Dr. Tracy Wong is a Malaysian-Canadian choral conductor, music educator, composer, vocalist, and pianist. Dr. Wong is passionate about helping choral leaders and educators provide unique experiences for their singers and students through collaborative commissions, customised workshops, festivals, and artist residencies. She does this through focusing on the balance of performance practice considerations, vocal and acoustic explorations, and choral artistry and heart.
Currently residing in Ontario, Canada, Dr. Wong is an Assistant Professor of Choral Studies at Western University, where she conducts Chorale and Les Choristes ensembles and teaches choral conducting. Dr. Wong holds a Doctor in Musical Arts and a Master in Music Performance (Choral Conducting) from the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt. She is also a two-time recipient of the 2016 & 2017 Elmer Iseler National Graduate Fellowship in Choral Conducting and a nominee of the Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting.
As a composer-arranger, she advocates for repertoire-based music education, and her choral works support the development of vocal technique, musicianship skills, and artistry. Her music reflects the blend of different lived experiences, languages, and musical elements that influence her compositional writing.
Dr. Wong’s strong commitment to community choral organisations is reflected in her work as Conductor of the 2024 Organisation of American Kodály Educators (Concert Treble Choir) and the 2024 British Columbia Youth Choir, keynote speaker for the 2024 Kodály Australia National Conference, Co-Conductor of the 2023 Asia Pacific Youth Choir (International Federation of Choral Music), atelier leader of Europa Cantat Junior 2023 (Flanders/Belgium), former Conductor of the Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir (Kitchener, Ontario), and singer with Babεl (Toronto). She is the 2023-2024 Composer-in-Residence of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, 2019 Canadian Composer Feature for the Canadian Kodály Journal, Alla Breve, and her choral works are featured at numerous reading sessions. Dr. Wong collaborates regularly with choral organisations in North America and internationally on conducting events, workshops/clinics, commissioned projects, and residences, and her compositions are widely published and performed internationally.
