏆Concert and album vocalists
#Academic Basics Teaching Style
The teaching philosophy is:
As a classically trained teacher, I hope to integrate music theory and performance. By analyzing different types of songs, such as classical and pop, I can help students better understand their own vocal characteristics and find their own unique style.
In addition to improving singing skills, I also focus on cultivating students' music theory foundation, including beat sense and pitch. At the same time, I will arrange interesting open voice exercises to train students' listening ability. Through these systematic training, students can not only master professional singing skills, but also discover the unique charm of their own voice. This is my teaching philosophy - integrating theory with practice to help students become excellent singers.
Jarryd Tam
Star singing instructor
🏆《Emperor New Talent Singing Contest 2010》Golden Mimi Award + Online Popularity Award (double champion)
🏆TVB 26th Artist Training Class Graduates
🏆Over 300 musical performances
🏆Experience singing pop songs on various stages from shopping malls to the Hong Kong Coliseum
The teaching philosophy is:
Technique is the container of emotion. Everyone has different voice characteristics. How can you make your singing more penetrating, discover your own voice, and sing in your own style?
I attach great importance to basic vocal training and tailor-made simple and easy-to-understand methods to quickly master vocal skills. I will also share tips on how to keep your voice stable and open up more and more. With the understanding of your own voice, you can interpret emotions more delicately and sing songs into the hearts of the audience.
Different stages, different performance styles, breathing in and out with the audience.
Victor Chen
Star singing instructor
🏆Top 10 of "Super Giant Voice Season 1 2009"🏆Top 10 of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan in "China Golden Bell Music Awards"🏆Top 10 of Australia in "Global Chinese New Talent Competition"
Teaching philosophy:
Music teaching should be student-centered. Everyone has different ways of singing and vocalizing. I will first understand each student's singing problems.
We adopt a personalized teaching method. We start with basic skills and teach them step by step so that students can master them gradually.
At the same time, we also need to integrate music into students' daily lives so that they can experience the charm of music in practical applications. In addition to technical assessment, I also pay great attention to students' personal progress and emotional expression.
Simon On
Star singing instructor
🏆Hold his first solo concert at Kowloon International Trade and Exhibition Centre Music🏆50th IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Chart - "Best-selling Male Newcomer Award"
🏆Metro Music Awards Ceremony "Breaking New Singer Award"
🏆Hong Kong and Taiwan Top Ten Chinese Golden Song Awards Ceremony "Best Improvement Award-Bronze Award"
Teaching philosophy:
"Singing" is not only a dream and interest, but also something that can be practiced step by step through practice and methods.
I started to compete on stage and practice, and then slowly figured out my singing skills, asking myself to keep "improving" as a singer-songwriter. I hope to share all my experiences, training methods and thoughts with students. Learn how to improve your singing skills, and learn how to realize your dreams from luck, competition skills, to studio recording techniques, and more.
I hope you all will grow together with me!
Kylie Choy
Star singing instructor
Introduction:
Tsai Wen-xuan is a singing instructor and cross-disciplinary performer, as well as a singing teacher for celebrities.
Served as a guest of "Super Giant Voice I" and an interpreting singer of "CASH Pop Song Singing Competition"; won four singing competition championships during college, including the ICMA singing competition; and sang theme songs for many Japanese brand commercials.
Tsai Wenxuan is currently active in pop/jazz. In addition to studying Estill Voice Training, she also studied voice and singing teaching methods at the Voice Pedagogy Institute of Westminster Choir College in the United States.
Cai Wenxuan returned to Hong Kong in 2023. In addition to composing and performing, she is enthusiastic about teaching and is committed to promoting healthy voice use, exploring everyone's potential, and cultivating a new generation of people who are willing to develop singing as a profession. Students also include actors, musicians and composers. With rich experience in front of the screen, stage live performances, recording studios and different music styles, plus more than 10 years of teaching and training experience, she provides students with all-round training.
Freddie Lo
Star Music Production Instructor
Music Producer
Arranger
Trumpeter
Bass guitarist
Freddie Lo is a Hong Kong-based music producer, arranger, trumpeter and bass guitarist.
Freddie developed a strong interest in many musical genres at an early age and began to compose sheet music for his friends in middle school. His thirst for musical knowledge led him to many areas of the music world. From classical arrangements and large ensemble performances, to electronic music production, to heavy metal and hardcore band music production, to smooth and cool small jazz ensembles and wedding bands, and commercial music production, Freddie has been involved.
