Jia Fen Wong Wong, Jia Fen

A distinguished Taiwanese choral conductor active on the music scene, Jia Fen Wong is known for profound and enduring musical interpretations. Wong performs choral works from every era with equal command, plans rehearsals for maximum efficiency, and creates unforgettable performance experiences for choir members. A longtime advocate for choral music, Wong is dedicated to building and promoting choral education in Taiwan, has repeatedly commissioned new works, and has organized choral performances and academic conferences. Alongside this work in choral education, Wong has frequently been invited to serve on the juries of choral competitions and festivals in Taiwan and abroad.

Wong received a bachelor’s degree from the Department of Music at National Taiwan Normal University, majoring in voice under Professor 辛永秀, and a master’s degree from the same department’s graduate institute, majoring in orchestral conducting under Professor 張大勝. Wong earned a doctorate in choral conducting from the University of Texas at Austin (U. T. Austin), studying with Dr. M. Beachy. After returning to Taiwan to teach in 1996, Wong conducted the Taipei Chamber Singers, the Kaohsiung Teachers’ Choir, the National Sun Yat-sen University Department of Music Choir, and the Ching Yun Choir, and has been a guest conductor of the Taipei Century Choir, the National Experimental Chorus, the Azure Voices Choir, and the Mullou Chorus.

Wong is currently a full-time professor in choral conducting in the Department of Music at National Sun Yat-sen University, an adjunct professor in the conducting program of the Graduate Institute of Music at National Taiwan Normal University, and music director of the National Sun Yat-sen University Department of Music Choir. Wong is also president of the Taiwan Choral Association, a lifetime member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and a member of the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM).