Assistant Professor

Prof. CHUNG Ming Yan Fanny

Full CV
B.A. (Manitoba), M.A. (HKBU), D.Ed. (Bristol), L.T.C.L., Licentiate Performer (Distinction) (Trinity College London), Perf.Cert.(Distinction) (Trinity College London), Orff Cert. (Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada), Orff Cert. of Accreditation (Australian National Council of Orff Schulwerk), Dalcroze Cert. (Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada), Licensed KinderMusik Educator (U.S.A.)
3943 9383
Rm 206, Leung Kau Kui Building

Introduction

Personal Website: https://www.fannychung.net/

Fanny M. Y. Chung is an Assistant Professor in Cultural Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She obtained her doctoral degree from the University of Bristol (U.K.). Her scholarly interests are interdisciplinary, focusing on the interlinked areas of cultural management, musicology, and cultural studies. Her broader research interests include music and arts management, performing arts institutions, Cantonese opera and cultural heritage, arts education, arts and cultural festivals, and play studies and arts engagement.

Her monograph , entitled Music and Play in Early Childhood Education: Teaching Music in Hong Kong, China and the World, provides critical insights into the interplay of cultural policy and educational practices by elucidating the trajectory of early childhood music education system, explicitly problematizing the theoretical foundations of policies such as play-based learning (PBL) and values education in early childhood through music in Hong Kong, China and across the globe. Grounded from her extensive empirical-based research, the book makes a theoretical and practical contribution by offering a new conceptual model of music teacher education within a globally resonant framework.

Chung’s other recent publications look at cultural development related to Chinese theatre arts, outreach and audience-building in performing arts institutions, and music in early years. A recent journal article “Utilizing Technology as a Transmission Strategy in Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Case of Cantonese Opera” contributes to cultural heritage literature by shedding new light on audience reach, content enhancement, value creation, and funding strategies in the context of technology adoption. One journal article “Safeguarding Traditional Theatre Amid Trauma: Career Shock Among Cultural Heritage Professionals in Cantonese Opera” contributes to the literature on cultural transmission by examining the impact of social mobilization, paradigm shifts in tradition, and career crises on safeguarding Cantonese opera amidst trauma. Another recent journal article “Translating Culture-Bound Elements: A Case Study of Traditional Chinese Theatre in the Socio-Cultural Context of Hong Kong” examines the phenomenon of cultural heritage transmission through the lens of translation of Chinese theatre arts in the socio-cultural context of Hong Kong. The journal article “Developing Audiences Through Outreach and Education in the Major Performing Arts Institutions in Hong Kong: Towards a Conceptual Framework” uncovers the interplay of outreach and audience-building in non-profit performing arts institutions with the global cultural landscape. Another recent journal article “The Impact of Music Pedagogy Education on Early Childhood Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Teaching Music: A Study of Music Teacher Education Program” investigates how the development of teacher self-efficacy as theorized by the social cognitive model co-relates with the framework of music teacher education for formal institutional settings, in light of the local, national and international cultural and education policy.

Currently, Chung is working on three funded research projects, including the project on investigating the implementation of education policy in music awarded by General Research Grant (GRF) of Research Grant Council (RGC); the research project on examining the transmission of Cantonese opera amidst global health crisis awarded by the Lord Wilson Heritage Fund (LWHF) of the Hong Kong SAR government; and the research project exploring the mediation of traditions and globalized modernity through the lens of technology adoption in the preservation of Cantonese opera, awarded by the Research Direct Grant of Faculty of Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Apart from research, Chung greatly enjoys her teaching. She has been the awardee of “Faculty of Arts Outstanding Teaching Award” twice, in 2018 and 2021, by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She received the University Grants Committee (UGC)’s Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (TDLEG) for her project “Promoting Peer Learning through Digital Exhibition for Cultural Management Programme”, aiming to facilitate a culturally-entrenched and stimulating learning environment with a peer-learning approach. Chung’s teaching accomplishments have been recognized by CUHK’s teacher training unit, the Centre for Learning Enhancement and Research (CLEAR). In 2022, she was invited by CLEAR to share her teaching experience and pedagogical strategies, which was published on Moodle as part of the university’s teacher training programme (Module: Fostering Student Engagement). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuXrF_iwuH4

Main Research Interests

  • Music and arts management
  • Performing arts institutions
  • Cantonese opera and cultural heritage
  • Arts education
  • Arts and cultural festivals
  • Play studies and arts engagement

