WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1981
THE GALA PERFORMANCE ON MAY 23 FEATURING THE NATIONAL YOUTH CHOIR AND DANCE TROUPE, IS PRESENTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE HELD AT 8 PM AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL.
THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES NATIONAL THAI FOLK AND CLASSICAL SONGS AND DANCES OF SUPANA MATCHA 'SAT CHATRI DANCE SONG'.
THE DRUM DANCE (RAM GLAWNG YAOW), THE PURSUIT (THE WHITE MONKEY, IN PURSUIT OF A MERMAID),
(SOUTHERN FOLK DANCE) AND CONTEMPORARY THÁI
POPULAR COMPOSITIONS BY KING BHUMIBOL OF THAILAND, LOVE IN SPRING', 'OH I SAY WILL BE PERFORMED.
OTHER ITEMS INCLUDE JOHANNES BRAHMS" "LOVE SONG WALTZES OP.52 (SELECTIONS), ROGERS' AND HAMMERSTEIN'S GETTING TO KNOW YOU' FROM 'THE KING AND I', MOZART'S LAUDATE DOMINUM' AND MANY OTHER POPULAR CHORAL ITEMS.
THE THAI YOUTH CHOIR AND DANCE TROUPE IS ORGANISED JOINTLY THE NATIONAL YOUTH BUREAU AND THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT OF HAILAND. ITS MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED THROUGH A PUBLIC CITEST AMONG STUDENTS OF VARIOUS SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND
NIVERSITIES OF VARIOUS REGIONS.
THE TROUPE, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ITS TROUPE DIRECTOR, SUCHIN FAICHARDEN, CONSISTS OF 12 STAFF, 51 SINGERS, 10 DANCERS AND 7 HUSICIANS WHO PLAY TRADITIONAL THAI MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS LIKE PI, RANAD, TAPOON, ETC. DUE TO THEIR DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED IN A MUSIC CAMP FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS IN ORDER TO GET HARMONISED AS A NATIONAL TEAM JUST BEFORE TRAVELLING ABROAD.
THE MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE TROUPE, MADAN MALAIVAL BOONYARATVEJ, IS A WELL KNOWN PIANIST AND CHOIR DIRECTOR OF THAILAND'S MOST FAMOUS CHOIRS, AMONG THEM, THE WATANA GIRLS CHOIR, THE ROYAL SCHOOL'S CHOIR AND THE THAI CHRISTIAN CHOIR, SHE RECEIVED HER MASTERS DEGREE IN MUSIC FROM EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, IN 1956.
SHE IS FOUNDER AND PROMOTER OF MANY CHORAL SINGING GROUPS AT VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS, UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS. IN RECOGNITION OF HER SUCCESS IN THIS FIELD, THE THAI GOVERNMENT HAS ENTRUSTED HER WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEADING THE THAI YOUTH CHOIR TO PERFORM IN HONG KONG.
TICKETS AT $5 EACH ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT
MUSIC OFFICE (9/F., HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE, WANCHAI)
(3/F., TUNG PING BUILDING, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD,
MONGKOK)
(2/F., YAN HAU BUILDING, TING FU ST., NGAUTAUKOK)
(1/F., CHEUNG YIU BUILDING, CASTLE PEAK ROAD,
TSUEN WAN).
TOM LENS