Ernest Hui is a homegrown composer and choral conductor based in Hong Kong. Adept at traditional choral and contemporary a cappella music, he has worked with organisations including the HKFYG Melody Makers (performing artist, conductor & resident composer), Vocal Asia & VAF for Kids (instructor & arranger), Paul Phoenix Academy (composer & arranger in residence, instructor), Macao Cultural Centre Children’s Choir (music director). He is currently the music director of the newly established Yat Po Choir.
Throughout the years, Hui has worked in collaboration with professional musicians in multiple theatrical productions, notably: Rock Hard, Yat Po Two Shows 2024 (choral director); Requiem HK and This Victoria Has No Secrets (assistant choral director); Twisted Fate (composer & music director); Missing Our Echoes (music director); and Assemblages (chorus master).
Ernest Hui read music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he studied voice with Chan Siu Kwan, and subsequently completed his Master of Music (Composition) under the tutelage of Chan Wai-Kwong Victor as a CASH Music Scholarship awardee. His work Yijianmei was published with the music department’s 50th Anniversary CD “Ad Excellentiam”.
Amongst his choral works, When the Stars Wish Upon You was nominated as top 5 finalists for the CASH Best Serious Composition Award, and was selected as Set Piece for the 76th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival and received wide acclaim. His arrangement of Amazing Grace was awarded the winner of the SMP Press Composition Competition 2020.