Courses Taught

Fall Term (2023-24):
CUMT 1001  Introduction to Cultural Management
CUMT 2010 Music, Culture and Outreach

Research Grants

Competitive Grants

2022 Principal Investigator. ‘Investigating Hong Kong Kindergarten Teachers’ Implementation of a Play-Based Approach in Music Education’, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grant Council (RGC) (1 January, 2022 – 31 December, 2024)
2023 Principal Investigator. ‘Arts and Technology: Integrating Technologies into the Transmission of Cantonese Opera.’ Direct Grant for Research, Faculty of Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.  (1 March, 2023 – 29 February, 2024)
2021 Principal Investigator. ‘The Impact of Covid-19 on Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong’, Lord Wilson Heritage Trust, Home Affairs Bureau, HKSAR Government (14 July 2021 – 31 December 2023). 
2020 Principal Investigator. ‘Promoting Peer Learning through Digital Exhibition for Cultural Management Students’, Teaching Development and Language Enhancement (TDLEG) (2019-22 Triennium), Special Funding Scheme to Enhance Student Engagement and Address Student Learning Needs, UGC/CUHK. (1 October, 2020 – 30 June, 2021)
2019 Principal Investigator. ‘Outreach and Education Programmes in Performing Arts: A Study of Play-Based and Creative Approach in Performing Arts’, Direct Grant for Research, Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Principal Investigator. (11 February, 2019 – 10 February, 2020)

Publication Fund

2022 Principal Investigator. Book publication of Music and Play in Early Childhood Education: Teaching Music in Hong Kong, China and the World (Springer Nature, 2022) Publication Subvention Fund 2022, Faculty of Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. (5 June, 2022 – 30 April 2024)

Awards

2022 Faculty of Arts Outstanding Teaching Award 2021, Faculty of Arts, CUHK
2019 Faculty of Arts Outstanding Teaching Award 2018, Faculty of Arts, CUHK
2019 Outstanding Practice Project, China Arts Management Education Society (Creation, Play: The Joint Exhibition of Xiqu Posters), with Hu Na.

 

Book Authored (referred)

Monograph

2022

Music and Play in Early Childhood Education: Teaching Music in Hong Kong, China and the World. Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature). 249 pages. (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-5033-9)

Book Review of Chung, F. M. Y. (2022). Music and Play in Early Childhood Education: Teaching Music in Hong Kong, China and the World: Xia, J. & Matiure, P. (2023).  The Social Science Journal. [SSCI] (https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2023.2248701)

Research-based Books

2023 Transmission of Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis.  Chung Hwa Book Publisher. 248 pages.
(https://www.chunghwabook.com.hk/book/detail/id/1378029545429738224)

Research-based Creative Books

2013 Handbook of Creative Arts in Early Childhood. Oxford University Press. (Co-author with Cheung, P. Y., Yeung, K. Y., Lau, H. S.)
2011 A Comprehensive Handbook of Music, Physical Fitness, and Visual Arts in Early Childhood. Oxford University Press. (Co-author with Cheung, P. Y., Yeung, K. Y.)

Journal Articles

Refereed Journal

2023 ‘Utilising technology as a transmission strategy in intangible cultural heritage: The case of Cantonese opera performances’. International Journal of Heritage Studies, (Routledge), 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2023.2284723
[Top 1% (18/1760) in Scopus (Arts and Humanities, 2023); SJR Q1; SSCI; AHCI]
2023 ‘Implementing Moral and Character Education Policy through Music Integration: Perspectives of School Leaders in Hong Kong’. Cogent Education, 10 (2), 1-16 (Taylor and Francis).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2286416 [SCOPUS]
2022 ‘Safeguarding traditional theatre amid trauma: Career shock among cultural heritage professionals of Cantonese opera’. International Journal of Heritage Studies (Routledge), 28 (10), 1091-1106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2022.2131878
[Top 1% (18/1760) in Scopus (Arts and Humanities, 2023); SJR Q1; SSCI; AHCI]
2021 ‘Translating culture-bound elements: A case study of traditional Chinese theatre in the socio-cultural context of Hong Kong’, Springer-Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Springer Germany), 14, 393-415. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40647-021-00322-w
[SJR Q1]
2021 ‘The impact of music pedagogy education on early childhood teachers’ self-Efficacy in Teaching Music: A study of music teacher education program in Hong Kong’. Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 15 (2), 63-86. https://www.pecerajournal.com/detail/30003744 [SCOPUS]
2021 ‘Developing Audience through Outreach and Education in the Major Performing Arts Institutions in Hong Kong: Towards a Conceptual Framework’. Springer-Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Springer Germany), 14, 345-366. doi.org/10.1007/s40647-021-00326-6. 
[SJR Q1]

