TANG Pan Hang, Benny 鄧斌衡

Pan Hang Tang, PhD, is a Lecturer I in the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts at The Education University of Hong Kong. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Deakin University, where he explored how technology can assist in developing children’s musical creativity.With extensive teaching experience at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, Tang has developed and taught various music curricula for different institutions. These include the Tuen Mun District Secondary Schools DSE Music Scheme, an Arts co-curricular workshop at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, a summer gifted program on musical creativity at the University of Hong Kong, and the Centralized Scheme of Music Training for Senior Secondary Students organized by the Education Bureau.

In addition to his teaching roles, Tang is an active composer. He initiated the Hong Kong Composers’ Guide to run a 3-year project, the School Concert Series. His compositions have been commissioned and published by the Sacred Music Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese, such as La Messa Cinese, performed by the Diocesan Choir in 2014.

Tang’s research focuses on the flexible-learning approach, policy and curriculum design, and Catholic religious music. He has presented his research findings at various conferences, such as the International Society for Music Education World Conference and the Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research. Tang’s current research project includes investigating the effectiveness of the flexible-learning approach in cultivating students’ interests in learning music history. He has also been involved in several research projects, including a long-term collaboration with researchers from Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, and Taiwan, which aims to compare education policies in each region. In addition, Tang is a Commissioner for the ISME Policy Commission, a Committee on Music Curriculum Development Council member, and a Secondary Music Textbook Review Panel member for the Education Bureau, HKSAR. He also serves as an examiner for IB Music and a composer for the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. Additionally, he has served as a Curriculum Supervisor for YCH Tung Chi Ying Memorial Secondary School and as a School Manager for Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Primary School.

With his passion and dedication to music education, as well as his extensive experience in teaching, research, and composition, Tang is an invaluable asset to the field.

Publication

• Tang, P.H. (2022). Changing Technology and New Perspectives on Music Teaching Strategies. Australian Journal of Music Education, 54(2). 99–109.
• Tang, P. H. (2014). IT-assisted Music Composition Education in Hong Kong Primary Schools: Recommendations for Curriculum Design and Teacher Professional Development. Scholar's Press.
• Tang, P. H. (2012). Transforming the practice of music composition education under technological environment. 30th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Thessaloniki.
• Tang, P. H. (2006). Enhancing students' experiences in making music composition through a music notation software. Australian Online Journal of Arts Education, 2(3). http://music-ed.net/aojae/index_htm_files/Tang_2-3.pdf

Conference Presentation

• Tang, P.H. (2023). The Beauty of Choice: The Flexible-learning Approach in Music Education. 14th Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, Seoul National University of Education, Seoul.
• Chen, H. P., Imada, T., Kang, J. H., & Tang, P.H. (2023). Achieving “Well-being” through Music Education in the Post-pandemic Era. 14th Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, Seoul National University of Education, Seoul.
• Tang, P.H. (2023). A Pilot Study of the Flexible-learning Approach in Music History Education. International Conference on Music Education Technology 2023, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
• Tang, P.H. (2022). COVID-19 in Hong Kong: Policy, Challenges, and Insights for School Music Education. 21st International Seminar of the International Society for Music Education Commission on Policy: Culture, Media and Education, Virtual Conference.
• Chen, H. P., Imada, T., Kang, J. H., & Tang, P. H. (2021). Possibilities and Alternatives in the Pandemic: Music Education in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. 13th Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo.
• Tang, P. H. (2020). Hong Kong Technology Educational Policy and Music Teachers’ Teaching Strategy. 20th International Seminar of the International Society for Music Education Commission on Policy: Culture, Media and Education, Virtual Conference.
• Chen, H. P., Imada, T., Kang, J. H., & Tang, P. H. (2019). Technology in Music Curriculum and its Practice. 12th Asia- Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macau.
• Tang, P. H. (2018). The Impact of the Music Curriculum Policy on the Teacher Education in Hong Kong. 19th International Seminar of the International Society for Music Education Commission on Music Policy: Culture, Education, and Mass Media, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Munich.
• Chen, H. P., Imada, T., Mohamad Shah, S., Seok, S. A., & Tang, P. H. (2017). Transcending Boarders: Music Education in Asia: Past, Present, and Future. 11th Asia-Pacific Symposium of Music Education Research, Melaka, Malaysia.
• Tang, P. H. (2016). Globalization? Localization? In the aftermath of the dual identity issue in Asian music education: Hong Kong. 18th International Seminar of the International Society for Music Education Commission on Music Policy: Culture, Education, and Mass Media, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University, Birmingham.
• Tang, P. H. (2012). Transforming the practice of music composition education under technological environment. 30th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Thessaloniki.
• Chan, K. W., Tai, W. Y, & Tang, P. H. (2008). Nurturing gifted children through IEP in Hong Kong. 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness, National Institute of Education, Singapore.
• Tang, P. H. (2005). Teaching musical creativity in Hong Kong primary schools: A review of the immediate past and the current situation of teaching and learning through technology. 5th Asia-Pacific Symposium of Music Education Research. University of Washington, Seattle.

