Dante Yum

Dante is a versatile actor-musician trained at the University of Essex with a Master of Fine Arts in Music Theatre at East 15 Acting School. She is classically trained at flute and piano from six and holds a Licentiate Music Recital Diploma of Trinity College London in both instruments.

She started her music tutoring career as the music director of her acapella singing group at her alma mater, Tsinghua University in Beijing. She has thus been the piano accompaniment of many pantomime shows and music exams.

She also holds a grade 8 distinction in classical percussions and has been as a percussionist and multi-instrumentalist in the plays Epiphany and Moon before expanding herself as a drummer in successful pop and rock bands.

She has performed in various distinguished venues such as the Globe Theatre, the Bridewell Theatre, the Chelsea Theatre, Central Saint Martins, the Hens and Chickens Theatre, Hong Kong Coliseum, Shatin City Hall (Hong Kong), the Juyin Theatre (China) and the Nine Theatre (China).

When not performing or accompanying productions, she enjoys exploring effective ways to teach music and improvisation that inspires the best out of her students. She is passionate at tailoring her lessons to suit individual musical goals, be them exam preparation sessions for instruments, music theory, self-accompaniment on the piano, or specific performance pieces for events.

She takes great pride in her work and can deliver her lessons in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and French. Her reassuring and patient teaching style creates the perfect environment to learn and enjoy music.