Xueming Fang & Joshua Wong

Senior Piano Duet State Representatives

Xueming Fang is an eleventh-grader at Miami Palmetto Senior High School. She began studying piano age six and has been studying with Ms. Nightingale Ngo for the past 10 years.  She is one of the pianists at the Chinese Baptist Church of Miami and is a soprano and accompanist of the sanctuary choir. Music, in any form, is a big part of Miss Fang’s life. In addition to piano and choir, she plays handbells in the Joyful Handbell Choir. 

In middle school, Miss Fang was a voice major. During her middle school career, she was admitted into the All-State choir in Florida and received all Superior markings on her Solo and Ensemble evaluation. In high school, Miss Fang took choir during her ninth-grade year and was awarded Freshman Music Vocal Student of the Year at the end of the year.

Miss Fang’s piano career does not only entail solo playing but is diversified in accompaniment playing, sight playing, and ensemble playing. She performed a duet at a celebration of Vizcaya with her friend and long standing duet partner, Mindy Wang. They also performed the Stars and Stripes Forever during the tour of the six original copies of the Declaration of Independence.  Miss Fang has placed first or second in every ensemble competition that she has attended including MTNA Scholarship competition and State Federation competition. Last year, Miss Fang, Miss Wang, and new piano partner, Joshua Wong, received first place at the FFMC Jr. Convention in the Piano Trio category.

Miss Fang hopes to continue down a path of music whether it is for a possible career choice or for the simple joy and enjoyment of music.

Joshua K. Wong, 15

When he was four years old, Joshua K. Wong started piano lessons with Ms. Laura Schindler in St. Louis, Missouri. At the age of five he won his first State champion in the Missouri Music Teachers Association State Honors Piano Auditions in piano solo category. In the following years he was rewarded 2 more times as state piano winner in solo category and one time in duet category, 2 times as solo runner-up, 1 time as solo honorable mention. He performed in the Winners Concert as State winner as well as Honors Recital as District audition winner which he won for nine consecutive years. He also competed in concerto audition in Missouri and Illinois areas. He has also studied violin for four years. Since he relocated with his family to Miami in 2010, he has been studying piano with Ms. Nightingale Ngo. In 2011, he was an MMTA (Miami Music Teachers Association) Honors Recital winner and also won first place in the Piano Trio Difficult category in FFMC Florida State Jr. Convention. He now attends Miami Palmetto Senior High. He is also active in the church and plays with the Joyful Ringers Handbell Choir. 

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