String Instruments Performance Diploma
Technical foundations, listening, repertoire, interpretation, and performance preparation in erhu and other huqin-family instruments.
Canada YC Music Academy
Faculty and artistic community
Performers, educators, writers, and artistic collaborators bring experience in professional practice, scholarship, and teaching.
Plucked Instruments Performance Diploma
Technique, repertoire, interpretation, solo study, ensemble work, and performance for plucked-string instruments.
Writing for Theatre, Musical & Film Diploma
Story, structure, character, and writing for live or screen-based performance within the academy’s creative program area.
Professional community
Faculty and artistic community
These biographies document professional contributions to the academy’s teaching, leadership, artistic direction, and creative work. Faculty appointments and course assignments may change; contact the academy office for the current teaching schedule.
Founders and leadership
The academy’s founders and professionals whose work has included education, administration, and creative programs.
Cofounder · Erhu
Yang, Zhongcai
杨忠才
A YCMA cofounder, erhu performer, and educator whose work includes concert performance, teaching, and artistic direction.
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Cofounder · Guzheng
Chen, Wenying
陈文英
A YCMA cofounder, guzheng performer, and educator with experience in concert performance, adjudication, and teaching.
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Music education and community arts
Nan, Feihong
南飞鸿
A guzheng and qin musician, educator, and community arts organizer with work in performance, heritage programming, and student development.
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Education leadership
Leung Chun Tung
An educator with an M.Ed. in management in education and experience in school leadership, classroom teaching, and technology education.
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Screenwriting and erhu
Liu, Yanwu
刘彦武
A screenwriter and former erhu performer whose published credits span film and television writing.
Read profileHuqin and string instruments
Performers and educators whose work encompasses erhu, gaohu, banhu, and related huqin-family study.
Erhu performance and pedagogy
Liu, Changfu
刘长福
An erhu performer, educator, and author with extensive work in professional teaching, performance pedagogy, repertoire, and publication.
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Erhu performance, education, and composition
Song, Guosheng
宋国生
An erhu performer, educator, and composer with work in teaching, performance, scholarship, and vocal, instrumental, and television music.
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Erhu performance
Liu, Yang
刘扬
An erhu performer whose career includes conservatory study, orchestral positions, solo recitals, and international performance.
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Erhu performance
Wang, Xiao
An erhu performer whose professional record includes graduate study, orchestra leadership, solo performances, and recordings through 2019.
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Gaohu and erhu
Chen, Guochan
陈国产
A gaohu and erhu performer and educator with concert activity and music-education leadership in Toronto.
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Erhu solo performance and education
Chen, Jiebing
陈洁冰
An international erhu soloist and educator with orchestral, contemporary, and cross-cultural performance experience.
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Huqin and banhu performance
Li, Jianshi
A huqin performer with professional experience in banhu study, concert performance, original repertoire, and international exchange.
Read profileErhu and orchestral performance
Tian, Jie
田杰
An erhu performer with conservatory training and professional orchestra experience in Macao.
Read profilePlucked instruments
Performers and educators in pipa, guzheng, and related plucked-instrument study.
Pipa performance and education
Liu, Guilian
刘桂莲
A pipa performer and educator with conservatory teaching, international performance, adjudication, and ensemble experience.
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Zheng performance and education
Hui (Daisy), You
尤卉
A zheng soloist and educator with conservatory training, university teaching, ensemble direction, and performance experience in the United States.
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Professional backgrounds in music, research, and writing presented in an advisory context.
Erhu, teaching, and music history
Wu, Ganbo
吴赣伯
An erhu musician, teacher, and music-history author with experience in orchestral performance, university teaching, and research.
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Huqin performance and education
Tian, Zaili
A huqin performer and educator whose professional work covers conservatory teaching, solo performance, recording, and curriculum development.
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Guzheng performance and education
Wang, Wei
A guzheng performer and educator whose professional work covers conservatory teaching, adjudication, concert performance, and student mentorship.
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Screenwriting education
Huang, Jinhua
黄金华
A screenwriting educator whose background includes drama, film and television literature, creative writing, documentary practice, and graduate supervision.
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Erhu and huqin professionals presented in connection with the academy’s distance education.
Erhu teaching and performance
Tian, Shufeng
An erhu teacher and performer with postgraduate study, competition recognition, published research, and student mentorship.
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Erhu performance and assessment
Ma, Haiqing
马海卿
An erhu performer and examiner whose professional record includes youth-competition awards and music assessment.
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Huqin and multi-instrument performance
Zhang, Zhenxing
A performer and educator specializing in Mongolian-style huqin, erhu, sihu, morin khuur, and guqin.
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