About WILSON TONG
Locations: Online Lessons
Languages: English, Chinese (Cantonese & Mandarin)
Wilson Tong graduated with master of music degree in Georgia State University in 2013. He played violin in Georgia State University Orchestra under maestro Michael Palmer. He began his music journey with violin and piano at nine. He learned electronic piano in the Yamaha program for four years and continued piano training with numerous teachers. He has been playing in Cobb Symphony for six years and graduated from Kennesaw State University with both a music education degree and a music performance degree. Every year, Tong has participated in KSU concerto competitions and actively performed in chamber groups, band, and worship teams in different events. His current violin teacher is Dr. Christos Galileas, a Greece violinist. His other teacher, Helen Kim, is an active soloist and chamber player in Atlanta. His previous teachers include Dr. Edward Eanes, concertmaster of Cobb Symphony. Tong also took master classes with Joseph Lin, David Perry, Peter Zazofsky and Miami strings quartet. He performed violin with Jeffrey Butzer’s band MidWives in the Atlanta area in 2007. Tong gives back his musical talent to the next generation through service as a public school music teacher and a private lessons teacher. He teaches orchestra in Fulton county elementary schools through Music Matters After School. He learned conducting in Quartz Mountain Festival 2011, Conductor Institute of South Carolina 2010 and International Academy of Advanced Conducting after Ilia Musin with Leonid Korchmar and Dr. Oleg Proskurnya 2011.
