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SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1983

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1983 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP OPENS

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THE 1983 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP - NOW IN ITS FOURTH YEAR WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY MR W.C.L. BROWN, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

MR BROWN POINTED OUT THAT STAGING A RESIDENTIAL MUSIC CAMP

OF THIS SIZE WAS AN EXPENSIVE UNDERTAKING.

HE THANKED THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FOR ITS GENEROUS DONATION OF $240 000 AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR ITS SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INPUT.

ABOUT 400 YOUNG MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS INCLUDING SOME FROM AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, MACAU AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE TWO-WEEK CAMP BEING HELD AT ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE, STANLEY.

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FOUR FROM IN ADDITION, NINE WELL-KNOWN GUEST MUSICIANS

ARE JOINING CHINA, FOUR FROM AUSTRALIA AND ONE FROM THE UK THE CAMP AS CONDUCTORS AND INSTRUCTORS TO ENSURE THAT HIGH STANDARDS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY THE CAMPERS.

HEADING THE OVERSEAS MUSICIANS ARE CHRISTOPHER MARTIN WHO WILL CONDUCT THE CAMP'S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, SIMONE DE HAAN WHO WILL PROVIDE BRASS COACHING FOR THE CAMPERS, RICHARD MCINTYRE WHO WILL TEACH WOODWIND TECHNIQUE, AND DETLEF HAHN AND GEORG PEDERSEN WHO WILL BE PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTORS OF UPPER AND LOWER STRINGS.

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THE FOUR VISITING MUSICIANS FROM CHINA ARE XIA FEI YUN (GUEST CONDUCTOR) AND INSTRUCTORS ZHAO SUNG TING (DI-ZI), (ER-HU) AND HU TIAN QUAN (SHENG).

THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR CLIVE OXLEY, SAID THE MUSIC CAMP WAS AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT WITH MOST OF THE TEACHERS AND SOME OF THE YOUNG MUSICIANS COMING FROM ABROAD.

+WE WELCOME THEM, THANK THEM IN ADVANCE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION AND HOPE THAT THEY WILL MAKE MANY FRIENDS HERE, HE ADDED.

MR OXLEY SAID THAT THE RANGE OF MUSICAL ACTIVITIES TO BE OFFERED OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IS VERY WIDE.

+WE HAVE MUSIC FOR WESTERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, CHINESE ORCHESTRA, SYMPHONIC BAND, STRING ENSEMBLE AND CHOIR; WE HAVE CHAMBER MUSIC, MASTER CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, INSTRUMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS, PEKING OPERA AND MUSICAL FILMS, HE SAID.

+WE DEPEND VERY MUCH ON THE COOPERATION OF THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE INSTRUCTORS TO MAKE THIS CAMP SUCCESSFUL.

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