UCM Academy

We celebrate the unique voice of every child.

Vision

With patience and dedication, we nurture all children to become happy and confident little musicians who find joy in music-making and connecting with others through the universal language of music.

Mission

Togetherness

We offer group learning and parent-child co-learning, as children learn better in each other’s presence through interaction and companionship

Whole Person Development

With music, movements and group projects, we nurture a wide range of motor skills, social emotional skills, executive functions and problem solving skills of our students

Creativity and Self-Expression

Through playing music, our students gain self-confidence and eloquence in expressing their feelings and emotions.

Music Director of UCM Academy

Ng Cheuk Yin

A full spectrum musician, Ng Cheuk Yin is a composer, music producer, arranger, Sheng performer, music educator and ‘a cappella’ artist. Deeply in love with jazz music and equally accomplished in classical and pop music, Yin has an exciting and successful music career, and has won numerous awards as a composer and musician.

Yin has created children's music for various art groups including Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Hong Kong Children’s Choir, Hong Kong Treble Choir, Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, Hong Kong Dance Company, and Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra to name but a few. His choral works are performed by hundreds of choirs all over the world.

From being a composer and performer of children's music, Yin has gained new insight into this art form as he becomes the father of two adorable young kids and experiences the use of music as a parent. He realises that children are inborn musicians who have a natural desire to express themselves, and music happens anytime anywhere, over the dining table, during a walk in the park and in the bathtub.

Yin plays simple musical instruments with his daughters such as ukulele, piano and percussion for kids. Not only will they sing well-known nursery rhymes together, but they also sing to each other as part of their daily conversations. Yin sees the happiness that music can bring to a household, which directly contributes to the formation of a strong and engaging parent-child relationship.

Each piece of instrument played by each musician produces a different tone, texture and colour. At UCM Academy, we celebrate the uniqueness of every child by letting each of them be listened to and appreciated, regardless of the instrument they play, or the level of accomplishment they achieve.

Music stimulates the development of the whole brain. Musical experiences, including singing, dancing, tapping, playing musical instruments individually or in a group, help children to develop their fine and gross motor skills, multi-sensory coordination and rhythmic sense. All these pave the way for understanding of mathematical concepts and development of linguistic capabilities. At UCM Academy, we also offer plenty of performance opportunities for our little singers and musicians, for them to gain self-esteem and confidence, and develop interpersonal, social and emotional skills through group practices and musical collaborations.

No two children ever play the same note. Treasure the musical moments with your little one each day!