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Frankie Chan

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Master
Teaching since 2007
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Frankie Chan
Violin, Western Music Theory
California Baptist University (US), Hong Kong Baptist University
Frankie Chan

Frankie Chan earned his Master of Music Degree in Violin Performance from California Baptist University. He studied violin with Korean violinist Dr. Jin-Hee Kim, Taiwan violist Dr. I-Ting Huang, the Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Oklahoma and the Concertmaster of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Dr. Gregory Lee, as well as the Principal Second Violin of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Ting Fan. Additionally, Frankie has completed the Bachelor of Arts in Music Studies with first-class honours at Hong Kong Baptist University, and has been selected for the Scholastic Award.

Frankie’s performance experience encompasses various genres. He was a violin player in the California Baptist University Symphony Orchestra, California Baptist University Chamber Orchestra, Corona Symphony Orchestra, Sewanee Symphony, Gustav Mahler Orchestra, and Hong Kong Baptist University Symphony Orchestra. He performed with several world-renowned musicians, including the winner of the 2019 GRAMMY Award and Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, Music Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Gemma New, American violinists Anne Akiko Meyers and Chloé Trevor, Chinese contemporary classical composer and conductor Tan Dun, and the founder of the Hong Kong String Orchestra Yao Jue.

Frankie began teaching violin in 2007. He studied at The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, and California Baptist University from 2014 to 2020. Some of Frankie’s students have been admitted to local universities to continue their music studies. Additionally, Frankie has served as a violin tutor at various schools, such as W F Joseph Lee Primary School, Yuk Yin School, Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College, Cumberland Presbyterian Church Yao Dao Secondary School, Riverside Arts Academy (United States), The Hong Kong Management Association K S Lo College, Ng Clan’s Association Tai Pak Memorial School, and C.C.C. Kei Tsun Primary School.

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Frankie Chan
Professional field(s): Violin, Western Music Theory
Teaching language(s): Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Teaching since 2007

Frankie Chan earned his Master of Music Degree in Violin Performance from California Baptist University. He studied violin with Korean violinist Dr. Jin-Hee Kim, Taiwan violist Dr. I-Ting Huang, the Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Oklahoma and the Concertmaster of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Dr. Gregory Lee, as well as the Principal Second Violin of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Ting Fan. Additionally, Frankie has completed the Bachelor of Arts in Music Studies with first-class honours at Hong Kong Baptist University, and has been selected for the Scholastic Award.

Frankie’s performance experience encompasses various genres. He was a violin player in the California Baptist University Symphony Orchestra, California Baptist University Chamber Orchestra, Corona Symphony Orchestra, Sewanee Symphony, Gustav Mahler Orchestra, and Hong Kong Baptist University Symphony Orchestra. He performed with several world-renowned musicians, including the winner of the 2019 GRAMMY Award and Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, Music Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Gemma New, American violinists Anne Akiko Meyers and Chloé Trevor, Chinese contemporary classical composer and conductor Tan Dun, and the founder of the Hong Kong String Orchestra Yao Jue.

Frankie began teaching violin in 2007. He studied at The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, and California Baptist University from 2014 to 2020. Some of Frankie’s students have been admitted to local universities to continue their music studies. Additionally, Frankie has served as a violin tutor at various schools, such as W F Joseph Lee Primary School, Yuk Yin School, Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College, Cumberland Presbyterian Church Yao Dao Secondary School, Riverside Arts Academy (United States), The Hong Kong Management Association K S Lo College, Ng Clan’s Association Tai Pak Memorial School, and C.C.C. Kei Tsun Primary School.

Frankie Chan

Education

Master of Music, California Baptist University

cGPA 3.93/4, majored in Violin Performance

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Music Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University

  • Scholastic Award
  • First Class Honours
  • 4 times obtained President's Honour Roll

Performance Experience

Corona Symphony Orchestra, 2018-2020

Tutti Violinist. Conducted by Marco A. Mejia. Performed with the First Prize winner of the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, the pianist, Hanbo Ma (2019).

California Baptist University Symphony Orchestra, 2018-2020

Principal Second Violin, Conducted by Dr. Gene Moon, Director of Orchestral Studies. Performed with the Grand Prize winner Lynn Harrell Competition, the violinist, Chloé Trevor (2019).

CBU Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Ensembles, 2018-2020

Chamber Violinist. Leaded by Prof. Angela Brand Butler. Featured in chamber music.

Sewanee Music Festival and Symphony, 2019

Tutti Violinist. Conducted by the winner of GRAMMY Award and the Music Director of Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the conductor, JoAnn Falletta. Also, in the same music festival, conducted by the Music Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, the conductor, Gemma New.

Hong Kong Baptist University Symphony Orchestra, 2016-2018

Tutti Violinist. Conducted by Professor Johnny Poon, Head of the Department of Music. Performed with the world-renowned violinist Anne Akiko Meyers (2016).

Gustav Mahler Orchestra, 2017

Tutti Violinist. Leaded by the Associate Conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Wilson Ng.

Hong Kong String Orchestra, 2016

Tutti Violinist. Leaded by the world-renowned Chinese contemporary composer and conductor Tan Dun and the founder of the Hong Kong String Orchestra, the violinist, Yao Jue.

Working Experience

C.C.C. Kei Tsun Primary School, 2023-present

Violin Tutor. Group teaching in primary school.

Ng Clan's Association Tai Pak Memorial School, 2022-present

Violin Tutor. Group teaching in primary school.

