Master of Music (Boston University)
Bachelor of Arts (Brandeis University)
Zoe Fong is a M.M. graduate of Boston University School of Music and B.A. graduate of Brandeis University, where she studied music education and music composition respectively. She is a viola, violin, and ukulele player and has performed (primarily as a violist) in Canada, the United States, Austria, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and the Philippines. As a composition student at Brandeis, she focused on film scoring and minored in film studies, and additionally went abroad to Vienna, Austria for one semester to focus on viola performance. She loves musical theatre as well and has experience as a music director, conductor, performer, pit orchestra musician, and producer in various community and university productions.
While Zoe has found joy in many musical areas, she has found her true calling in music education. She has taught a range of ages and musical subjects including preschool music, elementary chorus, band, strings, and general music, middle school jazz band and strings, high school strings, chorus, and music theory, and private viola, violin, and composition lessons. There is nothing she loves more than sharing her passion for music and helping her students find their own passion and artistic voice.
Get to know Zoe…Beyond the Bio!
Hobbies: Teaching myself new instruments, dancing, reading
Musical influences: Kim Kashkashian, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Danny Elfman
Favourite food: Dumplings
Least favourite food: Broccoli
Favorite music: A little of everything!
Favourite song: Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Favourite movie: Ladybird
Favourite movie music: Edward Scissorhands – Danny Elfman
Favourite musical theatre/opera: Les Miserables, Hadestown, and Hamilton
Best quote from your teacher: “Don’t leave your baggage at the door. Bring it in and let’s make music with it.”
Favourite quote: “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” – Leonard Bernstein
Favourite book: The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon…and also Harry Potter by JK Rowling
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Weekly Homework Post – June 18th, 2020
Congratulations on finishing your spring semester! We will be having a 2 week break and then back to lessons on Wednesday, July 8th.
Jaron – your scales and Twinkle sounded awesome today!
– Reminder: Check Amazon tracking to make sure your Suzuki Violin Book 1 is on the way. Your next lesson will be Wednesday, July 8th, at 3:00 pm. Enjoy your break!
– Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week
– Practice: D and A Major scale with pepperoni pizza going up and down, Mary Had a Little Lamb, and Twinkle full song. Continue to check your posture as you play and play in front of a mirror if you can! Check for: straight left arm, violin parallel to the ground, left elbow not too close to the body, curved fingers on the bow.
Olivia – I hope you have a great upcoming birthday!
– Reminder: Your next lesson will be Wednesday, July 8th, at 3:30 pm. Enjoy your break!
– Recommended practice time: 30 min/day, 5 days/week, or small, achievable goals while working up your motivation
– Practice: A scales (major, minor harmonic and melodic), Mamma Mia (m. 20-24 rhythms, and second half in general). Feel free to take an advanced look at the Mozart violin duet if you’re up for it!
Thank you, everyone! See you in a few weeks and happy playing! :)



