SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1979
TEACHERS TO SEE SPECIALISTS DEMONSTRATE CHINESE MUSIC
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MUSIC TEACHERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE ADVICE FROM, AND SEE DEMONSTRATIONS BY, CHINESE MUSIC SPECIALISTS IN A SEMINAR NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY (APRIL 11 AND 12).
THE SEMINAR, ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WILL BE OPENED BY MRS. LOUISE MOK, DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR (SCHOOLS).
PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND TALKS AND SEE DEMONSTRATION LESSONS PRESENTED BY AN ADVISORY TEAM OF CHINESE MUSIC SPECIALISTS,
THE TEAM WAS APPOINTED BY THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE'S MUSIC COMMITTEE TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF CHINESE MUSIC IN SCHOOLS.
THE TEAM COMPRISES PROF. LOUIS CHEN, HEAD OF THE CHINESE MUSIC ARCHIVES AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY MR. LO KAR-CHI WHO HAS GIVEN MANY CHINESE MUSIC PERFORMANCES- MR. TONG KIN-WOON, A WELL-KNOWN GU-CHING PLAYER AND CANTONESE OPERA SCHOLAR- MR. LEUNG PUI-KAM, OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE FACULTY AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY WHO IS A SPECIALIST IN CHINESE OPERA- MR. KWAN PING-MAN WHO TEACHES MUSIC AT NG WAH COLLEGE AND WHO WILL DEMONSTRATE SOME OF THE WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS AND MRS. LEUNG SHIU LAI-HUNG WHO TEACHES AT NOTRE DAME COLLEGE AND WHO IS THE SECRETARY TO THE ADVISORY PANEL.
IN ADDITION, MR. TSE CHI-LIN, VOCAL TUTOR FOR THE EXTRA- MURAL DEPARTMENT AT THE BAPTIST COLLEGE WILL GIVE A DEMONSTRATION TALK ON THE FOLK SONG OF SOUTHERN CHINA, AND MR. SUNG LAP-KUNG WILL LEAD A DEMONSTRATION LESSON WITH STUDENTS FROM TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS WONG FUT NAM SECONDARY SCHOOL.
THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END OF THE SEMINAR FOR TEACHERS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS THE TEACHING OF CHINESE MUSIC IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND TO OBTAIN COPIES OF THE TEACHERS GUIDE WHICH HAS BEEN SPECIALLY PRODUCED FOR THIS SEMINAR.
THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD IN THE LECTURE THEATRE, GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, GASCOIGNE ROAD, KOWLOON.
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