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The Department of Music is arranging the Online Up-Close Live Dialogue with Music and Musicians Series: Vocal Health and Professional Voice Care with Dr, Kathy K. Price as the guest speaker on 27th Jan, 2021 via Zoom.


We use our voice every day, still most of us seem to ignore the importance of knowing and taking care of our very own invaluable gifted voices. On the one hand vocal health and care certainly are concerns for professional voice users like singers, actors, teachers, ministers, journalists, and lawyers, but on the other hand indeed people of all ages would also find information about vocal health useful because we experience voice changes at least twice in our lifetime regardless of our biological genders.

In this public lecture, Dr. Kathy K. Price addresses what we need to know to habituate excellent voice use to improve voice quality and stamina. We will learn about how the voice functions, how to provide the best environment for voice use, and some ideas or exercises for vocal health and improvements. There will be a 30-min Q and A session for concerns over vocal health and care, not limiting to voice pathology, but also diets, changing voice and good vocal habits.

The online lecture will be delivered via Zoom in English with supplementary Cantonese interpretation.

Date & Time: 27/1/2021 (Wednesday) 10:30am - 12:20pm HKT
Guest Speaker: Kathy Kessler Price, Ph.D
Moderator: Ms Cheuk Yee Wong
Language: English, with Cantonese interpretation 英話主講，設即時粵語傳譯
Registration: https://forms.gle/jse4aGcRZN71HCfi9

Free Admission. A Zoom link and password will be sent out to successful registrants.


About the Guest Speakers:
Kathy Kessler Price, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Voice at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Kathy Price teaches voice pedagogy courses and applied voice and directs both the Presser Voice Laboratory and the summer Voice Pedagogy Institute. In 2018 she was awarded the Distinguished Teacher of the Year. Dr. Price conducts the acclaimed women’s ensemble Philomela, and has performed as soprano soloist at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall, The National Museum for Women in the Arts, in a solo concert tour of the Czech Republic, in recitals in Brazil and Croatia, and at The White House.

Dr. Price has presented numerous times at the Voice Foundation Symposiums and the National Association of Teachers of Singing Conventions, among others. Her writings have been published in the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing (2021), and the NATS Journal of Singing. She co-authored the book The Anatomy of Tone, contributed to The Voice Teacher’s Cookbook, and has an upcoming publication (2021) with Dr. James Jordan: Choral Intonation.

Ms Cheuk Yee Wong
Ms Cheuk Yee Wong is the Artist Teacher of the B.Mus course "Vocal Techniques for Songwriters". She earned her master's degree in Voice Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College, USA. With a decade of voice-teaching experience and her passion in evidence-based voice pedagogy, Ms Wong has taught many students that have become opera singers, voice teachers and choir directors nowadays. Ms Wong has a mission in promoting voice science & pedagogy in Hong Kong. She is the author/producer of several free online voice pedagogy blogs, channels or platforms, hoping to share singing knowledge more generally among voice teachers and the public.

Ensembles: HKBU Symphony Orchestra, Collegium Musicum Hong Kong

Guest soloist: Colleen Lee (piano)

Music Director & Conductor: Johnny M Poon

Programme

Charles Ives/ Arvo Pärt | The Unanswered Question/Da pacem Domine

Rachmaninoff | Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

Mozart | Piano Concerto No.17 in G Major, KV453

Rachmaninoff | Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio

Mahler | Symphony No. 3 in D Minor: VI. Langsam (Ending)

Patrick is an award-winning pianist, keyboardist, composer, arranger, and producer, who is also a part-time lecturer for HKBU’s B.Mus program, He will be giving the audience a breezy live music session. Not only will he perform with a group of friends, he will also explain the music he especially picks and arranges for this occasion. In addition, he will share with audiences some of the great moments in his jazz music career.

Patrick has performed in many cities around the world and has appeared in music festivals such as EUROPAfest, the Taichung Jazz Festival, Clockenflap, and the Hong Kong International Jazz Festival. Lui was the winner of the Taichung Jazz Piano Competition and a semi-finalist at the Bucharest International Jazz Competition.

During the time of the coronavirus crisis, the growing sense of alienation and isolation is impacting people’s present-day experience. With our general way of living becoming more restricted, many feel a loss of control in the face of uncertainty. Many turn to music. We are thus witnessing the blossoming of music creativity and are astounded by music’s prominence in people’s lives, such as residents singing to each other from their homes’ balconies, people using parodies to vent their frustrations, and musicians turning to multi-track videos to keep performances going online. While the above are just a few examples of COVID-related creativity, the four participants of this forum would like to use an array of local and non-local examples to ponder on the meanings of music creativity in times of crisis from frameworks reflective of their different backgrounds in cultural studies, ethnomusicology, musicology, and performance. They will unravel how COVID-related activities have not only soothed nervous, but also crossed borders, connected communities, and even empowered the less powerful in ways we may have overlooked.

Participants :
Prof. Frederick Lau (Department of Music, CUHK)
Prof. Li Siu Leung (Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University)
Prof. Johnny Poon (Department of Music, HKBU)
Moderator: Prof. Helan Yang (Department of Music, HKBU)

*First half is conducted in English covering non-local examples; the second half is conducted in Cantonese covering local examples.

