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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

aniDa Chan Po Wai

Music educator, teacher educator, music composer and performer

 

Qualifications:
    • Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology), The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 
    • Orff-Schulwerk Teacher Training Course Level 2 in Melbourne (2011). 
    • The European Mentorship Programme in Orff-Schulwerk Pedagogy - Singapore Satellite 2020-2021. 
    • Elemental Music and Dance Course LEVEL 3 by Sing Orff (2023). 

 

Experience:
Since 2010, she has been the music teacher in Orff 4 Kids music studio in Hong Kong. Later, she became the music director and also contributed to course development. She has been teaching Orff music classes for 1-6 year-olds, Orff percussion ensemble for 6-8 years-olds, and instrumental classes.

 

As a singer song-writer in earlier days, she has been composing children's songs in Cantonese and English. She has been very keen on introducing live music to children. Along with the colleagues in Orff 4 Kids, she has been organizing different types of engaging music concerts, including classical music, musical theatre, music with story-telling, outdoor family concerts, etc. Some important performances include:
    • 2024: Bom Bom’s Four Seasons (the Chinese 24 solar-terms)
    • 2021: The Thousand and Two Nights (with Millennium Youth Orchestra)
    • 2021: Ah Mui in Wonderland (with the Trio ensemble from Millennium Youth Orchestra)
    • 2020: Ah Mui the Matchstick Girl
    • 2019: Little Water Drop (A baby concert with a professional Taiko player)
    • 2013-2018: Classics for Kids (with the SAR Philharmonics)

 

Since 2021, she has been involved in teacher trainings for school teachers in Hong Kong and Macau. She has been designing hybrid training courses and developing an online teacher training and resource platform for teachers - the EduPlaygrounds. 

 

Since 2022, she has been involved in a children’s song channel “Bom Bom Park”. She is dedicated to writing high-quality music for children, and is the main composer of the channel.

 

She is a founding member of the Macao Orff Schulwerk Association, which was founded in 2018. She has been actively involved in the events of the IOSFS, including hosting a Forum Resonance - “A Taste of Cantonese Opera” in 2023.

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