Chee Hoo is Associate Professor of Music Education with the Visual & Performing Arts Academic Group at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is Coordinator of the NIE Centre for Arts Research in Education (CARE) and a member of the UNESCO UNITWIN: Arts Education Research for Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development.

Chee Hoo's research interests include examining issues towards identity, cultural diversity and multiculturalism, technology and globalization in arts education; children's musical cultures; creativity and improvisation; and elementary music methods. He has served as co-editor of the IJME (International Journal of Music Education) and is currently on the editorial board of Research Studies in Music Education (RSME) and International Journal of Music for Early Childhood (IJMEC).

Chee Hoo has published four edited books: (1) Contextualized Practices in Arts Education: An International Dialogue on Singapore; (2) Musical Childhoods of Asia and The Pacific; (3) Arts Education and Cultural Diversity: Policies, Research, Practices and Critical Perspectives; (4) The Artground Ecology: Engaging Children in Arts and Play Experiences; four co-authored academic books: (1) Teaching Living Legends: Professional Development and Lessons for the 21st Century Music Educator; (2) Semionauts of Tradition: Music, Culture and Identity in Singapore; (3) World Music Pedagogy: School-Community Intersections; (4) Reimagining Singapore: Self and Society in Contemporary Art, journal articles and made numerous conference presentations at local and international settings. Please refer to his publication list for details.