Professional Journals

2020 ‘Transmission of Chinese Theatre Arts: A Study on the Controversy of West Kowloon Cultural District’, Cultural Studies Quarterly, 172, 82-92. [in Chinese] 

Book Chapters

Forthcoming [Referred]
‘Culturally responsive singing in the Early Years’, van der Sandt & Nardi eds., Singing and Inclusions: Promoting Social Justice in Singing, edited by van der Sandt & Nardi. Routledge.
2019 [Referred]
‘Interdisciplinary play-based approach in early childhood music education’, M. Oebelsberger, A. Bernhofer and G. Sammer eds., European Perspectives on Music Education (Vol 8), Austria: Helbling. p.113-122.
https://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/detail/Publication/145048274?auxfun=&lang=en_GB
[published by European Association for Music in Schools (EAS)’s book series; EAS is an affiliation of International Society for Music Education (ISME; the largest music education association in the world)].
2023 [Invited]
‘Cantonese opera guild and preservation of Cantonese opera: The case of Hong Kong Chinese Artists Association’, K.S. Shum ed., Barwo’s 70th Anniversary Publication (pp. 78-81). Hong Kong Chinese Artists Association.

Non-referred Publication

2023 A witness to joy.  Chung Chi Campus Newsletter, 59 (4). Chung Chi College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
(https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ccc/newsletter/post/20230320/facets/?fbclid=IwAR2BIC4BpvzXHQaHvD3hq9RawiCxCSA8IFs5TunHUhgzJq_Rs-p6Prxt564)
2021 Multiple intelligences (MI) in the education of traditional Chinese culture. Research MI Journal, G.T. College, 2 (1), 44.
https://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/detail/Publication/361920539?auxfun=&lang=en_GB
2019 Researcher on the Chinese opera stage. Journey to Chinese Opera & Drama (207), p. 120-121.
2019 Enhancing children’s holistic development through music. Sun Ya Publications (389), p. 4.
2013 Expressive Arts: Music and Visual Arts. Education Childhood Education Division, Hong Kong Baptist University.
2009 ‘The impacts of Orff Schulwerk’s training programme’. Hong Kong Orff Schulwerk, 1(1), 10.

Conference Paper (Refereed)

2023 ‘Traditional Chinese Theatre in Early Childhood: Interactive Cantonese Opera Performance as an Approach to Teach Cantonese Opera in Kindergartens’, The 23rd Pacific of Early Childhood Education Research Association (PECERA) Annual Conference (Strengthening Resilience in Children During Time of Change), 7-9 July, 2023, Indonesia.
2023 ‘Joyful Learning through Play: Implementing Play-based Learning Policy through Music Education’, Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, 2023 APSMER Seoul (Music in the Life, Life in the Music), 9-11 August, 2023, Seoul National University of Education, Korea
2023 ‘Fostering Children’s Creativity through a Play-based Approach in Music Education’, 30th EAS Conference/9th ISME European Regional Conference, (Liberty – Equity – Creativity: Innovating and Inventing Music in the Classroom), May 24-27, 2023, University of Lyon, France.
2022 ‘Moral Education through Musical Play: Conceptions, Practices, and Challenges’, PECERA 22nd Annual Conference (Transforming Early Childhood Education – From Policy to Practice), 8-10 July, 2022, Hong Kong.
2021 ‘Kindergarten Education Policy Implementation: Principal Perceptions, Practices and Challenges in Integrating Music Education to the Curriculum’, ISME Regional Conference/APSMER 2021, 18-19 September, 2021. (Online)
2021 ‘Promoting Peer Learning through Digital Exhibition for Cultural Management Students’, CUHK Teaching & Learning Innovation Expo 2020/21, 26-30 July 2021, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (Online)
2020 ‘Outreach and Education in Performing Arts: Advocating Arts to the Public’, CUHK Teaching & Learning Innovation Expo 2019/20 (Online), 28-30 July 2020, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2019 ‘Outreach and Education Programmes in Performing Arts Groups: A Study of Creative Approach in Performing Arts’, 14th International Conference on the Arts in Society, 19-21 June 2019, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.
2019 ‘Xiqu Centre of West Kowloon Cultural District: An Analysis of Development and Prospects’. Paper presented at Seminar on Strategic Opportunities & Prospects of Cultural Industry of Macau, 8- 9 June, 2019, City University of Macau, Macau.
2019 ‘Orff Schulwerk for Young Children: A Study of Teachers’ Perceived Competences’, 7th European ISME Regional Conference/27th EAS Conference, 15-18 May, 2019, Malmo Academy of Music, University of Lund, Sweden.
2018 ‘Play-Based and Creative Approach in Early Childhood Music Education: Hong Kong Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Teaching Music’, Learning & Teaching Expo 2018, 12-14 December, 2018, Hong Kong.
2018 “Cultural Development in the Arts: Impacts of Arts Marketing and Advocacy”, Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies Conference, Cambridge, 23-25 July, 2018, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
2018 “Unlocking Full Potential in Creative Music Teaching: Competences in Teaching Music to Young Children”, International Conference on Early Childhood Development and Science Education, 28-29 May, 2018, Tokyo, Japan.
2017 “Interdisciplinary Approaches for Music Learning in Hong Kong.” Joint (Ad)venture in Music, 19-22 April, 2017, Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Austria.
2016 “Music Teacher Education in Hong Kong.”, Pacific Early Childhood Research Association 2016 Conference (Grow and Learn from Investing in Early Learning: Timing, Economics, and Efficiency), 7-9 July, 2016, Bangkok, Thailand.
2016 “Developing Self-Efficacy in Hong Kong Early Childhood Music Teachers.” European Association for Music in Schools 2016 Conference (Looking for the Unexpected: Creativity and Innovation in Music Education), 16-19 March, 2016, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2015 “The Impacts of Creative Pedagogy on Hong Kong Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Music.” Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2015, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 16-23 December, 2015, Hong Kong.

