MR. George Lam

Growing up in both Hong Kong and Winthrop, Massachusetts, Lam is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Music, Hong Kong Baptist University, and was previously an Assistant Professor of Music at York College, The City University of New York. He is a founding member of the artist-run new opera ensemble Rhymes With Opera, and for the 2021-22 season, and is the Artist-In-Residence at University Settlement in New York City. As a composer, Lam is primarily interested in the idea of musical placemaking, which is to create music that is intimately connected with the place where it is performed and heard.