Lok Yan Wa
Biography
Lok Yan Wa is a Hong Kong singer, known by her stage name Lok Wah, and a member of the band SIS Lok Yin Sisters. She was born on October 8, 1989, and graduated from 南亞路德會沐恩中學 in 2008 after completing all levels from Secondary 1 to Secondary 7. She earned a Bachelor's degree in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong, majoring in Music and Linguistics, and later completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) at the same university. She also obtained Grade 8 certificates from the Royal Academy of Music in piano, voice, and music theory. Before her debut, she won first place in the 《APM全港網絡好聲音》 competition and worked as a resident singer at the apm shopping mall in 觀塘. In 2014, she signed with GME along with her sister Lok Yan Ming and formed SIS Lok Yin Sisters, officially entering the Hong Kong music scene, releasing their first single 《有夢就很好了》 on January 10, 2014, followed by 《520》 in May of the same year. In 2015, the duo released their first EP 《DreamSIS》, and in 2016 they released their second work 《真・樂印姊妹想創音樂BCD》, a Book + CD project. The group held their first concert 《SIS Cappella DREAM CONCERT 2017》, centered on a cappella singing, with the title track 《進擊的哈比人》. Beyond singing, Lok Wah was passionate about choral singing during her school years and was a member of the Hong Kong Music Office Youth Choir. During university, she fell in love with a cappella and served as soprano, arranger, and music director for the University of Hong Kong a cappella group Mosaic. She is also a registered teacher with the Education Bureau, having worked as a piano instructor at 通利琴行, a private music tutor, a member of the University of Hong Kong 明我以德 Choir, and a music teacher at 庇理羅士女子中學 and 香港真光中學 (Primary Section). In late 2020, she founded the Hong Kong A Cappella Studio, the first music center in Hong Kong specializing in ear training, also offering vocal training (ABRSM), popular singing (Rockschool), sight-reading, ear training, group harmony, classical and pop piano, and inter-school music festival preparation courses. Since 2014, she has taught popular singing to members of the HKU Music Society as a way of giving back to her alma mater, and has received high praise from students over the years for her tailored teaching approach.