奧林匹亞青少年交響
樂團音樂總監及樂團指揮
小提琴家,1992-2001年擔任西洛杉磯交響樂團音樂會指揮,1992-1997年擔任伯班克室內樂團(現爲伯班克愛樂樂團)的音樂會指揮。他是奧林匹亞愛樂樂團和加州交響樂團/奧林匹亞青年管弦樂團的音樂總監和指揮。他還曾主持在南加州大學(USC)舉辦的音樂會。何楓在與達倫·布魯姆、洪迪普、艾曼達·哈伯格、約翰·甘迺迪博士、丹尼爾·凱斯納博士、弗蘭克·埃茲拉·利維和三松松三郎的世界首演中,以及在沃爾特·迪士尼音樂廳等場所指揮不同的管弦樂隊和拉鍊大廳都受到了極大贊譽。何先生於1984年從紐約市移居洛杉磯,擔任布魯克林音樂廳和皇后愛樂樂團的音樂會指揮。他還在紐約、洛杉磯、溫哥華和明尼蘇達州舉辦了獨奏和室內音樂獨奏會。
除了保持繁忙的演出日程外,何先生還擁有一間年輕而有才華的學生工作室。何楓曾任美國弦樂教師協會(ASTA)洛杉磯分會主席,並兼任加州音樂教師協會(MTAC)西聖加布裏埃爾谷分會主席。何先生擁有紐約曼哈頓音樂學院小提琴演奏碩士學位,與已故的卡羅爾·葛籣一起學習。後來,在洛杉磯,他與已故的努米·菲舍爾一起研究教育學和曲目。 目前, 何楓是加州州立大學(CSULA)的小提琴和管弦樂隊教師,他也是洛杉磯縣藝術高中(LACHSA)的弦樂和室內樂教師。何先生亦曾在KU勞倫斯及加州大學聖巴巴拉分校擔任國際青年音樂家學會(IIYM)的教師,爲期8年。
2001年夏天,他受香港政府音樂事務處邀請擔任香港青年音樂夏令營的客席指揮,並於7月29日在香港文化中心舉行了一場與香港青年弦樂團的音樂會,從而大獲好評。 2008年3月8日,在何先生的指導下,奧林匹亞青年管弦樂團在沃爾特迪斯尼音樂廳演出,被選為洛杉磯愛樂樂團青年管弦樂團合作夥伴之一。在2013年夏天,何先生帶領一支由奧林匹亞青年管弦樂團成員組成的室內樂團成功舉辦了5場城市巡迴演唱會。在2016年春季,何先生還帶領奧林匹亞青年管弦樂團(Olympia Chamber Society)的精英學生組成的中國和香港四場巡迴演唱會,受到當地觀眾的歡迎。
何先生於2015年,2016年及2018年分別獲邀參加第二屆,第三屆及第五屆香港國際音樂節音樂比賽的评委。他還在美國以及香港,中國,台灣和新加坡舉辦了大師班。他的許多小提琴學生繼續在全國各地的音樂學院進行音樂學習。今年,何先生被美國弦樂教師協會洛杉磯分會評為年度傑出工作室教師。
He is a violinist, served as Concertmaster for the West L.A. Symphony Orchestra from 1992-2001 and was Concertmaster for the Burbank Chamber Orchestra (now Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra) from 1992-97. He is the Music Director and Conductor of the Olympia Philharmonic Orchestra and the CalStateLA Symphony Orchestra/Olympia Youth Orchestra. He has also guest-conducted concerts held at University of Southern California (USC). World premieres of works by Darren Bloom, Hong Diep, Amanda Harberg, Dr. John M. Kennedy, Dr. Daniel Kessner, Frank Ezra Levy and Masatoshi Mitsumoto were also given to his credit in conducting different orchestras in venues such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall and Zipper Hall. Mr. Ho moved to Los Angeles in 1984 from New York City where he served as Concertmaster for both the Brooklyn Chamber and Queens Philharmonic Orchestras. He has also given solo and chamber music recitals in New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Minnesota.
Besides keeping a busy schedule performing, Mr. Ho also maintains a studio of young and talented students. Fung Ho was President of the Los Angeles Section of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) and also served as President of the West San Gabriel Valley Branch of the Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC). Mr. Ho holds a Masters Degree of Music in Violin Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York where he studied with the late Carroll Glenn. Later on, in Los Angeles, he researched pedagogy and repertoire with the late Noumi Fischer.
Currently, Fung Ho is on the violin and orchestra faculty of Cal State Univ. Los Angeles (CSULA). He is also on the string and chamber music faculty of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA). Mr. Ho has also served on the faculty of the International Institute for Young Musicians (IIYM) at KU Lawrence and UC Santa Barbara during the summers for 8 years.
In the summer of 2001, he was invited by the Music Office of the Hong Kong Government to be the guest conductor at the Hong Kong Youth Music Camp and a concert with the Hong Kong Youth String Orchestra was presented at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on July 29, 2001, receiving critical acclaim. On March 8, 2008, under the direction of Mr. Ho, the Olympia Youth Orchestra performed in Walt Disney Concert Hall as a result of being selected as one of the Youth Orchestra Partners of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. In the summer of 2013, Mr. Ho led a successful 5 city concert tour of a chamber orchestra comprised of members of the Olympia Youth Orchestra. In the Spring of 2016, Mr. Ho also led an elite group of students from the Olympia Youth Orchestra (Olympia Chamber Society) on a 4-concert tour in China and Hong Kong, well received by the local audiences.
Mr. Ho was invited to be one of the adjudicators at the 2nd, 3rd and 5th Hong Kong International Music Festival Music Competition in 2015, 2016 and 2018 respectively. He has also given masterclasses in the US as well as Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Singapore. Many of his violin students have gone on to further their musical studies in music conservatories all over the country. This year, Mr. Ho was just recognized as the Outstanding Studio Teacher of the Year by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American String Teachers Association.