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 – February 2/3, 2022
Jaron
– Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week
– Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), Allegretto (continue practicing playing through whole piece without stopping or slowing down, make sure the accents are obvious, and practice 0-3-0 phrase in the third section), and Andantino (differentiate between 3-2-1-0 in the first and second lines, and play through last 2 lines slowly and get familiar with the notes).
Olivia
– Reminder: if you need to cancel our lesson next week, make sure to call ahead of time!
– Recommended practice time: 30 min/day, 5 days/week
– Practice: review 2-octave Major and minor scales (try to memorise fingering patterns for each scale, and practice shifting in E Major and new A-flat Major), Go the Distance (shifting in second half), and Sancho pieces (after initial sight-reading, play through and correct notes and have consistent tempo so we can duet next time).
Amaia – missed you again today! Please continue practicing your scales and Long Long Ago!
Grace – missed you today, hope you feel better soon! Make sure to keep practicing your 2-octave Major and minor scales, plus Musette.
Hendry – great work with the minor scales today!
– Recommended practice time: 30 min/day, 5 days/week
– Practice: C, D, E-flat, F, and G Major scales (2 octaves, doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing, and watching out for intonation), D minor scale (1 octave – natural, harmonic, melodic), Witches Dance (make sure to stretch your fourth finger and third finger for G#, and watch out for the syncopated rhythm at the end before the triplets), and Catharsis (play through with consistent tempo to prepare for duet).
Thank you, stay safe, and happy playing!
