Audrey Chung is a dynamic award-winning conductor and music educator from South East Asia. She graduated with a Doctoral of Musical Arts with a major in Conducting from Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California, U.S.A.  She is a recipient of the Department Scholarship and Academic Outstanding Award.  Prior to her study in U.S., Audrey was the conductor of Singapore Bible College Chorale and the music director of Queenstown Baptist Church.  She was also the conductor of Ang Mo Kio Secondary School and Yishun Town Secondary School Choir in Singapore.  Her choirs have toured and performed in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, New Zealand and Europe.

 

At the 8th World Symposium on Choral Music in Copenhagen in 2008, Audrey was the only Asian conductor selected out of the four conductors worldwide to conduct at the master class of world-leading conductor Simon Hasley.  Under her guidance, Audrey's school choirs achieved outstanding result at the Singapore Youth Festival 2011 – Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Choir obtained their first Gold Award with Honours Award, while Yishun Town Secondary School Choir won their first Gold Award, marking history in both schools.  At the last choir competition in Bratislava, June 2012, her school choir won the Gold Award with the highest score at the whole festival.  In 2014, Audrey received the Jury Award at the Black Sea Orchestra Conducting Competition.

 

As a choir conductor and music educator, Audrey taught Choral Conducting Diploma courses and Certificate Programs at Te Deum Music Workshop in Malaysia, and was invited as an adjunct lecturer for degree-level conducting courses in Singapore Bible College.  In 2017, she was one of the adjudicators at the Grant Prix Competition of 10th Orientale Concentus International Choral Festival in singapore.  She has been frequently invited as a guest speaker or conductor at various choirs, music camps and workshops all throughout South East Asia, China, New Zealand, Spain and USA.

 

Audrey received her Bachelor of Church Music, major in voice, from the School of Church Music of Singapore Bible College.  She studied voice and conducting with Mr. Lee Chong Min during her early years.  She then completed her Master degree in Choral Conducting at Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California.  Audrey studied instrumental conducting under Professor Larry Livingston and choral conducting under leading choral conductor in North America - Dr. William Dehning, Dr. Magen Solomon, professor Donald Brinegar, Dr. Jo-Michael Scheibe and Dr. Nick Strimple.  She studied voice under Cynthia Munzer, Jonathan Mark and Shirley Fox.  

"Audrey revealed herself to be an excellent visual conductor with a thorough yet gracious flair for commanding leadership"

                                                             - William Dehning