Hun Virtual School
STRIKES A CHORD for the Fang Family
For Lewis and Farrah Fang ’25, Hun Virtual
from China and has been living in Canada
School has helped create the perfect
since 2014, originally planned to move
balance between challenging academics and personal endeavors.
...we thought it was
Covid-19 has delayed their planned move,
because Hun values
though Lewis' Juilliard classwork is now
began playing the piano when he was four
individualized,
years old and jumped at the opportunity to apply to the program last spring.
attend Saturday lessons at the school.
the best fit for us
Last spring, Lewis was accepted into the PreCollege Program at The Juilliard School. He
closer to New York City so Lewis could
personalized education.”
“The Juilliard School is one of the best and most famous music conservatories in the world and is the dream of all the students who love music,” Lewis’ mom, Faye Lu said.
virtual. Lu and her husband decided to still look for a school closer to the city for Lewis and their daughter, Farrah, with hopes that Covid restrictions will be lifted and
Lewis will be able to attend classes in person. “After comparing several schools in Boston, New York, and New Jersey, our friend recommended Hun and we thought
Lewis had to first upload a video recording and application
it was the best fit for us because Hun values individualized,
before attending a live audition in February 2020. During that
personalized education.”
audition, he had to perform four pieces by memory: a work by Bach; a complete sonata by Haydn, Mozart, or Beethoven; a romantic work by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, or Liszt; and a work by a 20th- or 21st-century composer. Lewis learned he was accepted to the Juilliard program on
For now, both Farrah and Lewis are fully virtual students at Hun. While it’s been an adjustment for them, the family is thankful for the tireless work of the faculty to make them feel welcome in a new school.
April 1, 2020. He majors in piano, but he also learns chamber
Meanwhile, Farrah, who is a singer, plans to audition for the
music, music theory, and youth chorus. The family, who hails
program this spring.
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