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Members of the public are invited to the Final Performance of the 20th Anniversary of Schools Creative Music Showcase, which will be held next Wednesday (January 26) in the Auditorium, Kwai Tsing Theatre. The Final Performance will be held in two sessions - at 3pm and 7.30pm - for primary and secondary schools respectively. Twenty outstanding school teams will stage their creative performances and compete for various awards.
The Schools Creative Music Showcase is co-organised by the Education Bureau (EDB) and the Hong Kong Composers' Guild, sponsored by the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), and supported by Youth.gov.hk of the Efficiency Unit of the Chief Secretary for Administration's Office. It aims to stimulate students' musical creativity so that they will be able to express themselves through creative music making and multi-media art.
Arts education can help students develop holistically in the domains of ethics, intellect, physique, social skills and aesthetics, by engaging them in creating, thinking, exploring and self-learning. The annual Schools Creative Music Showcase is an initiative to promote arts education.
In the Final Performance, each primary school team will select one of the three designated "Sound Projects" for this year, namely "The Sound of Nature", "Rhythm Tour" or "Picturesque Seascape", and interpret the selected project in a performance of not more than five minutes.
The secondary school teams are divided into two groups, the Elite Group and the Premium Group. Each school team will present their original music with movements, mime or dance performances within five minutes (Elite Group) and seven minutes (Premium Group). All the creative projects this year have distinctive themes, most of which try to reflect real-life problems.
The 20 creative projects were selected at a Preliminary Selection in early December 2010. The primary and secondary school teams participating in the Final Performance are as follows:
Primary
* Ching Chung Hau Po Woon Primary School
* Fuk Wing Street Government Primary School
* Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School
* Hoi Pa Street Government Primary School
* Ng Wah Catholic Primary School
* PLK Fong Wong Kam Chuen Primary School
* SKH Kowloon Bay Kei Lok Primary School
* SKH Wing Chun Primary School
* TWGHs Wong Yee Jar Jat Memorial Primary School
* YLPMSAA Ying Yip Primary School
Secondary (Elite Group)
* The Chinese Foundation Secondary School
* Madam Lau Kam Lung Secondary School of Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery
* Methodist College
* Munsang College
* St. Stephen's Girls' College
* Wah Yan College, Kowloon
Secondary (Premium Group)
* The HKTA Ching Chung Secondary School
* Sha Tin Methodist College
* SKH Bishop Mok Sau Tseng Secondary School
* Yan Chai Hospital Law Chan Chor Si College
Prizes, including "The Best Musical Notation Prize", "The Best Music Prize", "The Best Creative Ideas Prize" and "The Best Performance Prize" will be awarded to original and outstanding creative works.
The officiating guests for the secondary school session are: Under Secretary for Education, Mr Kenneth Chen; Chairman of Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Mr Wilfred Wong Ying-wai; and Chairman of the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong, Professor Chan Wing-wah.
Invited as officiating guests for the opening ceremony of the primary school session are: Assistant Director (Performing Arts) of LCSD, Ms Liu Chiu-fun; Principal Education Officer of the Curriculum Development Institute of EDB, Mr Tam Koon-che; and Chairman of the Hong Kong Composers' Guild, Dr Joshua Chan,
Free tickets for the Final Performance are now available on a first-come, first-served basis. For enquiries, please call 3698 3533.
Ends/Thursday, January 20, 2011
Issued at HKT 15:20
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