Smee Wong is a doctoral lecturer in Jazz Voice, Piano, Music Theory, Music History, and Interdisciplinary Music Studies at Lehman College, CUNY. He is the 2024 CUNY Career Success Fellow and serves on the CUNY University Faculty Senate.

A multifaceted musician and scholar, Smee's journey began at four when he embraced the piano. He excelled at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and twice became a guest composer at the prestigious Beijing Modern Music Festival.

Smee's academic achievements include publications in Art Review and the Journal of Xinghai Conservatory of Music. He was also awarded at the China Music Review Society's Symposium 2010 during their 4th Annual Meeting. He broadened his musical horizons with a Master's in vocal jazz performance from the University of Denver and a subsequent Ph.D. in composition from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, where he translated Norman Lebrecht's Who Killed Classical Music?.

Before joining Lehman College, Smee served as a music instructor at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, general manager of campus radio station KTUH, and held a position at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. He is working on two book publications and has musical compositions scheduled for release in 2025.

Please contact Dr. Smee Wong for projects or to inquire about purchasing his work and scheduling a music lesson trial.

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