THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1981
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BAND FESTIVAL CONCERT
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FOUR MAESTROS WILL CONDUCT TWO BANDS AT A CONCERT OF THE FOURTH HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND FESTIVAL AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 12.
THEY ARE FUNG WING-KIT AND PAK WING-HANG FROM THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT'S MUSIC OFFICE, JOHN CHENG FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AND ISAO MURAMATSU OF THE SHUJITSU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BAND OF JAPAN.
THE TWO BANDS ARE THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND AND THE SHUJITSU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
THE HONG KONG SYMPHONIC BAND WILL PLAY THE FANFARE FROM +LA PERE+ BY PAUL DUKAS, ONE OF THE MOST SPARKLING FANFARES COMPOSED THIS CENTURY.
THE SHUJITSU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BAND OF JAPAN WILL PERFORM THE CZECH COMPOSER VACLAV NELHYBEL'S TWO SYMPHONIC MOVEMENTS FOR CONCERT BAND.
FUNG WING-K IT GRADUATED FROM THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, MAJORING IN FLUTE PERFORMANCE. HE WORKED FOR TWO YEARS IN THE MUSIC OFFICE, AND IN 1981, OBTAINED A ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB MUSIC FUND SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY AT THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA IN LONDON.
MR ISAO MURAMATSU, CONDUCTOR OF THE SHUJITSU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BAND, IS CHIEFLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BAND'S REPUTATION AS THE TOP SCHOOL BAND IN JAPAN. ORIGINALLY TRAINED AS A GEOGRAPHY TEACHER, MURAMATSU LEARNED BAND TRAINING AND CONDUCTING AS A HOBBY.
MR PAK WING-HANG JOINED THE MUSIC OFFICE RECENTLY AFTER STUDYING AT THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA.
MR JOHN CHENG, CONSIDERED BY MANY AS THE MENTOR OF THE LOCAL BAND MOVEMENT, NOW WORKS IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
TICKETS AT $5 EACH ARE ON SALE AT THE CENTRES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE AND BRANCHES OF THE TOM LEE PIANO CO. LTD. IN CAMERON AND NATHAN ROADS, AND THE MAN YEE BUILDING.