彭氏自幼熱愛音樂，中、小學期間便熱衷於學習不同樂器，師事嚴官發先生，因而更獲機會指揮並訓練學校樂隊。曾任「香港青年中樂團」香港區首席及受聘於「香港中樂團」。

畢業於「加拿大緬省布蘭頓大學」音樂系的彭氏，曾隨卓別靈教授 (Dr. Francis Chaplin) 學習小提琴。并獲大學畢業銀牌及多項弦樂及研究院獎學金。在「雷珍娜大學」學習樂隊指揮期間，更曾師事「雷珍娜交響樂團」指揮井上先生 (Derrick Inouye)，學習「齊籐秀雄指揮法」。在學期間，曾組織舉辦多場音樂會，其中包括指揮史特拉汶斯基的《士兵的故事》(“L’Histoire du soldat” by Stravinsky)。亦曾參加多個管弦樂隊工作坊，包括兩度參予魁北克省的「杜明芳詩」管弦樂隊工作坊師從路易兹及雅都兩位大師及「美國指揮協會」在印第安納大學寶寧頓分校舉辦的管弦樂隊工作坊。亦曾参予蘇堤爵士及芝加哥交響樂團的論壇。

彭指揮曾任「香港愛樂民樂團」常任指揮、「香港中文大學交響樂團」總監及指揮、「北美中國音樂硏究會民族管弦樂團」首席多年。客席指揮「香港青年中樂團」、「樂樂國樂團」、「聖保羅男校管弦樂團」、「香港音樂專科學校管弦樂團」及「新加坡吉豐華樂團」。亦曾指揮各種不同音樂組合，如銅管樂隊、毃擊樂組、合唱團、及音樂劇等等。彭氏亦曾接受音響界前輩陳浩才先生邀請予旗下音響雜誌撰寫樂評及訪問多年。亦曾聯同錄音大師馮煒國先生及「香港愛樂民樂團」合作灌錄雷射唱片並指揮「東海漁歌」，由 BMG 榮譽發行，並獲金唱片獎。彭氏亦曾隨「香港愛樂民樂團」及「澳門中樂團」巡迴旅行演奏，足跡遍及中國的成都、深圳，臺灣的臺中、台南、高雄，南洋一帶的新加坡、馬來西亞及葡萄牙等。

二零零八年及今年兩度獲得「香港經濟及貿易辦事處」邀請與「多倫多中樂團」前往蒙特利爾分别作慈善演出及為“繽紛香港耀滿城”作演出。零八年彭指揮獲邀成為「多倫多中樂團」音樂總監及首席指揮及至於同年獲邀成為「安省中樂團」(加拿大首個專業中樂團)客席指揮，現為「安省音樂教育專業人員協會」，「加拿大音樂教育專業人員協會」及「美國指揮協會」會員。

資深樂評人司徒敏青先生曾評論彭指揮對樂曲《月兒高》的演繹，“……指揮彭進秀對樂曲的處理很適當，他充分地掌握了樂曲的古典格調。説這首樂曲的演繹充滿古典的韻味，一點不過份。……”（摘自香港《新晚報》）

Mr. Pang started his music journey when he was in primary school in Hong Kong. Under tutelage of Mr. Kun-Fat Yim, Mr. Pang loved learning how to play various musical instruments. Because of his wide knowledge and practical experience with different instruments, Mr. Pang was appointed to train and conduct the school orchestra. He was the concertmaster of the Hong Kong Chinese Youth Orchestra (Hong Kong District) and was hired as a member of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.

Mr. Pang is a graduate of Brandon University in Manitoba, where he studied violin with Dr. Francis Chaplin. He also obtained a number of string and graduate school scholarships and a graduate silver medal. Mr. Pang planned and conducted two different programmed concerts within one month when he was still in the undergraduate study. The challenging repertoire included “L’Histoire du Soldat” by Stravinsky. When Mr. Pang studied orchestral conducting at the University of Regina, he learned the Saito Conducting Method with Mr. Derrick Inouye, the music director of the Regina Symphony Orchestra at that time. Mr. Pang also attended well-known conducting workshops such as in Domine Forget Festival at Charlevoix, Quebec twice in order to study with Pierre Hetu and Dominique Rouits and the workshop that was organized by the Conductors’ Guild in the United States. He participated in the symposium, presented by the Conductors’ Guild with Sir Georg Solti and Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Pang was one of the principal conductors of the Hong Kong Music Lover Orchestra, music director and principal conductor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong symphony orchestra, and was the concertmaster of the Chinese Music Society of North America Orchestra for eight years. He was also guest conductor of many orchestras such as the Hong Kong Chinese Youth Orchestra, Yao Yue Chinese Orchestra, Saint Paul Boys Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Hong Kong Music School and the Singapore Ga Hong Chinese Orchestra. Mr. Pang conducted various music ensembles including string ensemble, concert band, jazz ensemble, percussion ensemble, choir and musical.

