PhD in Music at King’s College London and Studied Violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London
Violinist and Tenor in World-Class Ensembles with Multiple Grammy and Gramophone Awards and Nominations
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Musical Research, University of London
Published Peer-Reviewed Articles in Leading Academic Journals
Honorary Associate of Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Received by Queen Elizabeth II for Academic Excellence and Community Service
Director of Music at Six Top Schools in New Zealand, Australia, and China
Mentored G12 Students Majoring in Strings, Piano, Voice, Percussion, Woodwind, Composition, and Music production with over Four Million USD Worth of Scholarships from the Very Best Music Conservatories and Comprehensive Universities in the World
Adam Klarfeld
Head of Pastoral, ISA Wuhan International School
Former Head of Pastoral at ITG-SUIS Xiamen, as well as the position of Head of Curriculum & Cambridge Coordinator.
He is currently a doctoral candidate at Indiana University, and holds a Masters Degree as well as a Professional Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and also a Bachelor's Degree from the Jerusalem Academy of Music in Israel.
His former students have received offers from numerous universities around the globe, such as Boston University (USA), University of South Hampton (UK), McGill University (Canada), and more.
Before teaching for the past 8 years, Adam spent time as a professional performer in music, where he played in several professional orchestras, gave recitals, and performed solos on stage and live on national radio of his home country.
Dr. Jozef Macak
Campus Sport/CCA/CAS Coordinator & PHE Teacher
Dr Jozef Macak is a teacher as well as leader with decades of experiencein education. He has been headof the pE departments at various schools, including The British International School as well as SUlS Xiamen.
He has also led The English International Schoolof Bratislava and served as CEO/Director. Jozef completed his PhD at Comenius University in Bratislava in the Slovak Republic.He is currently doing an NPQH (National Professional Qualification Headship with a focus on leading an international school) in the Uk.
Ashley Zhang
Positive Well-being Counsellor
Master's degree in Social Work from Monash University
In the last 6 years, Ashley has worked as a family violence case manager, a national mental health hotline counsellor, suicide prevention counsellor and school wellbeing officer at Latrobe University and Spring Parks Primary school in Melbourne.
Ashley has developed extensive skills and knowledge in client crisis management, emotional support and school counselling.
Ashley also received mindfulness teaching training in Melbourne Meditation Centre and has now becoming an online instructor volunteer on an app called" flow meditation" app (Chinese version) .
