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LEUNG Chi-cheung 
1956 Born in Hong Kong
1974 Founding conductor, Yao Yueh Chinese Music Association
1980 Yangqin instructor, Music Office, Recreation and Culture Department
1981 Manager, Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra
1988 B.A. in Composition, University of North Texas (UNT), USA
  Choir conductor, Denton Chinese Church, USA
1990 M.A. in Composition, UNT
1992 Lecturer (part-time), Hong Kong Baptist University
1995 Diploma in Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
  Lecturer (part-time), CUHK
  Lecturer, Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd)
1996 Conductor, HKIEd Graduates' Orchestra
1998- Coordinator of the New Generation Composition Concert
2002 Ph.D. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Australia
  Treasurer, HKCG
2003 Senior Lecturer, HKIEd
  Editor and Coordinator, Comparative Music Column, MayDay Group
2004-2006 Chairman, Commission on Music in Cultural, Educational, and Mass Media Policies in Music Education
2005 Project Leader, 2007 ISCM-ACL Music Creativity Education Campaign
2006-2008 Special Advisor, Commission on Music in Cultural, Educational, and Mass Media Policies in Music Education
2006- Associate Professor, HKIEd
 
Awards
1984 Third Prize, Chinese Instrumental Ensemble Performance, Hong Kong Young Musicians' Awards
1985 First Prize, Chinese Music Composition, Hong Kong Young Musicians' Awards
1986 Outstanding Freshman, Pi Kappa Lambda Class Honour Award
1987 Outstanding International Student Award
  Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
1988 Scholastic All-American Collegiate Award
1989 Pi Kappa Lambda Scholarship Award in Composition

Major Compositions
Orchestral (Western)
“New Life” Symphonic Poem (1990) 20'

Orchestral (Chinese)
Demon of the Heart (1994) 10'
Friendship (1986, 2006 revised) 7'

Chamber (Western)
A Little Fancy Dream (1993) 8'
     for chamber orchestra & tape
Beyond Sorrow (1988) 22'
     for 6 perc
Quest (1987) 7'
     for fl, ob, cl, hn & bn
Dream (1986) 5'
     trio for ob & 2 perc
Japanese Fantasia (1986) 5'
     trio for fl, vc & pf

Chamber (Chinese)
Bravo! (1996) 10'
     for dizi, erhu, perc, pipa & zhongruan
Romance Destiny (1987) 6'
     trio for erhu, yangqin & vc
Hope (1985) 8'
     for 12-player Chinese instrumental ensemble

Chamber (Mixed)
Celebration Dance (2006) 5’
   for yangqin, piano, marimba and handbells
Celebration Dance (2006) 5’
   for flute, oboe, marimba and handbells
Celebration Dance (2006) 5’
   for erhu, gaohu, marimba and handbells
Struggle for Love (1985) 5'
     for yangqin, vc & pf

Instrumental Solo
Friendship (1995) 7'
     for erhu & pf
Shadow Dancing (1995) 8'
     for erhu
Waltz (1986) 3'
     for pf
Friendship (1986) 7'
     for vn & pf

Vocal /Choral
Three Love Poems (1997) 8'
     for SATB
Fellowship in Christ (1991) 3'
     for SATB
The Portrait (1988) 5'
     for soprano & pf

Electro-Acoustic Music / Computer Music
Kitchen Dance (1996) 8'
     for Chinese Kitchen utensils and dance
The World Afflicted (1989) 20'
     for electronic music, pf, zhongruan, yangqin, narrator & dancer
The Unknown (1988) 12'
     for tape

Music for Theatre / Drama
The Reunification Overture (1997) 10'
     for Cantonese Opera

Publications/ Paper Presentations
A Little Fancy Dream《小小夢幻曲》. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Composers' Guild, 1994.
Shadow Dancing 《舞影》. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Composers' Guild, 1995.
The Treasure of Chinese Music: Huqin 《中國音樂寶庫：胡琴篇》(CD-ROM). Hong Kong: Education Department, Hong Kong Institute of Education & Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, 2000.
Timbre and New Instrumental Sources 《音色與新音源》(In collaboration with J. Cheung-Yung, Stefan S.M. Au, & E. Kung). In E. Ho, S.K. Cham, M.C. Chan & K. Kwan (Eds.), Contemporary Music for School Students《現代音樂探索》, Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2006.
Learning Portfolio: An integration between music analysis and composition 《音樂分析與創作的結合》. In C.O. Tam & B.W. Leung (Eds.), Teaching and Learning of Art and Music: Innovations, Approaches and Cases 《藝術教育新方向：方法個案及研究》. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education, 2004.
Chinese Poetry and its music《中國詩詞音樂——詩經、楚辭與漢魏六朝樂府》，Hong Kong: International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong), in press.