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Flora Wong (黃芷蕾) is a musician, creative producer, educator and researcher with a passion for storytelling through music and the exploration of culture and identity through the arts. Born in Hong Kong, she migrated to Australia at a young age and has lived and worked in Magand-jin/Brisbane on Jagera and Turrbal country for most of her life.
Flora is a versatile musician, equally at home improvising with the sounds of her surroundings in open-air settings, producing music for violin and electronics, performing contemporary compositions, and collaborating with artists of all disciplines, styles and backgrounds. She performs as a solo artist and as a member of Nonsemble, Voltfruit, and Tango Enigmático. She has performed and recorded with a wide variety of artists including Tenzin Choegyal, Jaguar Jonze, Sachém, Boy & Bear, The Kite String Tangle, Sophie Min, Yirinda, Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra, and Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra. Her debut EP Geburtstag was released through Corella Recordings in 2022 and features works that she commissioned by Connor D’Netto, MJ O’Neill, Chris Perren and Kezia Yap. Her recording of Chris Perren’s Escapement with Jodie Rottle was featured in Limelight’s Australian Art Music Playlist, Viking’s Choice with NPR’s Lars Gotrich, and The Strad. Her latest release, "Songs for a Sleeping Dragon", is a collection of lullabies dedicated to her sister and her baby. Other releases include the tracks Paradise Road and 洗米 (Washing Rice), and a remix for Mindy Meng Wang and Tim Shiel. |
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She is currently a PhD researcher at Griffith University’s Creative Arts Research Institute as part of the Creative Change Project, an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship project led by Dr Brydie-Leigh Bartleet. Her research partners with QMF and their Queensland Music Trails program to investigate the role of community music in fostering social equity in the South West Queensland towns of Charleville and Cunnamulla on Bidjara and Kunja country.
As a producer and educator, she is the Co-Director of post-genre concert series Dots+Loops and the Lead Mentor of their Performance Fellowship program. She is a Creative Consultant and teaching artist for Musica Viva Australia, and has previously worked for the organisation as a State Coordinator and Producer. She is an Adjunct Associate Lecturer at the University of Queensland School of Music, and has experience as an instrumental music teacher in primary and secondary schools, a lecturer in contemporary violin at JMC Academy. She has been a Lead Producer and Lead Artist of Brisbane City Council’s BrisAsia Festival, and serves on the board of Digi Youth Arts as the Secretary.
As a producer and educator, she is the Co-Director of post-genre concert series Dots+Loops and the Lead Mentor of their Performance Fellowship program. She is a Creative Consultant and teaching artist for Musica Viva Australia, and has previously worked for the organisation as a State Coordinator and Producer. She is an Adjunct Associate Lecturer at the University of Queensland School of Music, and has experience as an instrumental music teacher in primary and secondary schools, a lecturer in contemporary violin at JMC Academy. She has been a Lead Producer and Lead Artist of Brisbane City Council’s BrisAsia Festival, and serves on the board of Digi Youth Arts as the Secretary.