The Hong Kong Management Association K S Lo College, 2021-present

Violin Tutor. Group teaching in secondary school.

Riverside Arts Academy (California), 2018-2020

Violin Tutor. Group teaching for young students.

Piano Place, 2007-2018

Violin Tutor. Students have obtained ABRSM violin exam G. 8 with distinction, and enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Music of Hong Kong Baptist University.

GMC Music, 2014-2017

Violin Tutor. Outstanding Teacher Award 2016.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church Yao Dao Secondary School, 2011-2012

Violin Tutor (substitute). Group teaching in secondary school.

Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College, 2011-2012

Violin Tutor (substitute). Group teaching in secondary school.

Yuk Yin School, 2011-2012

Violin Tutor (substitute). Group teaching in primary school.

Parsons Music Limited, 2010-2012

Violin Tutor. Prepared students’ competitions and ABRSM Violin Examinations.

W F Joseph Lee Primary School, 2009-2010

Violin Tutor. Group teaching in primary school.

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Frankie Chan’s teaching style

Focus on theory-based teaching, including:

  • Music history
  • Music theory
  • Basic performance skills, such as intonation and rhythm
  • The principle of violin playing techniques, such as the postures of standing and sitting, violin and bow holding, and the use of muscles in various playing techniques
  • Hoping to help improve the student’s artistic appreciation of music

Video

Eugène Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata No. 3, Ballade

Frankie Chan: Theme and Variations for Piano in D minor (2015)

Articles

Canon in D

Canon in D, one of the most widely known classical music pieces of contemporary times, is composed by German composer Johann Pachelbel. The original version of Canon in D is composed for three violins, accompanied by one (or more) bass instrument(s). Over time, the piece has been arranged into various versions, such as piano solo and orchestral versions. The exact date of its composition is not recorded but it is generally believed to be composed between 1680-1706.
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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer, the predominant musical figure during the transition between the Classical to Romantic eras. He occupies an unprecedented dominance in the history of Western music history, and has been widely regarded as the greatest, most influential and most popular musician who ever lived.

Beethoven's music inherited the artistic atmosphere of Haydn and Mozart, penetrated the desire for dignity, vented the anger tortured by fate, and demonstrated his determination to fight with fate.

Compared to other musicians, Beethoven is effectively to interact the philosophy of life with audience through music. Although he was not a romantic, he had become the object followed by other romantics.

As a musician, Beethoven suffered from ear diseases. However, he was unwilling to succumb to fate, vowing to take fate by the throat, and continue to complete his career. In the last ten years of his life, without hearing any sound, his compositions influenced the development of music for nearly two hundred years.

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The Greatest Violinist: Jascha Heifetz

More than a century after his public debut, the name Jascha Heifetz continues to evoke awe and excitement among fellow musicians. In a performing career that spanned 65 years, he established an unparalleled standard of violin playing to which violinists around the world still aspire.
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Common Practice Guide

After many years of being a student first and a teacher after, we often noticed that in our every day practice we can make small mistakes that may slow us down or might not bring the best out of our music. With these short tips we tried to go through some of them, hoping it will help students (and not only!) in their daily practice.
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G Song by Terry Riley

As an iconic American composer, Terry Riley (born 1935) is always considered as a minimalist. However, this kind of thoughts would be ignoring part of his creativity. In fact, Riley added plenty elements in his compositions since 1970s, especially when he started collaborating with the Kronos Quartet. Riley’s composing style is very extensive, including improvisation, polyrhythm and jazz. He adopted classical elements, such as instrumentation, musical forms, structure and tonality. He also combined the elements from different periods to create unique musical textures. This research focuses on Terry Riley’s String Quartet, G Song. The research will be divided into two parts. The first part introduces Riley’s life and the background of G Song. The second part focuses on music analysis, including the musical structure “Two forms in one work”; The harmony “Unresolved Dissonance”; The rhythm “Metric Modulation”; The baroque “Canon”; The modern “Pointillism”. The purpose of this study is to discuss how Riley combined classicism and modernism into a work, and discuss why the statement “Terry Riley is considered as minimalist” would be ignoring part of his story.
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Teaching Location

Wan ChaiYau Tsim MongTuen MunYuen Long

Live Tutorial

Frankie Chan provides live tutorial.

Lesson

Violin

LevelBeginnerIntermediateAdvanced
Tuition$500$600$700
Notes
  • The Tuition refers to 60mins per lesson.
  • The Tuition might be adjusted according to the duration and location of the lesson.
  • All amounts are in Hong Kong Dollars.

ABRSM Music Theory G. 5, G. 8

LevelBeginnerIntermediateAdvanced
Tuition$500$600/
Notes
  • The Tuition refers to 60mins per lesson.
  • The Tuition might be adjusted according to the duration and location of the lesson.
  • All amounts are in Hong Kong Dollars.

Level:

All Instrumental Lessons / Accompaniment
Beginner: Beginner - G. 4
Intermediate: G. 5 - G. 7
Advanced: G. 8 or above

Western Music Theory
Beginner: ABRSM Music Theory G. 5
Intermediate: ABRSM Music Theory G. 8
Advanced: Trinity College London AmusTCL or above

Chinese Music Theory
Beginner: Shanghai Conservatory of Music Theory
Beginner: Central Conservatory of Music Theory G. 1
Intermediate: Central Conservatory of Music Theory G. 2
Advanced: Not applicable

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