SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 1982
+THE IDEA IS TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THE ORDINARY PEOPLE TO HAVE A TASTE OF SOMETHING THAT THEY MAY NOT GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO TRY ON THEIR OWN INITIATIVE.
+CONCERT MUSIC IS NOT, AND SHOULD NOT BE FOR THE EXCLUSIVE ENJOYMENT OF THE RICH AND THE HIGHBROW,+ MR WANG SAID.
+THESE FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OFTEN WERE THE FIRST CONTACT WITH CONCERT MUSIC FOR MANY YOUNG PEOPLE AND MANY OF THEM EAGERLY SOUGHT TO JOIN THE PROGRAMME AFTERWARDS, HE ADDED.
APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE AN ADMISSION TEST TO TEST
UPON ACCEPTANCE, THEY WILL THEN HAVE TO PREFERENCE THE TYPE OF INSTRUMENT THEY WOULD
THEIR AURAL ABILITY.
LIST IN THE ORDER OF
LIKE TO PLAY.
THE INSTRUMENTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE FOR
A MONTHLY RENTAL OF 10 DOLLARS EACH. THEY BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE STUDENTS WHEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES PAID EQUALS THE COST OF THE INSTRUMENTS.
IN ADDITION TO PAYING THE $10 MONTHLY RENTAL, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS PAY A MONTHLY TUITION OF $10 AND $20.
THIS ARRANGEMENT IS TO BRING MUSIC TRAINING WITHIN THE REACH OF EVERY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN HONG KONG, MR WANG SAID.
+WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WITH GREAT MUSICAL POTENTIAL WE HAVE LOST IN THE PAST BECAUSE MUSIC LESSONS USED TO BE AFFORDABLE ONLY TO CHILDREN OF WELL-TO-DO FAMILIES. THIS IS NO LONGER THE CASE SINCE WE LAUNCHED THIS PROGRAMME.
WHY IS MUSICAL TRAINING SO IMPORTANT?
+MUSIC ENRICHES ONE'S LIFE AND FOR MANY, IT IS AS MUCH A PLEASURE TO PERFORM IT AS TO LISTEN TO IT. OUR PROGRAMME IS THEREFORE A BASIC TRAINING GROUND FOR FUTURE PERFORMERS AND ALSO APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCES.
+MUSIC, AS IT HAS OFTEN BEEN SAID, IS THE ONLY TRULY INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE OF THE WORLD. IT TRANSCENDS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. IT STANDS TO REASON THEN THAT IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE BEST INSTRUMENTS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING, MR WANG SAID.
EXAMPLES OF THIS CULTURAL EXCHANGE ARE THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCES GIVEN HERE BY YOUNG MUSICIANS AND MASTER PERFORMERS FROM ABROAD AND BY OUR YOUNG ENSEMBLES AND ORCHESTRAS OVERSEAS AT MUTUAL INVITATIONS.
THE MUSIC OFFICE NOW MANAGES THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY A AND B ORCHESTRAS, THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA, THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY BAND AND 18 OTHER DISTRICT ORCHESTRAS BANDS AND CHOIRS. IT ALSO ORGANISES YOUTH MUSIC SUMMER CAMPS FOR
STUDENTS.
THIS DIVERSITY OF MUSICAL PERFORMING AND TRAINING VENUES PERMITS THE TRAINEES TO DEVELOP ALONG THE IR PERSONAL INCLINATIONS.
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