Magdelena Ho-yan Tang, Researcher and a choral conductor. She is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong’s PhD program in Musicology. Her dissertation, “The Singing Public in Hong Kong: Choral Music as Social Life,” emphasizes the corporeal aspects of choral music concerning the making of social life. Her research focuses on notions of identity, performative aspects of collective singing, and public space. Currently, she is working on a co-edited book project titled, Hong Kong Arts: Historical Inquiry through Creative Lens. Her work can also be seen in the peer-reviewed journal Music and Politics.