MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1981
YOUNG MUSIC MAKERS TALENT QUEST
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FOURTEEN GROUPS OF GIFTED YOUNG MUSICIANS WILL TAKE PART IN THE FINALS OF THE 1981 YOUNG MUSIC MAKERS' TALENT QUEST TO BE HELD AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL THIS SATURDAY EVENING (OCTOBER 17).
THE COMPETITION IS ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DIVISION'S MUSIC OFFICE AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, AND SPONSORED BY AIWA DRANSFIELD COMPANY.
THE FINAL ISTS WERE AMONG 29 GROUPS TAKING PART IN THE SEMI- FINALS YESTERDAY (SUNDAY).
IN THE FINALS, THE CONTESTANTS WILL COMPETE IN THREE TYPES OF MUSIC -- WESTERN, CHINESE AND FOLK. SIX GROUPS WILL TAKE PART IN WESTERN MUSIC, FOUR IN CHINESE MUSIC AND THE REST IN FOLK MUSIC.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MUSIC OFFICE SAID THE STANDARD OF YESTERDAY'S SEMI-FINALS WAS GENERALLY SATISFACTORY, PARTICULARLY IN WESTERN AND CHINESE MUSIC,
+ IT IS WORTHWHILE TO NOTE THAT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 30 HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN CHINESE MUSIC AND MANY OF THE IR COMPOSITIONS SHOW ORIGINALITY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
DURING THE FINAL CONTEST, ALBERT AU, A LOCAL SINGER AND THE HONG KONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR WILL GIVE GUEST PERFORMANCES.
THE PANEL OF JUDGES IN THE FINALS WILL BE THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM- THE ASSISTANT MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MR THOMAS WANG THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AIWA, MR KENNETH FUNG AND WELL-KNOWN LOCAL MUSICIANS: PROFESSOR LIN SHING SHIH, DOMING LAM, DR YIP WAI HONG AND CHAN HO CHOI.
ADMISSION TICKETS AT $5 EACH FOR THE FINALS TO TAKE PLACE AT 7.30 PM ON OCTOBER 17 ARE NOW ON SALE AT ALL THE MUSIC CENTRES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE AND A.C. HALL. ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE BY TELEPHONING 5-283257.
+AN EVENING OF CHINESE MELODIES+
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+AN EVENING OF CHINESE MELODIES+ WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL ON OCTOBER 24 (SATURDAY) AT THE TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM, STARTING AT 7.30 PM.
SOPRANO BARBARA FEI, TENOR LIN SIANG-YUEN AND BARITONE CHAN KUNG-SANG WITH GABRIEL KWOK AT THE PIANO WILL APPEAR IN THIS PERFORMANCE, SINGING CHINESE FOLK AND ART SONGS.
BARBARA FEI HAS GIVEN MANY RECITALS IN HONG KONG AND HAS PERFORMED ON RADIO AND TELEVISION HERE AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
SHE FOUNDED THE +ALLEGRO SINGERS+ AND SERVES AS CHOIR DIRECTOR FOR SEVERAL CHURCHES AND MISSIONARY GROUPS, AND HAS BEEN A VOCAL TEACHER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
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