Ko, Kevin
Kevin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Music Composition, Masters of Arts (MA) in Music Composition from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2001 and 2003 respectively. He also accomplished the Masters Degree in Church Music from Concordia University Wisconsin in 2005. He founded the Asia Handbell Music Centre and has instructed seminars in Taiwan, Singapore, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Malaysia.
Kevin has been directing school handbells teams for over 20 years, and also the first hanbell director in Hong Kong who obtained a full masters degree in Church Music majoring in handbells. He has edited the very first Hong Kong Classroom Handbell Methods with Miss Chan Cheuk Yiu. The method is widely appreciated. Kevin has been invited to be a clinician at the Vancouver International Handbell Symposium and the Handbell Ringers of Japan 40th Anniversary event. He was the Hong Kong selected Mass Ringing Conductor who conducted mass ringing at the 2018 Cairns International Handbell Symposium.
Kevin is currently the Chairman of Hong Kong Asia International Handbell Association, the Artistic Director of Asia Handbell Music Centre, Malmark Handbells Inc. Hong Kong Representative, the director and founder of Hong Kong Elite Youth Ringers, the honorary consultant of Taiwan Handbells Association and an Examiner of London College of Music Examinations.