Some of Freddie's recent works include: "Liar" - Gu Yawei, "Melanin" - Zhang Chihao, "Beautiful Battlefield" - JW Wang Haoer and "Tomorrow's World or Doomsday" - Kowloon K.
Daniel Cheng
Star Music Production Instructor
Recording and Mixing Engineer
Daniel has recorded, edited and mixed songs for different singers, including: "Beast" - Juno Mak, "Genius 1985" - Hins Cheung. He has also participated in the recording of different concerts, including: Eason Chan's "LOVE is LIVE", MOOV LIVE Leo Ku x Charmaine Fong's "Time Capsule in the Space Capsule".
In addition, he has also worked as an audio technician in Shatin Town Hall, North District Town Hall and Tai Po Civic Centre, participating in projects including live audio production for dramas, Cantonese operas, singing competitions and other programs.
Currently working as a sound editor at One CommonWealth, he mainly does dubbing and mixing, editing sound effects, and mixing movies. Including: The Light of the Night (Mandarin dialogue and audio description), The Original Sin (Cantonese dubbing and mixing).
Daniel is currently also mixing and editing vocals for various songs, including: "One Size Fits All" by Hu Hongjun, "He's Not You" by Shiga Lin, "Liar" by Yawei Gu, etc.
Patrick Ip
Star Music Production Instructor
Music Producer
Music Director
Composer
Arranger
Concert keyboardist
Yip Chong-yan is a Hong Kong music producer, music director, composer, arranger, engineer and concert musician.
He graduated from Berklee College of Music in the United States, majoring in music production and engineering. Since 2017, he has played different roles in the pop music industry. His collaborating artists include Miriam Yeung, Liu Yingting @ Mirror, Yoyo Sham, Ng Ching-fung @ Fish Ting System, Lau Ka-kai @ Fish Ting System, Gareth T., Gigi, Moon Tang, Tyson Yoshi, Kiri T, Kwan Ho-tak, Raymond Wu, Man-tzu Cheung, Song Yuning, Ouyang Nana, Hu Xuexuan, Aska, Little Cat (Ying Chiyue), Byejack, Sabrina, Jace Chan, etc. He has also worked with different organizations, including ViuTV, MTR, FH Production (Bear Head), Little Potato and Hypersonic Lab. He has participated in the production of more than 100 works so far.
He successfully won the Berklee College of Music Outstanding Achievement Award in 2020, and became the music director of the school's Spring Festival Gala Concert "Love" in the same year. In recent years, he has mainly focused on arranging and music production, trying to collide different musical elements and sounds so that the song can have its own life and soul.
Strawberry Fung
Star Music Production Instructor
Famous local recordings
Mixer
Concert stage monitoring
Feng graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree, majoring in Music Recording, and was awarded scholarships several times. He also obtained a Master of Cultural Studies with distinction from Lingnan University of Hong Kong. While studying at the Academy of Performing Arts, he was employed by iStudio, a famous recording studio and concert rehearsal studio in Hong Kong, responsible for record recording, concert pre-rehearsal, stage monitoring and concert post-mixing.
Afterwards, he worked as the chief mixing engineer, sound and recording studio supervisor at Star Dream Entertainment, and was involved in the production of everything from the pre-production to the post-production of record recordings, to the pre-production to the post-production of music programs. His recent mixing works for TV programs include: "The Voice of China", "The Voice of China 2", "Xiu Ge's 90th Autumn Infinite Maple Sao Concert", etc.
