Nova Wong

Nova Wong began her teaching career in 1998. She is a recipient of multiple grants from the Saskatchewan Arts Board, including Independent Artist Grants for her recital series in 2013 and 2020. She has also served as an adjudicator for the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association.

Wong has appeared on RTHK Radio 3, Teledifusão de Macau, and SaskTel Max. The music festivals she has participated in include the Banff Music Festival and the Milwaukee Chamber Music Festival; she was also a scholarship recipient at the Orford Arts Center and the Kirishima International Music Festival. She has worked with esteemed teachers such as Andres Cardenes, Monica Huggett, Soovin Kim, Gerhard Bosse, and Mauricio Fuks.

With the support of the LK Herriman Music Scholarship, Wong earned her Master’s degree in violin performance from Indiana University Bloomington. There, she studied under the tutelage of Prof. Mark Kaplan and Ms. Chee-Yun Kim (violin) and Prof. Ik-Hwan Bae (chamber music), with conducting as her secondary area. Her education also includes a Performance Diploma from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts—where she won the Berrisford Memorial Scholarship for best quartet—as a student of Prof. Michael Ma. She holds a B.A. (Hons) in Music from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she studied violin with Ms. Hong-Ying Ho, and was a private student of violin virtuoso Xiang Chen.

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

Inspired by the musicians of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Urbino Musica Antica, Ms. Wong is also a devoted baroque violinist. She owes her early music knowledge to Jeanne Lamon, Julia Wedman, Susanne Scholz, Antonio Carrilho, and many others. Her baroque bow, crafted by Steven Marvin, was generously sponsored by the Saskatchewan Arts Board.

Ms. Wong previously served as the string coach for her alma mater, St. Stephen's Girls' College. From 2011 to 2014, she held a teaching position with the University of Saskatchewan Community Music Education Program.

She is a Certified RCM Specialist in Violin and Music Theory and holds Piano Teaching Certificates from The Royal Conservatory of Music. Her additional qualifications include piano performance certificates from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) and an Associate in Music Theory, Criticism, and Literature from Trinity College London.

Currently, Ms. Wong lives with her husband and son in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she operates her music studio. Beyond her professional engagements, she serves as a Substitute Teaching Leader at the local Bible Study Fellowship and is a founding director of the non-profit Saskatoon Agape Society. She is grateful for the opportunity to serve her community through her musical and spiritual gifts. In her spare time, she enjoys learning classical guitar, sewing, audio-visual editing, and coding.