Mr. Pang also toured with the Hong Kong Music Lover Orchestra and the Macau Chinese Orchestra to many places in the world, including China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Portugal. While living in Hong Kong, Mr. Pang was also a columnist for a music magazine, High Fidelity and Music. He also made an award winning compact disc, Fishermen’s Song of The East China Sea, with acclaimed sound engineer, Leo Fung.

He has been the appointed music director and the chief conductor of the TCO since 2007. In 2008, he and the Toronto Chinese Orchestra were invited by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office to perform at a charity concert in Montreal. The concert was well received by Montreal audiences. In the same year, he was also invited to be the guest conductor of the Ontario Chinese Orchestra (the only professional Chinese orchestra in Canada). Mr. Pang is currently a member of the Ontario Music Educators’ Association, the Canadian Music Educators Association and the Conductors’ Guild in the United States.

Mr. Pang’s favourite combinations of conductor and orchestra are Charles Dutoit with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Georg Solti with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Do not forget to keep an eye on violinist James Ehnes and the incredible Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela with Gustavo Dudamel.

陳氏祖籍廣東寶安，客籍人士。「加拿大劍橋教育集團」主席、「加拿大中國美術家協會」主席、「多倫多中樂團」常任指揮。陳先生早年追隨著名嶺南派大師蔡敬翔先生系統研習傳統中國山水畫技法。其間得篆刻家李立、音樂理論家著名指揮家任策、民族敲擊樂教授顧立民諸先生的長期指導。在中國繪畫、民樂樂理等方面打下了堅實的基礎。八十年代初遍遊中國大江南北、體驗生活、蒐集素材﹐並創作了大量作品。一九八五年定居加拿大。一九九七年在多倫多創辦「北美東方藝術學院」，後來又創辦了「劍橋理工學院」。對民族音樂、繪畫藝術以及普及教育在異域的推廣、弘揚貢獻至巨。

Ming Chan was born in Hong Kong. His domicile of origin is Guangdong, China. He is the President of Cambridge Education Group, and Chairman of Chinese Canadian Artists Association and Worldwide United Chinese Association, and the principal conductor of Toronto Chinese Orchestra. During his early years, he apprenticed to the master of Lingnan Chinese painting faction, Mr. Jing-Xiang Cai, and completed systematic research and study on Chinese traditional landscape painting techniques. He then studied with conductor Ce Ren. Due to his hard work and passion for learning, Mr. Chan has built very solid foundation in the aspects of Chinese traditional drawing and painting, and traditional musical theories. In the early 80’s, Mr. Chan traveled to many places to experience different life styles, collect art materials, and created many valuable masterpieces. In 1985, he decided to reside at Canada. In 1997, Mr. Chan established North American Center of Oriental Arts and Cambridge Institute of Science and Technology in Toronto. He has made significant contributions in advocating traditional Chinese music, drawing, painting, arts and education in foreign countries.

姚木興出生于香港。1972年隨笛子演奏家黃權先生學習笛子﹐自此便活躍於中樂活動﹐於1977年獲得香港校際音樂節笛子公開組冠軍。中學時期﹐乃拔萃男書院中樂隊中堅分子﹐姚木興亦是多個中樂團的成員﹐如樂樂國樂團﹐香港青年音樂協會﹐國聲中樂團﹐華聲民族樂團﹐參與演出多場中樂音樂會﹐包括笛子獨奏及合奏。

姚木興曾任香港多所中學之笛子導師﹐如拔萃男書院﹐伍華書院﹐庇理羅士女子中學﹐推動中樂﹐可謂不遺餘力。1991年移民多倫多﹐1993年參與剛成立的多倫多中樂團的演出﹐自始便熱心參與會內的活動﹐現為該團團長。

Frederick was born in Hong Kong. He began learning dizi in 1972 from Mr. Kuen Wong. Since then he was very active in many music activities. He won the first place in the dizi solo open class at the Hong Kong School Music Festival in 1977. Other than playing in the Diocesan Boys’ School Chinese orchestra, he was also a member of several Chinese orchestras such as the Yao Yue Chinese Music Association, Hong Kong Youth Music Association, Kwok Sing Chinese Orchestra, and the Wah Sing Chinese folk Orchestra. He had participated in many concerts, performing dizi solo and Chinese ensemble.

Frederick was also a dizi teacher in several secondary schools in Hong Kong, namely Diocesan Boys’ School, Ng Wah College and Belilios Public School. He has contributed a lot to the development of the Chinese orchestra at Belilios Public School. He is currently the president of the Toronto Chinese Orchestra which he joined in 1993 after immigrating to Canada.