She has been involved in recording and mixing records, music shows and concerts for more than ten years. She has produced more than 3,000 songs so far and is famous for her natural vocal tuning skills. Famous artists that have worked with her include Deanie Ip, Alex Lun, Jennifer Tsui, George Lam, Sally Yeh, Jenny Chan, Eliza Yip, Kit Chan, Wu Feng, Liza Wang, Lui Fong, The Wynners, Alan Tam, Hacken Lee, Joey Yung, GEM G.E.M., Twins, Aaron Kwok, Miriam Yeung, Hins Cheung, Ivana Wong, Stepan, Angelica Tse, Aarif Lee, Leo Ku, Benz Hui, Joyce Cheng, Gin Lee, Raymond Lam, JW Wang Haoer, C AllStar, Regina Chan, Pakyu Chen, Linda Chung, Janice Ng, Hugo Wu, Pakho Chau, Hana, Yan Mingxi, Gu Yawei, Shiga Lin, Cheng Junhong, Ho Yanshi, Tam Ka-yee, Sugar Girl, Joey Tai, Zhan Tianwen, Luo Liwei, SuperGirls, Chen Zhanpeng, Xiao Zhengnan, Xie Dongmin, Lin Shijie, Luo Tianyu, Yin Guang, etc. Among them, the album recorded for singer GEM Deng Ziqi – New Heartbeat was nominated for the Best Vocal Recording Award at the 27th Taiwan Pop Music Golden Melody Awards.
Grace Cheung
Classical violin/piano teacher
Grace is a talented music teacher with a passion for education.
She graduated from King's College London with a Bachelor of Music. Her talent was recognized early on, and she obtained LTCL for piano, ATCL for violin, music theory and vocal music grade 8 with excellent results. She has loved music since she was a child and actively participated in various choirs and orchestras, gaining valuable ensemble experience.
After graduation, Grace continued to pursue her passion for music education and has been teaching music for over 10 years. She focuses on communication with each student, taking the time to understand each person’s personality, strengths and weaknesses, and teaching in a way that suits their individual learning style. Her patient and encouraging teaching attitude enables students to deeply understand the learning content and cultivate their confidence.
In addition to teaching, Grace is also an experienced accompanist. She has worked with many students and professional musicians to bring out the best in them in a variety of settings. Grace’s students continue to achieve excellent results in exams and competitions, and she is very proud to see them grow as musicians. Her passion for teaching has inspired many students to work hard and improve.
Grace teaches students of all ages, from three to adults, and her positive attitude makes her a popular teacher with children and adults alike.
Cathy Tsang
Flute/Piccolo Teacher
Tsang Chi Ying is a young local flute and piccolo player. She graduated from the Department of Music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she studied flute and piccolo with Ms. Susan Chuang and Mr. Chan Tsz Chun. She later received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music and Drama, where she completed a Master’s degree in Orchestral Performance.
She has performed with various orchestras, including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Welsh National Opera, Orchestra de Cymru, the Royal Welsh Opera Orchestra, the Royal Welsh Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong Kong Youth Orchestra, local orchestras, Pro Arte Orchestra of Hong Kong, the Chung Chi Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chung Chi Wind Ensemble, etc. In recent years, Tsang has actively participated in various international competitions, winning the first prize in the Golden Classical Music Awards competition and was invited to perform at the New York Weir Recital Hall in 2019. Tsang has also participated in various music festivals in Vienna, Lisbon, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
Edwin Wu
Cello Teacher
After completing his Bachelor of Arts (Music) at Baptist University, Edwin studied with Ms. Pan Yingzhi and Mr. Ren Jinglin. He started playing cello in 2004 and has performed with many local orchestras and served as a soloist.
From 2013 to 2022, he was a regular member of the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra. From 2015 to 2018, he went to the United States to study violin making, during which he studied cello performance with Steven Houser and served as the principal cellist of the North Shore Chamber Orchestra. He also served as a cellist in The Savoyaires Evanston (IL) and Park Ridge Civic Orchestra (IL). For student training, everything from Baroque to pop music will be included in the teaching materials, with the goal of cultivating all-round musicians.
Qualifications:
2018 Chicago Violin Making School
2012 Hong Kong Baptist University Bachelor of Arts (Music) Majoring in Cello
2009 ABRSM Grade 8 Music Theory for Cello and Piano
Teaching Qualifications:
2018-2022 Po Leung Kuk Hong Kong Taoist Association Yuen Yuen Primary School
2018-2019 Tianbao Primary School
2012-2015 St. Mary's Canossa School
2013-2015 Clementi Secondary School
2013-2015 Lok Sin Tong Sheh Kan Hing Secondary School
2012-2013 Kowloon Tong School
2010-2015 Tom Lee Musical Instruments
Freddie Tsang
Tenor piano accompaniment
Hong Kong tenor singer Tsang Yuk-ki graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he received several scholarships during his studies.
