Dr David Wong

BA Music. BSc Computer Science. BD Divinity (Theology). MA Music (Electroacoustic) Composition. MSc Software Engineering. MEd Educational leadership and management. MBA Technology Management. PhD Ethnomusicology. FHEA Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

David is a polymath * who lectures and runs workshops in music, computer science, management, theology and mental health, manages I.T. infrastructure and leads music and worship production.

* Someone who is expert in multiple fields of knowledge and capable of integrating them for new discoveries and concepts.

David’s lectures and workshops cover diverse topics, for example:

• “Quality metrics in continuous integration and development” (software),
• “Multiple personality dilemma: the singular ‘I’?” (mental health),
• “The beauty and the beast in playing multiphonics on musical instruments”,
• “The greatest is love, or talent? Church worship team development”,
• “Music discipleship (growing in faith and music)”,
• “The STAPLER approach in designing and reviewing worship sessions”,
• “Soul and the certainty of doubt beyond exoplanets” (faith & science),
• “Think about it: getting better in music by reducing practice effort”,
• and many others

David’s research on the piano music in Sabah remains the only authority on the subject decades after its publication: “Music of the Chinese in Sabah: the keyboard culture” (2009).

Navigating life’s opportunities and obstructions opens fresh ways of understanding relationships. David explains the struggles of mental health in employment to help others cope: “Games of masquerade and walls of doubt: People, systems and mental health at a London university” (2025). David also recounts God’s grace in having a clear mind in his book “Grace in depression” (2025).