Nova Wong

Ms Wong started her teaching career since 1998. She was recipient of multiple grants from the Saskatchewan Arts Board which includes the Independent Artist Grant for her recital series in 2013 and 2020. She served as an adjudicator at the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association.

Nova Wong appeared on RTHK Radio 3, Teledifusão de Macau and SaskTel Max. Music festivals she participated in includes the Banff Music Festival, Milwaukee Chamber Music Festival, and as scholarship recipient at Orford Arts Center and Kirishima International Music Festival. Teachers she worked with include Andres Cardenes, Monica Huggett, Soovin Kim, Gerhard Bosse and Mauricio Fuks.

With the support of the LK Herriman Music Scholarship, Wong received her Master degree in violin performance from the Indiana University - Bloomington, under the tutelage of Prof. Mark Kaplan and Ms. CheeYun Kim (violin), Prof. I-Kwan Bae (chamber music), and had conducting as her secondary area. Nova Wong's education also includes the Performance Diploma from the The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (where she won the Berrisford Memorial Scholarship for the best quartet during her study) as a student of  Prof. Michael Ma, B.A. (Hons.) in music from The Chinese University of Hong Kong , studied violin with Ms HongYing Ho, and she was a private student of violin virtuoso Xiang Chen.

Ms Wong was the Principal Second Violinist of the Quinte Symphony.  She has performed with Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, Camarata Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra, Kingston Symphony Orchestra, and Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.

In addition, being inspired by the musicians in the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and the Urbino Musica Antica, Ms Wong became a devoted baroque violinist. She owes her early music knowledge to Jeanne Lamon, Julia Wedman, Sussane Scholz, Antonio Carrilho, and many others. Her baroque bow made by Steven Marvin was generously sponsored by the Saskatchewan Arts Board.

Ms Wong was the string coach of her alma mater St. Stephen's Girls' College's school orchestra. From 2011 to 2014, she held a teaching position in the University of Saskatchewan Community Music Education Program.

Ms Wong is a Certified RCM Specialist in Violin and in Music Theory, and gained her Piano Teaching Certificates from The Royal Conservatory of Music . As a music educator, her qualifications includes piano performance certificates from the Associate Board of Royal School of Music of London, and Associate in Musical Theory, Criticism and Literature of Trinity College London.

Currently Ms Wong is living with her husband and son in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she holds her music studio. Besides her official musical engagements, Ms Wong serves as a Substitute Teaching Leader at the local Bible Study Fellowship, and is one of the founding directors of the new non-profit Saskatoon Agape Society. She is grateful for the opportunity to serve God and people with her musical and spiritual gifts. She also loves to learn classical guitar, sewing, audio-visual editing and coding.