He has extensive performing experience and frequently performs on various local stages. He has collaborated with groups including Singing Orchestra, Hong Kong Oratory Orchestra, Bel Canto, Ponte Orchestra, Mahler Orchestra, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong Youth Choir, Bachelor Choir, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Yip's Children's Choir.
Tsang sings a wide range of repertoire, including classical opera, art songs, Broadway musicals, jazz and contemporary pop songs. He is also a member of the local choir Noēma, which is committed to promoting high-quality choral music in the local area. In addition to guitar, he is also good at pop piano and guitar and accompaniment.
Lu Yi
Sheng/ Hulusi Instructor
Lu Yi, sheng player.
He joined the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra in 2006 and is currently a director of the Sheng Association of the Chinese Nationalities Orchestra Association.
Lu Yi started learning the sheng at the age of ten, and studied under Professor Yue Huaen of the Xi'an Conservatory of Music. During this period, she also received careful instruction from Mr. Wang Houchen, a national first-class actor, Professor Li Guanglu of the China Conservatory of Music, and Professor Xu Chaoming of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
In 1997, he was admitted to the Affiliated High School of Xi'an Conservatory of Music, where he won the second prize in the biennial instrumental music competition twice. In 2004, he graduated with honors from the Traditional Chinese Music Department of Xi'an Conservatory of Music, where he served as the principal sheng of the Xi'an Conservatory of Music's National Orchestra.
From 2004 to 2006, he taught at the Music Department of Hunan Institute of Technology.
In 2006, he won the gold medal in the "Northwest Five Provinces National Instrumental Music Competition". In the same year, he won the gold medal in the Sheng category of the "First National Instrumental and Vocal Music Competition" held by the Ministry of Culture. He is not only proficient in playing traditional Sheng, 36-reed keyed treble Sheng, and 36-reed alto Sheng, but also has a good understanding of the performance of the oldest wind instrument in China - the xi.
In 2012, he obtained a master's degree in educational management from East China Normal University. In 2019, he co-founded and joined the "Shanhai Xiaoya·Guoyue Yantian" National Music Master Studio with the Shenzhen Yantian District Federation of Literary and Art Circles. In the same year, he founded the Shenzhen Xiwen National Music Art Center.
Fu Zifei
Guzheng Instructor
Fu Zifei graduated with a first-class degree from the Chinese Music Department of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. She majored in Guzheng and minored in Percussion.
She started learning koto at the age of 7 and studied at the primary school affiliated to Wuhan Conservatory of Music and the middle school affiliated to Xinghai Conservatory of Music. She has been taught by many famous teachers: Professor Zhou Wang, Professor Ji Wei, Associate Professor Su Chang, Professor Lin Ling, Professor Wang Wei, Professor Qi Yao, Professor Deng Haiqiong, Mr. Jin Jian, Japanese koto player Keiko Odani, and Chao music inheritor Ms. Lin Zhong.
She has won the gold medal in the "Chinese Music Cup" Taiwan Guzheng International Competition, the Guzheng champion in the 2016 Singapore National Chinese Music Competition, held a solo concert "Night Mooring at Maple Bridge" at the Yulan Theater in Dongguan in 2018 and was featured on China Times Culture Network, the gold medal in the 2019 Rave Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Chinese Music Concerto Competition (the only one), and won the Merit Award scholarship from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 2020 (the only one in the Chinese Music Department), and successfully premiered the Guzheng concerto "As It Is" with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra in the 2020 Singapore National Chinese Music Competition.
From 2016 to 2023, the troupe has performed and exchanged in many countries and regions, including: Dongguan, Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Shenyang, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan and the United States.
She once taught Guzheng in a middle school, where she was able to meet children of different nationalities and accumulated a lot of teaching experience.
Fu Zifei's musical philosophy is: "Share the happiness that music brings to me with everyone."
Victor Chen
Pop Piano Instructor
He was one of the top 10 contestants in Hong Kong TVB's "Super Singer Season 1 2009" and is a contracted artist with TVB. He once formed the boy band Super4 with Alfred Hui , Daniel Lau and Stephen Lam and released records.