Music Composition

• 2022 求祢大發慈悲 – for chorus and organ
• 2015 – 2020 Te Deum – for vocal soloists, chorus, organ and orchestra (can be sung in Latin and Cantonese)
• 2014 Salve Regina – for chorus and organ
• 2014 Threnody for the Souls in Tian2 – conceptual music
• 2013 For the Kingdom – for chorus and organ
• 2013 Pater Noster – for chorus and organ
• 2012 Variations on the Theme “A Traven in the Town” – for wind band
• 2012 Ave Maria – for chorus and organ
• 2012 Trio for Flute, Violin, and Cello No. 1 (Inverted)
• Trio for Flute, Violin, and Cello No. 1 (Retrograde)
• Trio for Flute, Violin, and Cello No. 1 (Inverted Retrograde)
• 2011 – 2012 La Messa Cinese – for chorus and organ
• 2011 Valse? 9-8 – for wind quartet and piano
• 2011 Frequency – for 2 sets of oscilloscope and sound generators
• 2011 聖方濟和平禱文St. Francis’Prayer –for chorus and organ
• 2005 – 2011 Recorder Fantasy
• 2010 The Innocent Voices in Cathedral
• 2010 文金Wenjin –for viola, tenor recorder, harp, and glockenspiel
• 2010 願上主祝福你May the Lord Bless You –for chorus and organ
• 2010 Des’r School in SKW – for wind band
• 2008 Antiphony – for trombone solo and recorder band
• 2006 Variations on the Lightly Row – for recorder band
• 2004 Concertino for Clarinet, Piano and Recorder Band
• 2002 布絮Cloth –for recorder quartet
• 1999 Brass Quintet
• 1999 小螞蟻–for percussion band
• 1999 Trio for Flute, Violin and Cello No.4
• 1998 Trio for Flute, Violin and Cello No.3
• 1998 Trio for Flute, Violin and Cello No.2
• 1997 Trombone Concerto – for trombone solo, double string orchestra, percussion ensemble and chorus
• 1996 Whims of Bone – for trombone solo
• 1996 Prelude and Fugue – electronic
• 1996 Trio for Flute, Violin and Cello No.1
• 1996 Rachmaninov – for trombone solo and piano
• 1996 零後Post-Zero –for double string quartet
• 1996 Percussion Suite – for two percussionists
• 1995 The Wolf and the Grapery – for trombone solo, piano, and narrator
• 1995 Variations for Orchestra
• 1995 Three Pieces for Four Trombones
• 1992 – 1996 Four Piano Pieces for Children
• 1993 Piano Poem – for piano solo
• 1992 蛻變Transformation –for string quartet
• 1992 In the Harbour – for vocal solo and piano

Policy and curriculum design

The flexible-learning approach

Catholic religious music

Music history

Music materials and techniques

Composition

Music communication / conducting

DSE music teaching strategy

Commissioner

ISME Policy Commission

Committee on Music

Curriculum Development Council, HKSAR

Secondary Music Textbook Review Panel

Education Bureau, HKSAR

Review Panel

ISME World Conference 2022, Theme: Music Education Policy and Social Justice Education

Examiner

IB Music

Composer

Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong

Curriculum Supervisor

YCH Tung Chi Ying Memorial Secondary School

School Manager

Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Primary School