FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1985
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YOUTH CHINESE MUSIC FESTIVAL LAUNCHED
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FOUR WELL-KNOWN MUSICIANS FROM CHINA AND NINE LOCAL AMATEUR CHINESE ORCHESTRAS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE THIRD HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE MUSIC FESTIVAL STARTING TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
THE NINE-DAY FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL END ON NOVEMBER 10, IS ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH.
ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE FESTIVAL TODAY, MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MRS DORIS HO SAID THE AIM OF THE FESTIVAL WAS TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE AND TO STIMULATE GREATER PUBLIC INTEREST IN CHINESE MUSIC.
+THE MUSIC OFFICE ALSO HOPES TO ENCOURAGE MORE SCHOOLS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO FORM CHINESE ORCHESTRAS, SHE SAID.
THE GUEST MUSICIANS FROM CHINA EXPECTED LATER TODAY ARE MR DING YU-FENG (ER-HU), MR LI GUANG-CA | (SUO-NA), MISS PAN O-JING (PI-PA) AND MR CHI XIANG-SHENG (SAN XIAN).
THE CHINESE MUSICIANS WILL CONDUCT LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS AND MASTER CLASSES ON SAN-XIAN, SUO-NA, RE-HU AND PI-PA AT THE MUSIC CENTRES AT YAU MA TEI, KWUN TONG, MONG KOK, TSUEN WAN AND THE HONG KONG MUSIC CENTRE.
IN SUPPORT OF THE FESTIVAL, THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL CO-PRESENT WITH THE MUSIC OFFICE A STUDENT CONCERT AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM ON NOVEMBER 10.
IN ADDITION, THREE DISTRICT CONCERTS WILL BE HELD AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL, THE LANDMARK AND THE TAI PO COMMUNITY CENTRE.
THE NINE AMATEUR CHINESE ORCHESTRAS WILL BE PERFORMING IN THE OPENING CONCERT TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3 AND THE FINALE CONCERT ON NOVEMBER 10, BOTH TO START AT 8 PM AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL.
FOUR OF THE ORCHESTRAS WILL PERFORM AT THE OPENING CONCERT. THEY ARE THE YAU YUEH CHINESE MUSIC ASSOCIATION, TSUEN WAN YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA, MUSIC LOVERS CHINESE ORCHESTRA AND DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL CHINESE ORCHESTRA.
THE REMAINING FIVE THE CHINESE INSTRUMENTAL GROUP, H.K. POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS' UNION; YWCA CHINESE INSTRUMENTAL ORCHESTRA; WANG KWONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA PUI SING MUSIC ASSOCIATION CHINESE ORCHESTRA, AND HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC SOCIETY CHINESE ORCHESTRA WILL PERFORM AT THE FINALE CONCERT.
/LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR,
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