explore the violin sound with games, 3. Play rhythm along to musical cartoons shown in class. Class demo
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About Teacher
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Hong Ying Ho, violinist, entered Central Conservatory of Beijing at the age 11. At age 12 performed for Isaac Stern and was subsequently selected to appear in the Oscar award winning documentary film “From Mao to Mozart” . At age 14 she won the 2nd prize in the China National Violin Competition and earned the opportunity to perform for Dorothy Delay thereafter. Delay immediately selected her to be her student. At age 16 she was representing China to participate (and received 4th prize) in the First Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition. Finally at age 17 she was permitted by her school and the government officials to study at the Julliard School. There she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1988 and Master’s degree in 1990. Moving to Hong Kong in 1994 she immediately established the Bauhinia Piano Trio with Mary Wu and Sarah Gaye, as a trio, they were invited to perform in the Hong Kong Arts Festival in 1997. After Sarah's departure, the trio had several cello partners in different times and continued to promote chamber music under the patronage of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and performed in more than 30 public schools. The trio was an Artist-in-Residence for the Chinese University 2012-13where they performed new compositions specially written for them. She also premiered several new compositions with orchestras: violin concerto "Op.0" by Wang Qiang with Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra and Xiamen Symphony Orchestra--a CD oflife performance was published along with WangQiang's work, 2000-2003; also premiered Situ Gang's "concerto for Erhu & Violin" 2007 in Hong Kong and Italy; French composer T. Brunet "Seuls Tes Yeux Deme urèrent" in Hong Kong 's MusicCarama, 2008 with CCOHK. Ho has been a violin instructor for the HKAPA since 2003, and for Yip's Children's Choral since 1998. She was one of the founding members of the City Chamber of Hong Kong and served the orchestra for 14 years. She is being recorded by Radio 4 Hong Kong her complete Beethoven sonatas in 2007 , Ma Si-Tsong's sonata & other works in 1997; Bax/Paulenc/Corigniano in 2010. She also has 2 solo CD albums, 2 chamber music CDs and 1 live recital DVD published. Ho is looking into playing more community concerts in the greater Hong Kong areas, where she can bring chamber music to everyone and every corner of people who can't afford to go to concert halls.
