Tracy Wong
Conductor - Chorale and Les Choristes
Office: MB 245
Phone: 519-661-2111 x84325
Email: twong427@uwo.ca
Dr. Wong is the Assistant Professor of Choral Studies at the Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University, where she conducts Chorale and Les Choristes ensembles, and teaches choral conducting. Dr. Wong was previously an Assistant Professor at McMaster University where she conducted the University Choir and Cantemus Ensemble, and taught a variety of conducting, choral methods, music education and history courses.
Dr. Wong holds a Doctor in Musical Arts and Master in Music Performance (Choral Conducting) degrees from the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt. She is also a proud recipient of the 2016 and 2017 Elmer Iseler National Graduate Fellowship in Choral Conducting, and 2018–19 McMaster University Student Union Teaching Award.
She hails from Malaysia and is a choral conductor, music educator, composer, vocalist, and pianist. She is passionate about helping choral educators to provide unique experiences for their students through collaborative commissions, customized workshops, festivals, and artist residencies. She does this through focusing on the balance of performance practice considerations, vocal and acoustic explorations, and choral artistry and heart. As an active clinician and educator, Dr. Wong has conducted workshops for choirs in North America and internationally.
Her strong commitment to choral organizations is reflected in her work as Conductor of the 2024 Organization of American Kodály Educators (Concert Treble Choir), Keynote Speaker & guest conductor of the 2024 Kodály Australia National Conference, Conductor of the 2024 British Columbia Youth Choir, Co-Conductor of the 2023 Asia Pacific Youth Choir (International Federation of Choral Music), atelier leader of Europa Cantat Junior 2023 (Flanders/Belgium), former Conductor of the Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir (Kitchener, Ontario), and singer with Babɛl (Toronto). She is the 2023-2024 Composer-in-residence of Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, 2019 Canadian Composer Feature for the Canadian Kodály Journal, Alla Breve, and her choral works are featured at numerous reading sessions. Dr. Wong collaborates regularly with choral organizations on conducting events, commissioned projects, and residencies, and her compositions are widely published and performed internationally. (www.tracywongmusic.com)
