余頌恩博士 Dr. Grace Yu

副教授（音樂學科）及研究生課程統籌（音樂）

Associate Professor (Academic Studies in Music) and Postgraduate Programme Leader (Music)

​

PhD, MM (Indiana), BA (Hons) (CUHK)

​

余頌恩出生於香港，為美國印第安納大學布林明頓雅各音樂學院音樂理論哲學博士及鋼琴演奏音樂碩士。她早年肆業於香港中文大學音樂系，雙主修鋼琴演奏及作曲。

​

余氏在香港演藝學院的教學領域包括音樂理論，音樂分析，及碩士和本科生的音樂研究專題課程。她曾於世界符號學會議、國際李斯特兩百週年誕辰會議、歐洲音樂分析會議、國際音樂符號學會議、加拿大大學音樂協會、北美洲西岸音樂理論分析會議及印第安納大學研究生理論研討會等發表音樂研究、演講並演奏。

​

余氏曾擔任布林明頓交響樂團和哥倫布印第安納愛樂管弦樂團的鋼琴演奏，她亦曾於北美，歐洲和亞洲等地指揮多個專業和青少年管弦樂團。她亦曾於香港浸會大學教授指揮的碩士課程，亦曾擔任美國印第安納大學的研究生助理，負責教授研究生和本科生多項音樂理論課程。

​

余氏在過去曾獲多項榮譽和獎學金，其中包括美國國家音樂榮譽協會的皮卡帕拉姆達(Phi Kappa Lambda)榮譽，香港管弦協會的萬瑞亭海外深造獎學金和尤德爵士紀念獎學金等。

 

Born in Hong Kong, Grace Yu received the Ph.D. in music theory and the M.M. in piano performance from the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University Bloomington, and the B.A. (Hons.) in piano performance and composition from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

​

Yu’s teaching areas at the academy include music theory, analysis, and music research seminars for masters and undergraduate programs. She has given papers and lecture-recitals at numerous international music conferences, such as the World Congress of Semiotics, International Liszt Bicentennial Conference, European Music Analysis Conference, International Congress of Music Signification, Canadian University Music Society, West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis, and the Indiana University Graduate Theory Symposium.

 

Yu has also worked in various capacities in music as an orchestral pianist for the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, as a conductor for professional and youth orchestras in North America, Europe, and Asia. She taught conducting for the masters program for the Hong Kong Baptist University. She also taught music theory, including both aural and written music theory for graduate and undergraduate students, as a graduate assistant at Indiana University.

​

Yu has received numerous honors and scholarships in the past. Notably she has been honored Pi Kappa Lambda by the National Music Honor Society in the USA, and she was the past recipient of the Bernard van Zuiden Music Scholarship from the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society and the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship.