Joan Kwan

Joan KWAN is a master's student of Arts in Music at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She began music studies of classical guitar with Mr. LAM Keung Wong in her young age. She started taking vocal lessons with Ms. Belinda LIEW, Ms. Alice MUI and renowned Madam Ella KIANG. She obtained ATCL, LTCL singing diplomas in 2010/2011. She had sung in master class by famous opera singer, Marianne Cornetti.

Joan has been the conductor of church choir and nurse choir for many years. She led the nurse choir to sing in varies music concerts of《弦韻飛揚》、《歡樂的日子》、《杏林樂韻表關懷》in Concert Hall, The Hong Kong Cultural Centre organized by The Hospital Authority Chinese Orchestra and The TWGHs 145th Anniversary Charity Concert in Exhibition Hall, The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre organized by TWGHs. Joan is most fervent in promoting music education and training. She had been travelled to Southeast Asia to provide music lessons and workshops of choral conducting and handbell for years. She presently is a singing teacher, vocal coach and choir conductor.

Joan is active on the concert stage and also appeared as a soloist in a number of concerts and sacred music concerts. She was repeatedly invited by Asian Chamber Orchestra, Chung Chi Choir of CUHK, Guitar Ensemble and Hong Kong International Institute of Music to sing at music concerts. Joan had performed different roles in operas, musicals and opera excerpts with favorable comments received. Examples of roles included Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Dalila in Samson et Dalila, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Vittoria in The Gondoliers, Eponine in Les Misérables, 吳美麗in the musical of《百載一心》organized by Kwong Wah Hospital.

"There was a great alto aria there, sung exceptional good by Joan KWAN……" 【RTHK4: Arts News】

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