Joanna Sum 老師

Joanna Sum received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University, Canada, under the tutorship of renowned musicians and educators Arne Eigenfeldt, Martin Gotfrit and Owen Underhill.

While she was in Canada, she was very active as a marimba player as well as a member of a Javanese music group called Gamelan Madu Sari directed by Sutrisno Hartana. She was even invited by Hartana to be one of the players in a Gamelan orchestra named Vancouver Community Gamelan Society and performed in various cities.

Joanna then returned to Hong Kong and further pursued her music study in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and was awarded a Master of Arts in Music degree. She has also broadened her music education by studying with great music educators like Jeremy Carter and Robert Langston, and has been awarded by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music a Licentiate (LRSM) in piano performance. She has taught numerous students over the past years and maintains a 100% success rate in preparing students for competitions and exams.

Besides music teaching, Joanna is also passionate in other aspects such as running her own arts centre and adjudicating music competitions.