Exhibitions (Research-based)

2020 [Online Exhibition Curation] Online performing arts poster exhibition: Creativity & audience development (Digital Exhibition). (the exhibition was funded by UGC’s Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (TDLEG) for the 2019-22 Triennium)
2018 [Exhibition Curation] Cantonese opera exhibition: Ritualistic Cantonese opera in Hong Kong 2016-2018 (2018). Venue: Exhibition Gallery, Ch’ien Mu Library, New Asia College, CUHK, 15/10/2018 – 2/11/2018.
2018 [Exhibition Curation] with Hu Na. Creation, play: The joint exhibition of Xiqu posters (Bilingual) (2018) (Exhibition). Venue: Exhibition Hall, National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts.
*The project was awarded ‘Outstanding Teaching Practice Project’ by the China Arts Management Education Society.
2017 [Exhibition Curation] with Hu Na. Creation, play: The joint exhibition of Xiqu posters (Bilingual) (2017) (Exhibition). Venue: Exhibition Hall, National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts.

Editorship and Journal Review

1. Editorial Board Member, Humanities and Sciences Communications (Springer) [SSCI/AHCI; SCOPUS], since 08/2023.
2. Associate Editor, Frontier in Education [ESCI; SCOPUS], 06/2023.
3. Journal Editor (Articles), Sage Open [SSCI; SCOPUS], since 10/2021.
4. Journal Reviewer: 
  International Journal of Heritage Studies [SSCI/AHCI]
  International Journal of Music Education [SSCI/AHCI]
  Asian Studies Review [SSCI/AHCI]
  Early Child Development and Care (Routledge) [SSCI; SCOPUS]
  Asian Education and Development Studies (Routledge) [ESCI; SCOPUS]
  Sage Open [SSCI; SCOPUS]
  Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education (Pacific of Early Childhood Education Research Association) [SCOPUS]
  IAFOR Journal of Education
  Grenek Music Journal (Universitas Negeri Medan), since 2018.

Invited Presentations/ Lectures/Knowledge Transfer Activities

Invited Presentations/ Lectures at Conferences, Workshops, Research Institutes and Universities (Selected)

