At Lunch and Learn on May 7th, our speaker, Ka-Wai Yu, master cellist, took us on the "Journey of Dr. Ka-Wai Yu - so far."

Ka-Wai, born into a Christian family in Hong Kong, is the middle brother of three boys. He has an interesting family in that his mother and one brother are also musically inclined and his father has a position with UNESCO in France. Ka-Wai attended an English school, so he learned to speak English with a British flair. He also speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, some French and as he stated, the language of Music. It was in high school where he developed his passion for all things music and not only played the cello but also sang and has been a composer. He first came to the U.S. after receiving an eight-week scholarship to the Aspen Festival in 2003 where he also discovered he enjoys hiking and biking. He went on to receive a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and M.A. of Music in Cello performance from the prestigious School of Music at Indiana University. In 2015, Ka-Wai came to Dixie University, now Utah Tech, as an Associate Professor. He said that he loves both teaching and performing and feels that each complements the other. He became a citizen in 2020.

We learned much more about this man we call fellow church member and friend - his belief in living his faith daily, his talents and kindness, and invite you to do the same.

The video of the entire program, including the beautiful Bach composition which Ka-Wai played for us at the beginning of his talk is available on our YouTube channel. If you would like to listen to the audio only, it can be found here. The PowerPoint slides from the presentation can be found here.