Ms Yuen Yum San Williams
Principal Music Educator, Junior Music School

Contact Details
| Contact Campus |
Hobart CBD Campuses |
| Building |
Conservatorium of Music |
| Telephone |
+61 3 6226 7322 |
| Fax |
+61 3 6226 7333 |
| Email |
yum.williams@utas.edu.au |
Career Summary
Born in Shanghai, Yuen Yum was the first recipient of the Hong Kong Government Music Scholarship to study at Wells Cathedral School, England, going on to graduate from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1986 Yuen Yum joined the Orchestra of St John's Smith Square, touring both nationally and worldwide. She has performed extensively with the London Wren Orchestra, the Bolshoi Ballet, the London Metropolitan Orchestra and the Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra.
Yuen Yum has worked with musicians as diverse as Igor Oistrakh, Amadeus Quartet and Quincy Jones. Yuen Yum's awards include the Somerset Violin Competition (UK), the Hong Kong Commercial Radio Prize (Twice Winner) and the Hong Kong Concerto Prize. As well as performing, Yuen Yum has played an active role in educating young violinists in London, Hong Kong and Australia. Fluent in three Chinese languages, she has also traveled widely in her capacity as a concert manager and coordinated the 2005 Australian String Quartet tour of China and the 2007 Southern Cross Soloists tour of Hong Kong and China. In 2010 Yuen Yum visited Hong Kong and China developing a new cultural exchange chamber music program. In 2011 she gave master classes and promoted the UTAS pre tertiary diploma in Asia. Yuen Yum is a member of Diemen Quartet and a guest violinist with the Tasmania Symphony Orchestra.
Yuen Yum is internationally regarded as an outstanding educator of young players in individual, group and large ensemble contexts and has much to offer aspiring musicians, starting where they are and developing musical proficiency, a love for playing and providing rewarding learning and performing experiences.