2023 [Invited Speech] ‘Art Technology and Audience Building of Cantonese Opera’, The 9th Symposium on the Transmission and Development of Traditional Chinese Opera Culture, Department of International Cultural Communication, National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts (9 December 2023).
2023 [Invited Speech] ‘Modern Technology and Cultural Industries: A Case Study of Traditional Cantonese Opera’, Four-Region of Cross-Strait Symposium on High-Quality Development of Cultural Industries Education, City University of Macau (28 April 2023).
https://fofalumni.cityu.edu.mo/news/view/54087
2021 [Invited Speech] ‘Research Seminar on Traditional Chinese Musical Notation’, Hong Kong Association of Cantonese Opera Scholars (28 December, 2021).
2021 [Invited Talk] ‘Character Development through Music Integration’, Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society (27 August, 2021).
2021 [Invited Talk] ‘Development of Ritual Performances of Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong’, Lord Wilson Heritage Trust and Hong Kong Public Library, Hong Kong SAR government (31 March, 2021).
https://www.lordwilson-heritagetrust.org.hk/en/whatsNew/news/20210329_2.html
2021 [Invited Talk] ‘Conversations with Yuen Siu-fai, Tam Wing-lun Alan & Chung Ming-yan Fanny: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Cantonese Opera Development’, Lord Wilson Heritage Trust and Hong Kong Public Library, HKSAR government (31 March, 2021).
2020 [Invited Talk] ‘Arts Education & Audience Development’, invited talk for postgraduate students (MPhil and PhD), Cultural Industries Management Programme, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Macau (15 May, 2020).
2019 [Invited Speech] ‘Advocating Cantonese Opera in the Higher Education Sector in Hong Kong’, Invited Talk, Seminar on the Development of Cantonese Opera in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Cinema Alegris, Macau (22 December, 2019).
2019 [Invited Speech] ‘Xiqu Centre of West Kowloon Cultural District: Development & Forward’, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Macau (8 June, 2019).
2016 [Invited Lecture] ‘The Development of Performing Arts & Arts Education in Hong Kong’, Department of Musicology, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing (中央音樂學院) (15 May, 2016).
2016 [Invited Lecture] ‘An Introduction to Cultural Management’, Department of International Cultural Communication, National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts (16 May, 2016).
2016 [Invited Lecture] ‘Cultural Policy & Music Education in the Community’, School of Arts, Renmin University of China (17 May, 2016).
2016 [Invited Talk] ‘Seminar: Cultural Management in Hong Kong and Beijing’, Chinese National Academy of Arts (中國藝術研究院) (16 May, 2016).
2013 [Invited Speaker] ‘A Joyous Journey in Music (Part 2): Music Appreciation for Young Children’,  Gigamind Kindergarten (16 May, 2013).
2013 [Invited Workshop] ‘Music in Early Childhood Education’, PGDE in Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Baptist University (20 February, 2013).
2012 [Invited Speaker] ‘A Joyous Journey in Music (Part 1): Music & Movement for Young Children’,  Gigamind Kindergarten (14 December, 2012).
2012 [Invited Public Lecture] ‘Early Childhood Music Education: Keys to Happy Learning in Music (in Macau)’, Oxford University Press (24 March, 2012).
2011 [Invited Public Lecture] ‘How to design happy music lessons for young children?’, Oxford University Press (19 March, 2011).
2010 [Invited Speaker] ‘Musical Technique and Competency in Music Teaching’, Truth Baptist Church Kindergarten (19 February, 2010).
2009 [Invited Speaker] ‘Musical Technique and Competency in Music Teaching’, Po Leung Kuk Fong Wong Kam Chuen Kindergarten (30 September, 2009).
2009 [Invited Talk] ‘The Integration of Creative Arts to School Curriculum: DanceSports’, Fanling Baptist Church Lui Ming Choi Kindergarten (18 August, 2009).

Conference and Symposium Organization

2024
(forthcoming)
Chairperson of the Organizing Committee, Implementing the Play-Based Learning Policy in Music Education, 06/2024 [Supported by General Research Grant (GRF), Research Grant Council (RGC), Hong Kong SAR government]
2023
(forthcoming)
Chairperson of the Organizing Committee, A New Chapter for Cantonese Opera in the Post-Pandemic Era, Co-organized with the Xiqu Centre, the West Kowloon Cultural District, 16/12/2023 [Supported by the research grant from Lord Wilson Heritage Trust, Hong Kong SAR government]
2021 Conference Committee Member, ICLLL Conference, since 09/2021

External Service

2022-23 Chairperson, Programme Validation Panel (PVP), Higher Diploma in Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong College of Technology, 12/2022 – 02/2023.
2022 External Examiner, Programmes in Cantonese Opera, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, since 09/2022.
2021 External Reviewer, G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College, since 09/2021.
2021 Research Fellow, Research Centre for Transmission of Cantonese Opera, the Education University of Hong Kong, since 09/2021.
2019-21 Elected Board Member, Hong Kong Association of Cantonese Opera Scholars, 11/2019 – 11/2021.
2018 External Advisor, Early Childhood Education Division, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, since 09/2018.