Ho Wai-On
Ho Wai-On (Ann-Kay Lin) (born 1946) is an Anglo-Chinese composer.
Biography
Ann-Kay Lin was born and grew up in Hong Kong, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London on a John Swire Scholarship. She studied singing and composition, and piano with Max Pirani. A wrist injury ended her career as a concert pianist, and she turned to composition instead.[1][2]
Works
Ann-Kay Lin has composed for dance, ballet, chamber ensemble, instrumental and voice performance. Selected works include:
- Sakura Variations (1974 revised 2000)
- Four Love Songs in Chinese (1974 revised 2000)
- Permutation (1996)
- Tai Chi (1977)
- To You (1977 revised 2000)
- Farewell, My Beloved (1982)
- Bulldozers, Old House and Old Banyan (1990 revised 1999)
- Let’s Sing "Magic Banyan Tree" (2002)[1]
Her compositions have been recorded and issued on CD, including:
- Music is Happiness Audio CD
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Woolf, Jonathan. "Ann-Kay LIN Music is Happiness". Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 4 October 2010.