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Fanny Po Sim Head

Born in Hong Kong, Fanny received a doctorate in Piano Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Kansas under the instruction of Dr. Scott McBride Smith. She completed her undergraduate degree in Music Composition and Production at Hong Kong Baptist University. Later she received her master’s degrees in Piano Performance and Musicology from the University of Missouri- Kansas City (UMKC).

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She has over 20 years of teaching experience with students from all over the world. In addition to serving as an adjunct faculty at the Metropolitan Community College- Kansas City, Fanny has a thriving studio where her students are active participants in piano recitals, festivals, and competitions. She has a strong passion for piano pedagogy; to that end, she has established a website providing teaching resources for young piano teachers and students.

Fanny has been active in academia and regularly submits proposals and presents them at various events. She presented at various conferences, such as the Music Teacher National Association (2022), National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy (2021), Kansas Music Teacher Association (2020), and the College Music Society (2019). She works to discover and promote the work of lesser-known musicians. In addition to presenting and sharing her research on less-known composers, Fanny also includes their works in her recital programs. Her recent recording projects focus on works written by Latin American composers. Her new album includes 13 short pieces written by Blanca Layana Gómez, an Ecuadorian female composer.

Contributed Posts
Oct 24, 2025 Musicantes 2025: New Horizons in Peruvian Music
Oct 15, 2025 Whistling Hens: Bold Voices, Blue Chickens, and the Future of Classical Music
Oct 14, 2025 Rediscovering Forgotten Soundscapes
Pianist-Scholar Ziad Kreidy on Grieg, History, and the Future of the Piano
Oct 12, 2025 Rae Pung: Shaping the Next Generation of Pianists Through Virtù d’Arte
Sep 28, 2025 A Forgotten Romantic Reborn:
Lucas Wong and the Piano Sonatas of Wilhelm Taubert
Sep 21, 2025 Francisco González Gamarra: Peru’s Painter of History and Composer of the Andes
Aug 26, 2025 Shannon Wettstein: With Grace into the Unknown
Aug 21, 2025 Carrying Stories Forward: Rasa Vitkauskaite and the Album Contrasts
Aug 7, 2025 Joane Hétu’s Elle a son mot à dire: A Conversation in Sound and Freedom
Aug 4, 2025 A Feast for the Ears: Classical Music Inspired by Food