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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1987

MUSIC OFFICE CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY

ESTABLISHED IN 1977, THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH IS CELEBRATING ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A COLOURFUL PROGRAMME PROVIDING ENTERAINMENT TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE TERRITORY.

ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE OFFICE'S CELEBRATIONS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY), THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR CLIVE OXLEY, SAID THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THE MUSIC OFFICE HOPED TO BRING HOME TO THE PEOPLE THAT IT HAD BEEN SERVING AND WOULD CONTINUE ΤΟ SERVE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. THIS WAS BOTH IN PROVIDING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING TO YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS IN PROMOTING MUSIC PROGRAMMES IN ALL DISTRICTS, PROVIDING MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT TO YOUNG AND OLD.

LOOKING BACK OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, MR OXLEY SAID THE MUSIC OFFICE IN 1978 HAD FOUR MUSIC CENTRES, AND NOW THERE WERE SEVEN CENTRES ONE IN HONG KONG, THREE IN KOWLOON AND THREE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, AS WELL AS A HEADQUARTERS.

1977.

TODAY THERE WERE SOME 4,500 TRAINEES,

MR OXLEY RECALLED THAT

COMPARED WITH 350 IN

IN 1977, THE INSTRUCTORS, NUMBERING ABOUT 30, WERE PART-TIME WORKERS, "TODAY WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT OF 79 FULL-TIME PROFESSIONALS, TEACHING 34 AND WESTERN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AS ORCHESTRAS, BANDS AND CHOIRS," HE SAID.

ALTOGETHER, OVER 3,700

BEEN STAGED, HE SAID.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHINESE WELL AS MANAGING 20 YOUTH

MUSIC-FOR-THE-MILLIONS

CONCERTS HAD

THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR,

OUTLINING THE CELEBRATION PROGRAMME, MRS DORIS HO, SAID THE COMING WEEKS WOULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINEES TO SHARE THEIR MUSIC WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

BESIDES CONCERTS IN THE CITY HALL, BANDS WILL PERFORM IN PLAYGROUNDS, AND STRING BANDS WILL PERFORM

AT SCHOOLS AND SHOPPING CENTRES, AND, IN ADDITION, MUSICIANS WILL

ALSO VISIT HOSPITALS.

A SCHOOL BAND FROM THE USA, THE TREMPER GOLDEN STRINGS, FROM TREMPER HIGH SCHOOL IN WISCONSIN, WILL TAKE PART IN THE PROGRAMME.

THE HAMAMATSU COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL BAND FROM JAPAN WILL ALSO

GIVE PERFORMANCES.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

INCLUDE CONCERTS,

CONTESTS,

LECTURES,

MASTERCLASSES, AND DEMONSTRATION WORKSHOPS.

THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF CONCERTS WILL BE THE OPENING CONCERT IN THE "CHINESE WEEK" TO BE HELD AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 14). SOME 400 MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE ORCHESTRAS THE MUSIC OFFICE WILL BE PERFORMING.

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