SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1984
500 MUSIC TRAINEES TO GIVE GALA CONCERT
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FIVE HUNDRED MUSIC OFFICE TRAINEES WHO HAVE COMPLETED ONE YEAR OF HARD WORK WILL BE SHOWING THE IR TALENTS IN A GALA CONCERT ON MARCH 18 IN THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL.
THE TRAINEES, WHO ARE BETWEEN SEVEN AND 23 YEARS OF AGE, HAD BEEN ATTENDING THE FULL-SCALE INSTRUMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAMME RUN BY THE MUSIC OFFICE, RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
THE CONCERT PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY THE HONG KONG CHILDREN'S SYMPHONIC BAND, THE CHINESE FOLK SINGING CHILDREN'S ENSEMBLE, AND THE MUSIC OFFICE TRAINEES' CHINESE ORCHESTRA.
THE MUSIC OFFICE RUNS NEARLY 650 CLASSES ON VARIOUS TYPES OF ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS, INVOLVING OVER 3 000 TRAINEES.
TRAINEES ARE RECRUITED EVERY YEAR AND THE SCHEME IS MEETING WITH GOOD PUBLIC RESPONSE.
THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING PROGRAMME IS AIMED AT IMPORTING SOME BASIC MUSICAL SKILL, AND FOR THOSE TRAINEES SHOWING GOOD MUSICAL TALENT, ORCHESTRAL TRAINING AS WELL, A MUSIC OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THERE ARE AT PRESENT 23 ORCHESTRAS, BANKS AND CHOIRS UNDER THE MUSIC OFFICE WITH A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF OVER 1 300 YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE ANNUAL TRAINEES' GALA IS AN IMPORTANT EVENT IN THE MUSICAL CALENDAR OF THE MUSIC OFFICE, AS IT MARKS THE PROGRESS OF THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING PROGRAMME.
A PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL ALSO BE HELD ON THAT DAY WHEN 264 OUTSTANDING TRAINEES, ORCHESTRAL, CHOIR AND BAND MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF MERIT OR OUTSTANDING AWARDS AS A TOKEN OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING PROGRAMME HAS HELPED TO UNEARTH AND DEVELOP YOUNG MUSICAL TALENT,
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