Specializes in teaching pop piano accompaniment and improvisation. Also good at teaching piano solo singing. More than 10 years of teaching experience. Passionate about pop piano teaching, easy-going and fun teaching style, very patient with students, teaching languages include Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
Participated in music and works:
Concert:
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2010 Super Voice Concert at Hong Kong Coliseum
Awards:
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2010 Top Ten Golden Songs Awards Ceremony <Outstanding Performance Award> Bronze Award
record:
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2010 The Voice
Group Identity:
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In 2010, he formed the boy band Super 4 with Alfred Hui, Stephen Lam and Daniel Lau.
Composer:
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Theme song of TVB drama "Jiujiang Twelve Lanes" "Jin Chao You Jiu" (sung by Tai Chi Band)
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"Not in vain" (sung by Super 4)
Justin Lo
Jazz drum teacher
Band Music Worker
Justin specializes in band arrangement and teaching jazz drums, and has 6 years of teaching experience.
He has had a strong interest in various types of music since he was a child. He has a rich background knowledge of pop music, rock music, heavy metal and KPOP, which makes him flexible in teaching content. The teaching purpose is to meet the needs of students. He writes teaching materials specifically for students, so as to make the class more interesting and learning more effective.
In addition, he has been collaborating with friends in bands since he was a child, which has given him a deep understanding of music creation and recording production. He has participated in everything from street performances to wedding bands, which has enabled him to clearly convey his knowledge of music and performance experience to students.
Justin loves playing drums and has loved watching drumming videos online since he was a kid. In recent years, he has started to run his own media, such as Youtube and Instagram. He handles everything from recording to music post-production by himself, and shares his own sheet music, teaching materials, and self-edited drum covers online. He hopes to share the drumming knowledge he has learned with Drum Communuity.
Jervis Leung
Saxophone/Clarinet Instructor
Arranger
Leung Ho-pung is a saxophonist, clarinetist and arranger from Hong Kong.
He is active in symphony and chamber music, and has performed with the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band, the Hong Kong Players Symphonic Band and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Orchestra. He has also led a saxophone ensemble including Mr. Pang Tien-yau in a concert of the Hong Kong University Orchestra, where he played soprano saxophone.
He has also been committed to education, coaching the Hong Kong University Philharmonic Saxophone Quartet and the La Salle School Alumni Association Saxophone Quartet. The La Salle School Alumni Association Saxophone Quartet recently commissioned Leung Ho-pung to adapt Hirose’s Bon Voyage and performed the adapted version at the retirement dinner for Mr. Tong Won-sing, former president of La Salle.
Leung Ho-pung studied under Ms. Cheng Hsiao-lam and Mr. Chu Ying-hang and is proficient in both classical and popular music.
James Ng
Jazz drum teacher
Local jazz composers and performers
James graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA, majoring in jazz composition, and has extensive experience in conducting jazz bands.
After graduation, he mainly composed music for various art works and performances, and often performed with his personal group FEP (First Eat Pepper) in various jazz venues in Hong Kong. His style revolved around jazz and 80s and 90s FUSION, which was extremely charming.
James has participated in many large-scale works and performances this year, including "Free as we are" (2020 Let's be together Art Festival), the Dimensional Civilization Archaeology Project (2022 Art Basel) and a personal album "That Sunday" (2023).
James' main work now includes composing, arranging and performing. He is also involved in music education, cultivating and discovering more talented musicians.
Yang Xi
Lyrics tutor
Hong Kong Lyricist
Yang Xi entered the industry in 2007 and began to focus on writing lyrics for TV series in 2014.
He has published more than 200 works, including:
Zhan Tianwen, "It's Much Lonelier" (2023)
Shiga Lin, "He's Not You" (2023)
Yan Mingxi: One Water, Two Sides (2022)
Tian-wen Zhan, "License to Love" (2022)
JW Wang Haoer "Irrigation with Love" (2021)
Wu Ruoxi, "No Care Without You" (2020)
Family "Love Delivery" (2019)
Joey Yung, "A Kind of Eternity" (2019)
Zheng Junhong, "Fearless Shoulders" (2018)
Ruoxi Wu, "Weeping Rose" (2017)
Zheng Junhong, "One Person's Eternity" (2016)
Hui Ting-kwong, Cruise (2015)
Joey Yung, "Queen" (2015)
Zheng Junhong, "Surrender" (2014)
Cheng Junhong, "Panda" (2014)
Hui Ting-kwong, The Escort (2014)
Lin Xintong, "Ivy" (2012)
Active years: 2012 to present