Concertmaster Yi-Li Chang, who carried it off with confident virtuosity....                                                               - The Boston Musical Intelligencer -   A native of Taiwan, Dr Yi-Li Chang has been recognized by Boston Musical Intelligencer as a baroque violinist with “confident virtuosity, and blend as necessary, adding a rich warmth to the group’s sound.”. As a founding member of the early music chamber ensemble Incendium Novum, Dr Chang performs regularly in Asia and U.S. Dr Chang has also invited and participated in music festivals and concert series, most recently at Macau International Music Festival, Georgetown Festival in Malaysia, Macau Vocal Festival and Boston Early Music Festival, among others. She also invited to give lectures at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysian Institute of Art, Boston Public Library and National Taiwan Normal University. Dr Chang has performed solo and chamber baroque violin and modern violin recitals in many well-known concert halls such as Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS, Experimental Theatre of UM in Malaysia, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Boston University, Cary Hall in U. S., National Concert Hall of Taiwan, National Recital Hall of Taiwan, among others. She has also toured with various groups, such as Incendium Novum, La Donna Musicale, Rumbarocco, VerSeS and Formosa Baroque in U.S., Malaysia, Taiwan, and Europe. She has also studied piano performance and composition; some of her compositions have been recognized and performed in U.S. and Taiwan. As an orchestral musician, Dr Chang has performed with Boston-based groups such as Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra and Lexington Symphony Orchestra. While in Taiwan, she has been a member of the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra and Taipei Century Orchestra. She has performed as concertmaster with the Longy Early Opera Project; as string section coach and concertmaster, for Philharmonia Moments Musicaux Baroque orchestra in Taiwan, and as guest artist and coach at Tufts University and Montserrat College of Art in U.S. A well-rounded musician, Dr Chang’s knowledge of music goes beyond the modern and baroque violin. In addition to baroque performance and composition, her interests extend to harpsichord, which most recently she performed the harpsichord concerto of J.S.Bach with KLPAC orchestra in Malaysia in 2022. When Dr Chang studied in U.S., she has studied the harpsichord with Avi Stein and Vivian Montgomery, continuo accompaniment, which she has studied with Vivian Montgomery, Avi Stein, Dana Maiben, and Douglas Freundlich, and viola da gamba, which she has studied with Jane Hershey and Sarah Cunningham. Dr Chang received her first master degree (2007) and Ph. D. (2014) in violin performance from National Taiwan Normal University under Professor Nanette Chen. After receiving her PhD, she went aboard to study historical performance and graduated in 2016 with a Graduate Performance Diploma in baroque violin, and in 2015 with a Master of Music degree in Early Music from the Longy School of Music of Bard College, under baroque violinist Dana Maiben. During her studies at Longy, she was the winner of the Honors Competition and granted the prestigious Roman Totenberg Award. Besides being soloist and being with these groups, Dr Chang is also a dedicated educator, which she has been the faculty of Arlington Public School, New School of Music, and staff accompanist at Longy School of Music of Bard College in USA. Dr Chang is the member of The Viola da Gamba Society of America and College Music Society of U.S.   She is now Senior Lecturer at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Professor Dr FONG Choong Yi is a medical graduate from University of Nottingham, UK. He trained in Paediatrics and Paediatric Neurology in UK. His UK Paediatric Neurology specialty training include working in tertiary Neurology units at Great Ormond Street Hospital London, Evelina Children’s Hospital London and Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital. He had further subspecialty dual-fellowship training in Paediatric Epilepsy and Paediatric Electroencephalography at Brisbane, Australia (Mater & Royal Children’s Hospital Brisbane) and Melbourne, Australia (Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne). He also is a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK. He is currently appointed Professor and Senior Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is head of the Paediatric Neurology division from 2014. He developed and oversees the Comprehensive Paediatric Epilepsy evaluation service in University Malaya.  He has published numerous peer-reviewed ISI publications. His research interests include paediatric epilepsy, paediatric bone health, paediatric neurology and using novel information technology applications in improving the quality of lives of children with neurological disorders. He also specialises in non-invasive and invasive epilepsy surgery assessment including long-term video-EEG monitoring, intracranial monitoring, electrocorticography and cortical stimulation. In recognition of his excellent service, he was awarded the University of Malaya excellent service award in 2016, 2019 and 2023. He was awarded the national Malaysian Society of Neuroscience Best Publication (Clinical) award in 2017 and the University of Malaya Best Clinical Neuroscience Publication award in 2019. Many of his postgraduate research students under his supervision have also won national research prizes. In 2019, he was awarded the Endeavour Executive Leadership Award by the Australian government. Professor Dr Fong plays an active role in advocation, education and forming collaborations in Child Neurology. Nationally, he is a co-author of the 2017 Malaysian Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Epilepsy, committee member of the 2019 & 2024 Malaysian Consensus Statement of Brain Death and the Malaysia National Specialist Register (NSR) Paediatric Neurology Subspecialty credentialling committee member. He is currently Vice President of Malaysian Society of Neurosciences, executive council member of Malaysian Epilepsy Council and the Malaysian Chapter of Child Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics from 2022-2026. He is a life member of the International Child Neurology Association. He was the treasurer of the Malaysian Chapter of Child Neurology & Developmental Paediatrics from 2014-2016. In the Asian region, he is a member of the Asian Epilepsy Academy (ASEPA) International League against Epilepsy and helps in running epilepsy and EEG workshops throughout the Asian region as a faculty member. He trains many overseas Paediatric Neurology fellows from the Asian region. Internationally, he is also an appointed Task Force member of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE) on Paediatric Psychiatric Issues of the Commission of Psychiatry and on Research Advocacy of Children of the Commision on Paediatrics from 2017-2021 and 2022-2025.

  Started as a Physical Education teacher in secondary school for 6 years. Received a Master's degree (Physical Education) from UPM in 2000. In 2002, began serving as a Physical Education lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Malaya. Then in 2007, went on to pursue Doctor of Philosophy at UPSI in the field of Sports Science Education and graduated in 2012. Currently, serving as a Physical Education and Health lecturer for undergraduate education, diploma education, master, and doctor of philosophy programs. At the same time, conducting the supervision of master and doctorate students. Has authored several books and chapters related to Physical Education and Health. Also, wrote articles that have been published locally and abroad. Besides, also conducted researches related to Physical Education and Health. The results of the researches have been presented in national and international seminars and conferences.