Lai Wing-yan is currently Senior Music Officer of the Musicianship and Training Support Section of the Music Office. Her responsibilities include overseeing the organization of choral and musicianship training programmes, and providing support to the Instrument Music Training Scheme.

Lai graduated with first-class honour from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where she majored in Piano Performance under the tutelage of Nancy Loo. She is also a holder of the LTCL and the FTCL in Piano Performance. In addition to appearances as a solo and collaborative pianist and in chamber recitals, Lai also has extensive choral conducting experience. She received various scholarships and participated in numerous masterclasses.

Lai has served as the conductor of the Music Office Children's Choir since 2014, and led the choir to exchange with the All-American Boys Chorus in 2016. Besides, she has participated in several overseas tours of the Music Office Youth Choir, of which she currently conductors. Apart from teaching duties, she has collaborated with many guest musicians.

Dr Joseph Kam is currently Senior Music Officer of the String Section of the Music Office, and conductor of Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Youth Strings and the Music Office Instructors’ String Orchestra.

Dr Kam, a violist, violinist and orchestral conductor, graduated from the University of Michigan, where he obtained his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. He received several awards and scholarships from the University, including Graduate Merit Award, Humanities Award, and Rackham Block Fellowship, etc. He was also appointed as a viola faculty in the Interlochen Music Festival (Michigan, USA).

As an active conductor, Dr Kam launched his conducting career since his debut with Metropolitan Youth Orchestra in 2005. He has been conducting the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra since 2007. He led the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra to perform in 2010 Shanghai Expo and 2015 International Music Festival EURASIA in Yekaterinburg with high acclaims. In 2017, Dr Kam led the Hong Kong Youth Strings (HKYS) to join the 8th International Youth Music Festival in Bratislava, Slovakia, and he was awarded the “Best Orchestral Conductor”. Dr Kam also led the HKYS to participate in the 2024 Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival, and won 2nd Place with “Outstanding Success” in the String Orchestra Category.

Dr Kam also conducted frequently as a guest conductor, including Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra in Yekaterinburg (Russia), the Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinu in Czech Republic, the Adelphi Symphony Orchestra in Long Island (New York), the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign-Illinois Summer Youth Music Senior Orchestra, Asian Youth Orchestra Alumni Orchestra and Macao Orchestra, etc.

Lee Sing-wan is currently Senior Music Officer of the Wind Section of the Music Office, conductor of the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band, and instructor of lower brass instrumental classes of the Office.

Lee graduated from the Education University of Hong Kong and the Messiah University of United States, from which he earned a Master’s degree of Education (Music) and a Master degree of Music in Conducting (Wind Conducting) respectively.

Lee has extensive teaching and performance experience. His students have won multiple awards in various music festivals and competitions. In addition, Lee has many onstage experiences with different music ensemble groups in regions including Australia, Chinese Mainland, Japan, Macao, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States. Notable performances include appearances at the “Hong Kong Week of Shanghai Expo”, “Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival”, “Qingdao International Horticultural Exposition”, “Asia and Pacific Band Directors’ Association Conference” and “World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles Conference”, all of which received widespread acclaim.

Kwok Kin-ming is currently Senior Music Officer of the Chinese Music Section of the Music Office and conductor of the Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra and Music Office Instructors’ Chinese Orchestra.

Kwok obtained the Master of Music degree from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in Chinese orchestras conducting, under the tutelage of renowned conductor Professor Yan Huichang. Kwok was the second runner-up and awarded Outstanding Young Conductor in the Hong Kong International Conducting Competition for Chinese Music in 2011. He has also received guidance from many other distinguished conductors, including Maestros Xia Feiyun, Chen Chengxiong, Ye Cong, Zhang Guoyong, Wang Fujian, and Yip Wing-sie.

As a conductor, Kwok has collaborated with many renowned orchestras, including Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Jilin Chinese Orchestra, Macao Chinese Orchestra, Wuxi Chinese Orchestra, Feiyun Chinese Orchestra and the Chinese Orchestra of the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts.

In 2016, Kwok led the Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra (HKYCO) to tour in Shanghai and Shenyang, where the orchestra jointly performed with the Chinese Orchestra of Shenyang Conservatory of Music. In 2018, under his baton, the HKYCO presented a joint concert titled TOGETHER with Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra in the Lion City. In 2023, he led the HKYCO to Xi’an for music exchange, and conducted an exchange concert jointly presented by the HKYCO and the Xi’an Conservatory Chinese Orchestra.