MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1980
CHORAL WORKSHOP BY SIR DAVID WILLCOCKS
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SIR DAVID WILLCOCKS, DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, WILL CONDUCT A CHORAL WORKSHOP IN HONG KONG IN THE MORNING OF JULY 26 IN THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL.
HE WILL BE IN HONG KONG ON HIS WAY TO SYDNEY WHERE HE WILL CONDUCT TWO PERFORMANCES OF BACH'S MASS IN B MINOR WITH THE SYDNEY PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
SIR DAVID BEGAN HIS MUSICAL TRAINING AS A CHORISTER AT WESTMINISTER ABBEY, LONDON, AFTER WINNING SCHOLARSHIPS AT CLIFTON COLLEGE, BRISTOL AND KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
AFTER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD OF WAR SERVICE HE WAS ELECTED A FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND CONDUCTOR OF THE
CAMBRIDGE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. SUBSEQUENTLY HE BECAME ORGANIST OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL AND LATER OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL, CONDUCTING AT THE THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL FROM 1950 TO 1957.
FROM 1957 TO 1974 HE WAS ORGANIST OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN MUSIC AND CONDUCTOR OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY. SINCE 1960 HE HAS BEEN MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF THE BACH CHOIR AND SINCE 1974 DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, LONDON.
UNDER HIS DIRECTION, THE BACH CHOIR AND KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR HAVE MADE MANY RECORDINGS WITH LEADING ORCHESTRAS OF GREAT CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL WORKS.
AFTER CONDUCTING THE BACH MASS IN SYDNEY, SIR DAVID WILL MAKE AN EXTENSIVE TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND FOR PERFORMANCES OF THE BERLIOZ REQUIEM, HANDEL'S CORONATION ANTHEMS, WALTON'S BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST, TIPPETT'S A CHILD OF OUR TIME AND HAYDN'S CREATION.
HIS WORKSHOP IN HONG KONG IS SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB MUSIC FUND IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MUSIC OFFICE. PERFORMING AT THE EVENT WILL BE THE SAI KUNG CHILDREN'S CHOIR, THE BOYS' CHOIR OF WAH YAN COLLEGE, KOWLOON, THE GOOD HOPE SCHOOL GIRLS' CHOIR, THE MIXED VOICE CHOIR OF ST PAUL'S CO-EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE, THE TEACHERS' CHOIR, THE GRADUATE CHORAL SOCIETY AND THE LEARNERS CHORUS.
ALL CHOIR CONDUCTORS AND MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORKSHOP WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
FREE TICKETS ARE DISTRIBUTED AT THE HEAD OFFICE AND SUB-OFFICES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE, 9TH FLOOR, 2 HARBOUR ROAD, HONG KONG (HEAD OFFICE)-
100 TING FU STREET, 3RD FLOOR, YAN HAU MANSION, NGAU TAU KOK, KWUN TONG- 157 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, 3RD FLOOR, TUNG PING BUILDING, KOWLOON AND CHEUNG YIU BUILDING, 2ND FLOOR, 167-173 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN.
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