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SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1982

VACANCIES IN MUSIC OFFICE BANDS

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OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOW OPEN FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS TO JOIN IN BANDS, ORCHESTRAS AND CHOIRS OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT'S MUSIC OFFICE.

THERE ARE 25 BANDS, ORCHESTRAS AND CHOIRS ADMINISTERED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE AND VACANCIES NOW EXIST IN SOME OF THESE GROUPS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR RCD SAID TODAY (SATURDAY), +YOUNG MUSICIANS ARE INVITED TO FILL VACANCIES IN THE YOUTH SYMPHONIC BANDS, YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS, YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRAS, ISLAND YOUTH CHOIR AND CHINESE FOLK SINGING CHILDREN'S ENSEMBLE.+

FOR THE YOUTH SYMPHONIC BANDS, YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRAS AND YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS, APPLICANTS SHOULD BE UNDER THE AGE OF 23 ON AUGUST 31, 1982 AND SHOULD HAVE ATTAINED AT LEAST GRADE V OR ABOVE IN THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC EXAMINATIONS OR EQUIVALENT IN AT LEAST ONE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, OR HAVE GOOD KNOWLEDGE IN ONE OR MORE CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

+ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE WILL BE AN ADVANTAGE, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT,

THOSE AGED BETWEEN 17 AND 26, WITH AN INTEREST IN STANDARD CHORAL REPERTOIRE AND PROFICIENCY IN SIGHT SINGING MAY APPLY TO JOIN THE ISLAND YOUTH CHOIR.

APPLICANTS SHOULD BE LIVING, STUDYING OR WORKING ON HONG KONG ISLAND, HE SAID.

AND THE CHINESE FOLK SINGING CHILDREN'S ENSEMBLE IS OPEN TO CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN EIGHT AND 12 WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CHINESE FOLK REPERTOIRE.

QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL BE AUDITIONED AT A LATER DATE.

APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE HONG KONG MUSIC CENTRE, 9/F., HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE (5-283257) THE EAST KOWLOON MUSIC CENTRE, 2/F., YAN HAU MANSION, 100 TING FU STREET, NGAU TAU KOK (3-7561328)- OR THE NEW TERRITORIES MUSIC CENTRE, 2/F., CHEUNG YIU BUILDING, 167-173 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN (0-428127).

COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO ANY OF THE ABOVE CENTRES NO LATER THAN JULY 2, 1982.