Virginia Chan

Virginia is currently a masters student majoring in composition at King’s College London, under the supervision of Professor Silvina Milstein. Previously also an undergraduate at King's, Virginia graduated with a first class honours in music. She studied violin with Nicolas Dupont and Georgia Hannant through the King's College London - Royal Academy of Music joint performance programme. Prior to her music degrees, Virginia was awarded a distinction in Grade 8 Violin, following with a DipABRSM performance Diploma one year later. Primary as a violinist, Virginia has played in a variety of orchestras including University of London Symphony Orchestra, King's College London Symphony Orchestra, and Asian Youth Orchestra. As well as orchestral playing, Virginia enjoys playing in smaller groups notably with the KCLMMS sinfonietta. Virginia has also earned ABRSM Grade 8 Piano and music theory. She is also an erhu player who previously studied with Professor Colin Huehns at the Royal Academy of Music. Additionally, Virginia is a young composer whose goal is to spread the enjoyment of music-making through writing pieces using a comprehensible, engaging musical language. She is keen to transfer her passions to her audiences. She was very fortunate to be studying composition under Robert Keeley and Edward Nesbit. Aside from composing and performing, Virginia has more than three-year of experience in arts administration. Having been the director’s assistant, events manager and interned for various music groups such as London City Philharmonic, The English Music Festival and LSO St Luke’s, Virginia actively assisted with the organization of concerts. Having been a strong arts professional, she is recently selected as the intern for the department of music to further assist the department's general operations. As a postgraduate soon-to-be, she now looks very much forward to taking on new projects for the coming year.