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 – May 21st, 2020
Great job this week, everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying the warm weather.
Hendry
– Reminder: Set an alarm or reminder on your phone so you’re on time to your lesson. Our last lesson before your summer vacation is next week, so let’s have an awesome, full last lesson together!
– Recommended practice time: 15-20 min/day, 5 days/week
– Practice: D Major scale (1-2 and 2-3 finger positions), Long Long Ago (rhythms and even half notes, dynamics), Allegro (even notes with long bow in the third line), Question (it’s been a while since we looked at this but that doesn’t mean you should put it away forever, try to bring it out once in a while to play!), and Disillusion (last 2 lines and main theme, listen on YouTube or Spotify, especially to the rhythms).
Olivia – I can tell you’ve been practicing, awesome work!
– Reminder: Print your new scales sheet so you can write helpful fingerings if you need to. Use the sheet to help you but try not to get too dependent on it.
– Recommended practice time: 30 min/day, 5 days/week, or small achievable goals like we discussed
– Practice: All scales except Bb Major scale on your new scale sheet, musictheory.net notation and playing exercise, Judas Maccabeas (bowings and 4th finger stretch), and Mamma Mia (counting at the beginning, and keep slowly playing through the whole piece to familiarise yourself with it).
Thank you and happy playing! Stay safe!
