Experience

Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lehrauftrag in Violoncello (Lecturer in Cello)

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  I empower young cellists to be the best of themselves and to achieve their artistic and pedagogical goals, through comprehensive understanding of cello playing and thorough study of music, performance and pedagogy, enhancing their own creativity and artistic practice. Sustainability and adaptability in playing and career plays a central role in my approach to technique and career development. I empower young cellists to be the best of themselves and to achieve their artistic and pedagogical goals, through comprehensive understanding of cello playing and thorough study of music, performance and pedagogy, enhancing their own creativity and artistic practice. Sustainability and adaptability in playing and career plays a central role in my approach to technique and career development.



PenQuin Suit

• Founder and CEO

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  I founded a clothing brand offers ideal formal men's clothing optimal for mobility and movement, specifically designed with musicians as athletes in mind. We are a very small startup. My role includes product design and development, production management, budget and resource management, logistics, e-commerce, marketing and personal management. Our products are currently supporting musicians from major orchestras in Germany, USA and Asia, and continuing to expand. www.penquinsuit.com Show less



HKU SPACE

• Education Administration Programs
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Online Instructor

  • Aug 2020 - Feb 2021

  Gave the first online course in performing arts discipline at HKU SPACE, namely "Cello Pedagogy: The Foundation," with a successful enrolment rate. Gave the first online course in performing arts discipline at HKU SPACE, namely "Cello Pedagogy: The Foundation," with a successful enrolment rate.



Melbourne Cello Festival

• Melbourne, Australia

• Artistic Director and Founder

  • Feb 2015 - Jan 2020

  Founded and presented to-date two highly successful chapters of Melbourne Cello Festival (2015 and 2017) at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Australia. Funded by university and state grants, MCF was designed to bridge the University and the broader community through the common love for music and cello. Each festival presented over 10 masterclasses, 3 workshops, 8 concerts and an Orchestra of 100 Cellos (See videos for highlights), with guest artists and participants from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Taiwan. Melbourne Cello Festival was described as "a huge success…buzzing with excitement from day one. Well run and inspiring!” by Stringendo, the national Australian strings magazine. Role responsibilities: Program planning, fundraising, budgeting, management of staff, students and participants, liaison with stakeholders, and marketing strategy. Show less



University of Melbourne

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer in Music (Cello Performance)

  • Jan 2014 - Feb 2019

  Teaching: Taught over 40 undergraduate and postgraduate cello students. Student-centered, organised and goal-driven pedagogical approach. Student won competitions and professional positions in orchestras and schools, as well as admissions to bachelors and masters programs in music schools such as Royal College of Music, Musikhochschulen Köln and Frankfurt. Also supervised Masters and PhD performance and research students. Conducted String Ensemble and taught string quartets and chamber music classes. Administration: As Coordinator of Chamber Music, managed around 40 student groups per semester and taught the weekly Chamber Music seminar. Redesigned curriculum to include entrepreneurship and outreach components in the subjects for off campus student performances around Melbourne. Incorporated elements on innovative approach and technology in online presentations and concerts since 2017. Additionally organised two chamber music study trips to Hong Kong and South Korea, as funded by the New Colombo Plan Mobility Grants by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Australian Government. Other administrative roles included Coordinator of MCM Concerto Competition and MCM Chamber Music Competition. Research: Active artist-researcher in cello, cello pedagogy, new music and contemporary Chinese and Asian music, through world premieres of solo cello, concerto and chamber music works by composers including Grammy and Pulitzer-winners. Presented in conferences (strings and musicology) in Hong Kong and in Australia. Show less



Connecticut College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Instructor of Music in Cello and Chamber Music

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2013

  Teach undergraduates cello and chamber music. Teach undergraduates cello and chamber music.



Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra

• Principal Cello

  • Sep 2010 - Sep 2013

  “Next came Brahms Double Concerto for Violin and Cello…Saturday's soloists were familiar faces: ECSO concertmaster Stephan Tieszen and former principal cellist Alvin Wong, who took a position in Australia over the summer. The spirit of bonhomie between these two friends was more than evident as they exchanged smiles during rests, and very winning. Many of the best moments are given to the cello in the opening movement, and Wong was both emphatic and projected a warm hall­filling sound. Both soloists were dynamic in the paired cadenza that comes at the start, a very testing entrance, to be sure. Tieszen played with his characteristic bright sound, and the pair were sonically balanced throughout, no rare feat, as they played in dialogs, in octaves and in forceful paired stops.” Milton Moore, “Shimada reinvents ‘the Three Bs’ for a fine ECSO performance,” The Day, New London, CT. February 9, 2014. “...the orchestra member ordained by Brahms to take the spotlight was cello principal Alvin Wong, as the novel, four­-movement concerto [Piano Concerto No. 2] seems to begin its Andante as a cello concerto. And in this slow movement, the moments of magic were found. After a scherzo movement that crackled with energy, Wong opened the andante with a soothing richness in its serene theme, which sang in his cello until [Peter] Frankl entered, the role of the piano not so much to expand the theme, but to comment on it.” - Milton Moore, “Review: A starry start to the ECSO season,” The Day, New London, CT. October 21, 2012. Show less



Yale University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant of Hearing

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2008

  Taught graduate students aural skills and analysis. Taught graduate students aural skills and analysis.



Indiana University Bloomington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Instructor of Music Theory

  • Aug 2004 - May 2006

  Taught Undergraduates Fundamentals in Music Theory and Aural skills, Literature Analysis up to end of early 20th century. Taught Undergraduates Fundamentals in Music Theory and Aural skills, Literature Analysis up to end of early 20th century.