Ho Wai-On

Ho Wai-On (Ann-Kay Lin) (born 1946, Hong Kong) is an Anglo-Chinese composer.

Biography

Ann-Kay Lin grew up in Hong Kong, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London on a John Swire Scholarship. She studied singing and composition, and piano with Max Pirani. A wrist injury ended her career as a concert pianist, and she turned to composition instead.^[1][2]

Works

Ann-Kay Lin has composed for dance, ballet, chamber ensemble, instrumental and voice performance. Selected works include:

• Sakura Variations (1974 revised 2000)
• Four Love Songs in Chinese (1974 revised 2000)
• Permutation (1996)
• Tai Chi (1977)
• To You (1977 revised 2000)
• Farewell, My Beloved (1982)
• Bulldozers, Old House and Old Banyan (1990 revised 1999)
• Let’s Sing "Magic Banyan Tree" (2002)^[1]

Her compositions have been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• Music is Happiness Audio CD

References

1. Woolf, Jonathan. "Ann-Kay LIN Music is Happiness". Retrieved 12 October 2010.
2. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 4 October 2010.