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 – April 9th, 2020
Hendry – Thank you for sharing your favorite Japanese video game/TV show music with me! I enjoyed our conversation and I’ll try to find some music we can play. No guarantees, but I will try my best!
– Reminder: Please try to set up your iPad before class so we don’t need to use up class time. If possible, try to find a place for your iPad to be closer to the edge of the table and to be able to tilt upwards, so I can see your whole viola.
– Recommended practice time: 15-20 min/day, 5 days/week
– Practice: Go Tell Aunt Rhody (with mf and p dynamics – use more weight and bow for a louder sound), O Come Little Children (practice phrases using an up bow and pay close attention to your bowings), and May Song (you have all the pitches down, now focus on the rhythms, particularly the first measure. You can look up the song on YouTube as well to listen to it!)
Thank you and happy playing! I hope everyone is staying safe. I know this is a very weird and difficult time, so if you need someone to talk to, I am always here for you!



