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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1981

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YOUNG MUSICIANS TO PERFORM

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THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA WILL HOLD ITS THIRD ANNIVERSARY CONCERT ON OCTOBER 25 (SUNDAY) IN THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM.

IT WILL BE A JOINT PRESENTATION OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DIVISION'S MUSIC OFFICE AND TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

FORMED IN 1978, THE ORCHESTRA HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL, TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL AND YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL.

IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA VISITED ENGLAND, FRANCE, ISRAEL, CYPRUS AND AUSTRALIA TO GIVE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES.

THE 70 MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA ARE STUDENTS OR YOUNG WORKERS FROM A CROSS SECTION OF THE POPULATION.

UNDER THE BATON OF THE TRAINING OFFICER (CHINESE INSTRUMENT) OF THE MUSIC OFFICE, MR TONG LEUNG-TAK, THE ORCHESTRA HOLDS WEEKLY REHEARSALS AT THE MUSIC OFF ICE EAST KOWLOON MUSIC CENTRE.

IN THE COMING CONCERT, MR TONG WILL CONDUCT PART OF THE PROGRAMME WHILE DR S. M. BARD, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, WILL BE THE GUEST CONDUCTOR.

DR BARD IS HIMSELF ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN MUSIC, HIS MUSICAL EDUCATION BEGAN IN NORTH CHINA WHERE, AT THE AGE OF NINE, HE STARTED STUDYING THE VIOLIN, HE LATER ENTERED THE MUSIC ACADEMY IN HARBIN, AND IN ADDITION TO VIOLIN, STUDIED THE THEORY OF MUSIC HARMONY AND ORCHESTRATION.

HIS CONNECTION WITH THE HARDIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CAME EARLY, AS AT THE AGE OF 15, HE PLAYED REGULARLY WITH IT. HE ALSO BEGAN CONDUCTING AT THE ACADEMY.

IN 1947, HE RETURNED TO HONG KONG AND WAS INVITED TO BECOME CONDUCTOR OF THE NEWLY-FORMED SINO-BRITISH ORCHESTRA, LATER TO BECOME THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. IN 1969 ́HE WAS CUEST CONDUCTOR WITH THE NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF THE PHILIPPINES.

HIS INTEREST IN CHINESE MUSIC AND CHINESE INSTRUMENTS GOES BACK MANY YEARS. IN FACT, HE WAS FOR A WHILE, A MEMBER OF CHINESE ORCHESTRA, PLAYING THE BAMBOO FLUTE,

LAST YEAR HE WAS A GUEST CONDUCTOR WITH THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA, THE FIRST NON-CHINESE TO BE GIVEN SUCH PRIVILEGE.

ADMISSION TICKETS AT $5 EACH ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT ALL THE MUSIC CENTRES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE, TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AND TOM LEE PIANO CO. LTD. (DES VOEUX ROAD, CENTRAL DISTRICT CAMERON LANE, TSIM SHA TSUI AND NATHAN ROAD, YAU MA TEI).

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