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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1982

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AUSTRALIAN MUSICIANS PARTICIPATING IN BAND FESTIVAL

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SIX AUSTRALIAN MUSICIANS HAVE ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TO TAKE PART IN THE FIFTH HONG KONG YOUTH BAND FESTIVAL.

THEY ARE THE LECTURER OF TROMBONE OF THE CANBERRA SCHOOL OF MUSIC, SIMONE DE HAAN, AND WIND SOLOISTS VERRON HILL (FLUTE) LAURENCE FRANKEL (OBOE), DONALD WESTLAKE (CLARINET), RICHARD MCINTYRE (BASSOON) AND HECTOR MCDONALD (HORN).

THEY WILL APPEAR WITH THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND IN THE FESTIVAL CONCERT TO BE HELD TOMORROW (TUESDAY) NIGHT AT THE AUDITORIUM OF TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

SIMONE DE HAAN WON WIDE ACCLAIM DURING HIS PARTICIPATION RECENTLY IN THE 1982 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP.

HE WILL CONDUCT THE YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND WHICH WILL PERFORM WORKS BY GREIG AND TCHAIKOVSKY AS WELL AS THOSE BY CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS PERISCHETTI AND MALTBY.

THE AUSTRALIAN WIND SOLOISTS WILL PERFORM WIND QUINTETS BY FRANZ DANZ1, JEAN FRANCAIX AND MALCOLM ARNOLD.

DANZI WAS A PROLIFIC EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY COMPOSER WHILE FRANCAIX AND ARNOLD ARE CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS KNOWN FOR THEIR WITTY AND LIGHT-HEARTED WORKS.

BESIDES GIVING PERFORMANCES, THESE FIVE MAESTROS WILL BE GUEST INSTRUCTORS OF THE MASTER CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS OF THE FESTIVAL.

TICKETS AT $5 EACH ARE AVAILABLE AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL BOX OFFICE AND THE MUSIC CENTRES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE IN WAN CHAI, MONG KOK, YAU MA TEI, NGAU TAU KOK AND TSUEN WAN.

FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED BY DIALLING 5-296221 OR 5-283257.

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