梁家棟是多倫多本地的作曲家，他的音樂作品曾被現代著名的樂團演奏，並在澳洲、比利時、丹麥、法國、香港、韓國、盧森堡、烏克蘭、 美國及加拿大播放錄音，其中包括有盧森堡小交響樂團、ERMMedia及加拿大電子原音音樂協會錄制的雷射唱片。

梁家棟出生於香港，其音樂興趣始於二胡，及後的大提琴，年青時代，他為中樂團配樂，因而引起他對西方音樂及作曲的興趣。一九八九年至一九九二年其間，他跟隨多倫多大學陳嘉年教授學習作曲。之後他有機會在著名樂團如Arraymusic、指揮聯會、Esprit樂團、國際藝術中心、雷灣交響樂團及新聲音藝術探險會等繼續學習深造。其他演奏過他的作品的樂團包括溫哥華中華樂團、維也納薩克管四重奏、紐賓士域省的Motion樂團、多倫多約克交響樂團及里賈納交響樂團等。他曾獲多倫多懷雅遜大學邀請在現代音樂方面發表演說。他是加拿大作曲家聯盟會員，也是加拿大音樂中心作曲家。

二○○三年他的室樂作品《六度分離》在美國波士頓被選為ALEA III國際作曲準決賽項目之一。2006年，烏克蘭基輔交響樂團演奏他的交響樂《起初》，並收錄在其唱片《新時代的傑作》第9 集內。

多倫多中樂團 、溫哥華中華樂團、黃河樂團 、約克大學中樂團及城北華人基督教會室內樂團亦曾在他指揮和領導下作多次演出。

梁家棟與多倫多中樂團的關係始於九三及九四年，當時他是該團的大提琴手。在2005年的音樂會中他成為客座指揮。2009年後他重拾大提琴手之職。他的網址是 www.composer.net

Tony K.T. Leung is a Toronto based composer whose music has been performed and broadcast in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Korea, Luxembourg, Ukraine, the USA and Canada by leading contemporary music ensembles. Recordings of works by the composer include CD releases from Luxembourg Sinfonietta, ERMMedia, and Canadian Electroacoustic Community.

Born in Hong Kong, Tony discovered music through his first instrument, the erhu, and later the cello. As a youth, he arranged music for a Chinese orchestra, which sparked an early interest in western music and composition. From 1989 to 1992, he studied composition privately with University of Toronto Professor Chan Ka Nin. He received further training through workshops with Arraymusic, Conductors Guild, Esprit Orchestra, National Arts Centre, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, and New Adventures in Sound Art. Other performers of his music include Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble, Vienna Saxophone Quartet, Motion Ensemble, York Symphony Orchestra, and Regina Symphony Orchestra. He has been invited to speak on contemporary music at Ryerson University.

In 2003, his chamber music “Six Degrees of Separation” was selected for the ALEA III International Composition Competition finalist concert in Boston. In 2006, his orchestral work “In the beginning” was released on the ERMMedia CD “Masterworks of the New Era,” Vol. 9, performed by Kiev Philharmonic.

As a conductor, he has directed Toronto Chinese Orchestra, Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble, Yellow River Music Ensemble, York University Chinese Music Ensemble, and Richmond Hill Christian Community Church chamber ensemble.

Tony K.T. Leung’s association with the Toronto Chinese Orchestra dates back to 1993-1994, when he was one of the cellists. For the 2005 concert, he appeared as guest conductor. Since 2009, he has returned to play cello.

Tony enjoys playing his Chinese gehu 革胡, German violoncello, and Japanese electric cello. His web site is www.composer.net

陳慧敏出生於多倫多，十二歲開始學集二胡，多年來擔任多倫多中國器樂團的二胡首席，後隨二胡演奏家高韶青深造二胡演奏技巧。一九九五年及一九九六年取得基雲尼斯音樂節非西方弦樂組別的第一名，現為多倫多中樂團二胡首席。多年來與多倫多交響樂團成員，奧菲爾合唱團，黃昏舞蹈，塔比斯爾音樂劇院的音樂家，樂隊以及舞蹈家合作表演。陳慧敏亦為鋼琴及二胡導師達十八年，也應約克大學中國古典樂團、瑞爾森大學及頤康中心邀請為二胡導師。她也是黃河樂團成員。她的網頁是 www.arcosound.com

Patty Chan was born in Toronto, and began to play the erhu at the age of twelve. She progressed to become the principal erhu player of a Toronto Chinese instrumental ensemble for many years before assuming the position of principal erhu of the Toronto Chinese Orchestra. Patty studied erhu with virtuoso George Gao, and in 1995 and 1996, she was awarded first prize for the non-western string class of the Kiwanis Music Festival. She has collaborated with many other musicians, ensembles, and dance artists, including the Orpheus Choir, Dusk Dances, Tapestry Music Theatre, and members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Patty has appeared on CBC Radio, and was invited by Yamaha Music to perform an original composition in Washington DC.

Patty has taught piano in her private studio for over 18 years. She teaches erhu at York University’s Chinese music program, Ryerson University’s Continuing Education, and Yee Hong community classes. She is a member of Yellow River Ensemble. Her web site is www.arcosound.com