The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library is proud to co-present this talk with the University of Toronto Music Library. In this book talk, Juni L. Yeung will introduce the first English translation and study of Kingaku Hakki, and demonstrate through recordings and live performance the thought process of gagaku in transcription and its changes as it traverses instruments, cultures, and time.
The book talk will be moderated by Hippocrates Cheng, Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition, Binghamton University.
Date: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, January 29, 2026
Location: University of Toronto Music Library or Online
RSVP: https://library.utoronto.ca/event/book-talk-kingaku-hakki-elucidations-…
Juni L. Yeung received an M.A. in History from the University of Toronto, is a seventh-generation Shu School (Chengdu Ye branch) qin player, and serves as chairperson of the Toronto Guqin Society. Her 2010 publication Standards of the Guqin is the international bestseller for learning the instrument in English.
Dr. Hippocrates Cheng 鄭靖楠 is a composer, theorist, ethnomusicologist from Hong Kong. He is currently an assistant professor of music theory and composition and an affiliated faculty of Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University. As a composer, he writes contemporary classical music, new music for Asian instruments, and Jazz. As a researcher, he researches the music of Hong Kong composer Doming Lam, East Asian and Southeast Asian music, piano rolls and player piano in early Jazz history and Braille music notation. He has given guest lectures, masterclasses and performances in the United States, Canada, Austria, Germany, China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. He has presented his research at numerous national and international conferences, including those organized by AMS, AMIS, IAML, ICTMD, ISJAC, APME, and others.
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