ELIA Member the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Gordon Munro as Deputy Director (Academic) with effect from October 9, 2023. 

 

Dr. Munro is an experienced administrator in higher educational institutions, particularly in the field of conservatoires. With over two decades of leadership experience, he received professional music training in Scotland, obtaining a Bachelor’s degree (BEd Music) with first-class honours from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, as well as a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Glasgow.   

 

Dr. Munro brings extensive expertise in steering academic and curriculum development in performing arts institutions. For the past eight years, he dedicated himself to the role of Director of Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, a globally recognised institution renowned for its excellence in performing arts education and research. Dr. Munro played a pivotal and instrumental role in leading curriculum reform at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, making significant contributions to shaping its programmes. Prior to that, he held the position of Head of the Conservatory of Music and Drama at Dublin Institute of Technology (now TU Dublin) in Ireland.  

 

From 2015 to 2021, Dr. Munro served as a board member and later became the chair of the board of MusiQuE, the European quality assurance agency for music in higher education. He has also contributed his expertise to the board of EQ-Arts, a quality assurance agency for creative and performing arts and design, and has undertaken numerous reviews of performing arts institutions. 

 

Professor Gillian Choa, Director of the Academy, says, “I would like to welcome Dr. Munro to our Academy community.  I very much look forward to working with him, and I am sure his extensive experience, expertise and international connections will make a very positive and valuable contribution to the Academy.”

 

The team at ELIA wishes Dr. Gordon Munro great success and all the best at his new role as Deputy Director (Academic) at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA)!