Alvin Yu (余漢維) grew up in a musical family. His mother is a piano and vocal teacher, and his father loves to play the piano. His two older brothers are also passionate about music: his second brother is a professor of cello at Utah Tech University, while his eldest brother is completing his doctorate degree in music. From a young age, Alvin loved listening to hymns and enjoyed singing and playing them from the songbooks. After becoming a Christian in 1997, Alvin began serving in church as a pianist, choir member, and worship team leader. His services in music continue to this day.

During his secondary school years, Alvin attended St. Paul’s College in Hong Kong, a school that placed great emphasis on music. He participated in various extracurricular music activities, including playing the piano and organ at school assemblies, singing in the choir, Chinese orchestra, and the symphony orchestra. In his last year, Alvin served as the choir conductor and led the choir to win the “Best Boy’s Choir” award at the Hong Kong Music Festival in 2002.

After immigrating to the United States, Alvin obtained his Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude from the University of Oregon in 2007 and later earned a master’s degree in music theory from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in 2011. In 2013, he was invited by the Joint Choir of the Portland Association of Chinese Evangelists (PACE) to compose choral anthems for their evangelistic meeting and Thanksgiving events, marking the beginning of his journey in choral composition. His works have been performed by New Heart Music Ministries (新心音樂事工), Chinese Christian Church Music Institute for Worship (中華基督教會崇拜音樂學院), as well as churches in Atlanta and Seattle.

Other than composing, Alvin is also fond of showcasing Chinese music to the American audiences in occasions such as the celebration for Chinese New Year, where he performs traditional Chinese music on the two-string instrument Erhu (二胡). He started learning the Erhu when his high school’s Chinese Orchestra was out of Erhu players. He was one of a few violinists who was recruited to learn the Erhu. Since then, he has enjoyed playing this unique instrument.

He currently resides in Atlanta with his wife Rachel and daughter Sophia.

余漢維（Alvin）自小在一個音樂家庭長大。母親是鋼琴和聲樂老師，父親喜歡彈琴。他的兩個哥哥也非常熱愛音樂：二哥是一位大學大提琴教授，而大哥則正在完成他的音樂博士。 從小在教會長大的Alvin，家裡有很多詩歌的錄音帶和歌譜。他小時候就很喜歡聽詩歌，並喜歡拿起詩歌歌譜來唱和彈奏。1997年信主後，在教會開始參與司琴、詩班和敬拜團的服事至今。

中學時期，Alvin在非常注重音樂的香港聖保羅書院就讀，在校參與各樣的音樂課外活動，包括學校早會的司琴、合唱團、中樂團和管弦樂團等等。Alvin曾擔任合唱團的指揮，並帶領合唱團贏得香港校際音樂節的《最佳男聲合唱團》榮譽。

2002年移民到美國後，Alvin在University of Oregon主修音樂，隨後在Indiana University完成音樂理論的碩士學位。2013年被Portland華人教會的聯合詩班邀請為他們的佈道會和感恩節聚會編寫合唱曲，開始了他寫作合唱曲的心路歷程。他寫的詩歌曾被新心音樂事工，中華基督教會崇拜音樂學院，以及亞特蘭大和西雅圖的教會使用。

除了作曲之外，Alvin也熱衷於在各種場合向美國觀眾展示中國音樂，例如在農曆新年慶典中，他會用二胡演奏傳統的中國音樂。他是在高中時期開始學習二胡的，當時學校的中樂團缺乏二胡演奏者，他作為少數幾位小提琴手之一被招募來學習這項樂器。從那時起，他便喜愛上演奏這種獨特的樂器。

他現在與妻子和女兒定居亞特蘭大。