Fanny Chung

Fanny Ming-yan CHUNG is an Assistant Professor in the B.A. Programme in Cultural Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). She holds a doctoral degree and a master’s degree specializing in Music and Music Education, from the University of Bristol and Hong Kong Baptist University, along with a bachelor’s degree in Music and Economics from the University of Manitoba. Her scholarly interests are interdisciplinary, focusing on the interlinked areas of cultural management, music and music education, community arts and music, and cultural policy.

Recently, Chung has published two single-authored books. Her monograph, entitled Music and Play in Early Childhood Education: Teaching Music in Hong Kong, China and the World, published by Springer/Palgrave MacMillan, 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 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 another recently published research-based book Transmission of Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis, contributes to an understanding of the impacts of the global pandemic on the cultural and creative industries through the lens of the Cantonese opera sector. Through an extensive research that spanned almost three years, the scholarly research makes evidence-based recommendations for stakeholders regarding policymaking, artistic practice, art-technology, and the future development of the creative industry.

Chung has published widely in top-tier peer-reviewed academic journals. A recent journal article "Utilizing Technology as a Transmission Strategy in Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Case of Cantonese Opera Performances" sheds new light on audience reach, content enhancement, value creation, and funding strategies in the context of art-technology adoption, such as AI adoption. Another recent journal article "Implementing Moral and Character Education Policy through Music Integration: Perspectives of School Leaders in Hong Kong" examines the implementation of moral education policy through music education.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 community outreach, arts education, and audience-building in performing arts institutions. 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 cultural and education policy in music awarded by General Research Grant (GRF) of Research Grant Council (RGC); the research project on examining the development of creative industry amidst global health crisis, through the lens of Chinese opera, awarded by the Lord Wilson Heritage Fund (LWHF) of the Hong Kong SAR government; and the research project exploring art-technology adoption in performing arts, 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 2019 and 2022, by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She received the University Grants Committee (UGC)’s Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant 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).