Academic & Teaching Staff
Dr Leung Chi Hin
Assistant Professor
Contemporary Music Composition, Music Technology, STEAM Education
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Dr Leung Chi Hin
Assistant Professor
Dr. Chi-hin Leung’s compositions mix elements of East and West, in the process revealing the composer’s diverse cultural background and his particular interest in timbral and textural explorations. He was awarded the Gold Medal from International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, the Special Prize from the Romanian Inventors Forum, the champion from Hong Kong Handbell Festival Composition Contest, first runner-up at New Generation and won Hong Kong Composers’ Guild Audience Choice Award. Leung’s compositions and recordings are published by Schott Music (Germany), MOECK (Germany), Donemus (Netherlands), Edition HH (U.K.), PARMA Recordings (U.S.), From the Top Music (U.S.), Oxford University Press (China) and Hong Kong Composers’ Guild. His works have been featured by ISCM World New Music Days, UNESCO International “Arts for Peace” Festival, International Rostrum of Composers, International Electronic Music Week, World Choir Games, International Handbell Symposium, ISME World Conference on Music Education, Asian Composers League Festival, Asian Recorder Festival, Asian Saxophone Congress, Singapore Saxophone Symposium, Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival Vienna, Taipei Traditional Arts Festival, Musicarama, Hong Kong Schools Music Festival and many.
Leung received his Doctor of Music (Composition) degree, Master of Philosophy (Composition) degree, Bachelor of Education (Music) degree and Professional Diploma (Electronic Music) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Institute of Education and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts respectively. Leung holds FTCL in Music Composition and LMusTCL in Music Theory, Criticism and Literature. He is the President of the Hong Kong Association for Music Educators (HAME), Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild (HKCG), and Commissioner of the Music in School and Teacher Education Commission (MISTEC) of the International Society of Music Education (ISME). He is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, The Education University of Hong Kong.
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DMus (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
MPhil (The University of Hong Kong)
ProfDip (The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
BEd (The Education University of Hong Kong)
FTCL (Trinity College London, UK)
LMusTCL (Trinity College London, UK)
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Areas of Teaching
Creative Composing
Creative Musicking
Creativity in Music
Composition Pedagogy
Music Education
Music History -
Research Interests
Contemporary Music Composition
Creative Musicking
Music Technology
Electroacoustic Music and Multimedia Production -
Selected Outputs
- Cheng, L., Lam, C. Y., & Leung, C. H. (2024). Digital competencies of music teachers under the ‘new normal’ in Hong Kong. International Journal of Music Education, 42(4), 535-549. https://doi.org/10.1177/02557614231186413
- Leung, C. H., Cheng, L., Pang, W. Y. J., & Lam, C. (2024, July 28–August 2). E-Orch: A tablet music app for ensemble participation and music learning [Paper presentation]. The 36th World Conference of the International Society of Music Education, Helsinki, Finland.
- Cheng, L., Leung, C. H., & Pang, W. Y. J. (2023). Audience’s perceived expectancy and authenticity of classical music performance by digital musical instrument mobile apps. Music Perception, 41(2), 132-147. https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2023.41.2.132
- Leung, C. H., Pang, W. Y. J., & Cheng, L. (2023, August 9–11). Authenticity and expectedness of digital musical instrument for simulated orchestral performance: A case study of e-Orch [Paper presentation]. Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research 2023 APSMER Seoul, Seoul, Korea.
- Cheng, L., Leung, C. H., & Pang, W. Y. J. (2022). The International Conference on Music Education Technology 2023: A report. Journal of Music, Technology & Education, 15(2-3), 223-231. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmte_00055_1
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Research Projects
- e-Orch Teaching Manual: Curriculum and Resources
Project Start Year : 2018 - Enhancing Music Learning with Mobile Technology: Using Tablet Music Sequencing Application to Facilitate Music Creation For the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Music Examination
Project Start Year : 2017 - STEAM Education: Empowering Students to Become Music Inventors through the Application of Coding, Electronic Building Blocks and Contemporary Music Composition Techniques
Project Start Year : 2017
- e-Orch Teaching Manual: Curriculum and Resources
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Prizes and Awards
- President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching
Date of receipt: 16/5/2019 Conferred by: The Education University of Hong Kong - Apple Distinguished Educator
Date of receipt: 4/4/2019 Conferred by: Apple Inc. - Faculty Teaching Award (Team)
Date of receipt: 12/9/2018 Conferred by: FLASS - Gold Medal
Date of receipt: 1/9/2018 Conferred by: International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada - Special Prize, Romanian Inventors Forum
Date of receipt: 1/9/2018 Conferred by: International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada
- President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching
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External Appointments
- President, Hong Kong Association for Music Educators (HAME), 2017-present
- Vice Chairman, Hong Kong Composers' Guild (HKCG), 2017-present
- Commissioner, Music in School and Teacher Education Commission, International Society for Music Education, 2018-present
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Major External Research Grants
Enhancing Music Learning with Mobile Technology: Using Tablet Music Sequencing Application to Facilitate Music Creation For the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Music Examination (ECS, 2016-17)
