Luyi Wang joined Bangor University as a Lecturer in Music in January 2024, after completing her PhD in Education at the University of Glasgow in 2023. She also holds an MA in Music Education from the University of York and a BA in Musicology (Music Education pathway) from Xiamen University, China. 

With over a decade of experience, Luyi has been teaching music in a variety of settings, including schools, universities, and community programmes. She is an Associate Fellow of Advance HE. Her research interests include music education, active and creative pedagogies, EDI (equality, diversity, inclusion), and the role of music in health and wellbeing.

Undergraduate

• WXM-2270/3270 Music Teaching in Context
• WXM-2303/3305 Genres and Composers A
• WXM-3277 Musicology Project

Postgraduate

• WMP-4062 Advanced Research Methods in Music
• WMP-4064 Music Education: Theories and Practices
• WMP-4065 Teaching Music Today
• WMP-4124 Contemporary Music Education Project

Current PhD students

• Danping Li
• Yining Xu
• Yushan Ye
• Anna Huang
• Min Zhu

2025

• E-pub ahead of printImproving classroom inclusion through Orff-inspired music education: A study from a secondary school in Fujian, China
  Wang, L. & Odena, O., 27 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Music Education Research. 27, 2, p. 191-202 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

• PublishedDeveloping an inclusive music classroom through using the Orff-inspired participatory pedagogy
  Wang, L., Jun 2024.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2022

• PublishedSchool inclusion through active music teaching methods in China?
  Wang, L. & Odena, O., Jul 2022.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2021

• PublishedHow can music classroom promote social inclusion?
  Wang, L., Nov 2021.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2019

• PublishedMusic classroom and inclusive campus
  Wang, L., 22 Nov 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedSocial inclusion through music education in China
  Wang, L., 14 Jun 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedThe Orff approach in a high school in China: A case study on local adaptation and practice
  Wang, L., 20 Nov 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

Activity

• Leader, co-funder & co-organiser, for ‘Launch (Lunch) Your Research’ Workshop Series, School of Education, University of Glasgow, 2023
• Peer reviewer, Research Studies in Music Education, 2023
• Peer reviewer, Music and Arts in Action Journal (MAiA), 2024
• Peer reviewer, Cambridge China Education Forum (CCEF), 2023–2025

Academic and Professional Membership

• International Society for Music Education (ISME)
• British Educational Research Association (BERA)
• International Association for Music & Medicine (IAMM) 
• Chinese Society of Music Psychology
• Scottish Association for Music Education (SAME)

Research Projects

• 'Music and Socio-Linguistic Relationships', 2025–Present
• 'Bisexuality Today: Understanding Attitudes, Protective Factors, and Risk Factors for an Often Invisible Sexual Minority', 2023–2024
• 'Garden Dominator: Analysis and Lessons from Singapore's Rise', 2015
• 'Exploring Society Cultures in Cross-Strait Universities', 2015
• 'Thirty Years of Reform and Opening-Up in Eastern China: Insights from Guangzhou and Shenzhen', 2014
• 'A Well-Functioning Machine: The Functions of Longde County Government Departments', 2013