Allison Cheung began her musical studies at the age of three on the piano, studying with numerous teachers including Dr. Lawrence Ferrara, head of the Music Department at New York University.  Ms. Cheung began the harp at the age of eight with Merynda Adams of Madison, NJ.  In 1998, she was admitted to the Juilliard Pre-College program where she studied harp with Nancy Allen and composition with Dr. Andrew Thomas.  She continued her harp studies while she was a student at Princeton University, studying with Elaine Christy and also with Catherine Michel in Paris, France.  She later returned to France where she trained with Isabelle Perrin at L’Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.

Ms. Cheung is a recipient of numerous awards including The National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts, The Juilliard School Honorary Scholarship, and the New Jersey Governor’s Award in the Arts.  She was a winner of the Advanced Division of the American Harp Society National Competition in 2003 and was awarded a 2006-2007 Fulbright Scholarship in Paris, France.

Ms. Cheung has performed as a solo and orchestral harpist around the US and Europe.  She has presented in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in NY, and the American Church in Paris, France.  Ms. Cheung has also appeared in several music festivals, most notably, the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, l’Académie-Festival des Arcs in France, and the Bowdoin Music Festival in Maine, where she was the artist-in-residence.

In addition to being a performing artist, Ms. Cheung holds a special interest in the study of music from a cognitive perspective with the hope that an increased understanding of the localization of musical functions in the brain will lead to greater sensibilities as a musician and a greater understanding of the power of music to move others. 

Ms. Cheung holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and a certificate in Musical Performance from Princeton University.