6:30 pm Workshop on Hindustani Rhythm

Dr. Andre J.P. Elias will conduct a workshop familiarizing the audience with the complexity of Hindustani Classical Rhythm, or tala. Featuring percussion on the tabla drum, all performers and enthusiasts interested in creativity in performance are encouraged to attend and participate.

7:30 pm

Demonstration by Guru Smt. Sunayana Hazarilal, Ms. Neesha Jhaveri, and Special Guests

Ensemble: Hong Kong Baptist University Symphony Orchestra

Music Director and Conductor: Johnny M Poon

Soloist: Andrew von Oeyen (Piano)

Programme

Christopher Keyes, Of the Worlds Beyond (World Premiere)

George Gershwin, Catfish Row

George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue (Andrew von Oeyen, piano)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture

The world-renowned violinist Professor Joel Smirnoff, a violin faculty of The Juilliard School in the US, is the guest in the Institute of Creativity Distinguished Visitor Program 2018.

Together with violinist Dr Patrick Yim, violist Dr Felix Ungar, cellist Samuel Ericsson and pianist Rachel Cheung, there will be a concert at Academic Community Hall where the musicians will be playing two new works by composer Dr Chan Kai Young and Professor Smirnoff himself, a concerto for two violins by J.S. Bach and piano quintet by Robert Schumann."

Performing Artists

Joel Smirnoff

Patrick Yim (violin)

Felix Ungar (viola)

Samuel Ericsson (cello)

Rachel Cheung (piano)

The conference builds on the existing scholarship on issues of marginality and cultural boundaries in ethnographic and literary disciplines. Our primary purpose is to examine Chinese sounds, images, and texts in their interaction with the people and traditions on China’s geographical, racial/ethnic, and ideological peripheries. We hope to forge new grounds for the study of Chinese literature, visual and performing arts as encountering its various forms of Otherness. Topics and themes include the sounds, texts, and images of minority nationalities, subaltern soundscapes, traveling musical, textual, and visual practices, periphery as abject, performing and writing against nation, transnational imaginaries (such as the Silk Road), as well as Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other peripheral and diasporic locales. Panel sessions and papers will seek to theorize the periphery as a primary site for articulating differences and the emergence of musical, visual, and textual practices, in both historical and modern times.

Keynote Speakers

Helen REES (Department of Ethnomusicology, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music)

Robert Barnett (Columbia University)

Frederick LAU (University of Hawai'i)

Conference Committee:

Kwai-cheung LO (Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, HKBU)

Chuen-fung WONG (Department of Music, HKBU)

Jessica YEUNG (Translation Programme, Department of English Language and Literature, HKBU)

Breathing life into big data and animated by children’s imagination, Aria is an ethereal encounter of vocal performances, dance and immersive light installations in a night-time conservatory. Responsive to the ongoing pandemic and a new vision for what international productions may become, the pathbreaking promenade experience unites the Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning Theatre of Voices, appearing via hologram, the Hong Kong Children’s Choir and cross-disciplinary artists in a song of air beyond the Anthropocene.

Venue: Forsgate Conservatory, Hong Kong Park

Date: 12–15 / 11 (Full)19–22 / 11 (Additional Performance)

Entry Time: 6:15 & 7:30 pm. Each session runs approximately 80 minutes.Free admission. Registration required.

Online registration: Begins at 10 am, 11 / 11. Click HERE to register*.Limited capacity. First come first served.*Registration website best viewed with Chrome or Safari.

Programme Enquiries: 2591 1340

Tim Dalton has worked alongside a string of notable artists that include; Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Beastie Boys, Simple Minds, Faith No More, Elvis Costello, Public Enemy, Run DMC, Transvision Vamp, Atomic Kitten…. and many more. Has seen the rise and fall of many, and has seen the global music industry morph and diversify as it responds to technological and political change.

This week, we discuss the past, present and future of international artist management with Tim as he reflects on the lucrative yet savage global music industry. We discuss the importance of business development strategies and what both artist's and managers need to consider moving forward post-pandemic.

Zoom Link: https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/9300459...

About Tim Dalton

Tim Dalton has 38 years international music industry experience as an audio engineer, record producer, A&R Consultant, studio owner, artist manger and record company executive. Tim has worked with Faith No More, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Primus, David Bowie, Sir Paul McCartney, Simple Minds and Atomic Kitten. Over the past 25 years, in parallel, Tim has worked in the higher education sector in music and creative arts in the UK, Europe and Australia. Tim was one of the founders of Sir Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) and has conceptualised, written and validated a number of undergraduate and post-graduate music degrees. Over the past decade, Tim has been an external examiner in the UK and Europe for the Higher Education Funding Council. Tim relocated to Melbourne in 2013 where he has been an active writer and advisor for music education policy. He is currently the Business Development & Client Liaison Manager at Moon Mother Productions.

About Dr. Gene Shill

Dr. Shill is the Assistant Professor of the Department of Music with specialisms in creative entrepreneurship, creative practice and contemporary record production. As an established contemporary saxophonist, record producer and DJ of the alias ST. AMANT. He has toured internationally with the likes of, The Blues Brothers, Simply Red, Dionne Warwick, and Cirque Du Soleil and has released music on Ministry of Sound (AUS), Red Cherry Records (Japan) Vicious Vinyl (AUS), Ridehouse Music (UK), Hed Kandi (USA), Interscope Records (USA), Sony BMG and Universal Worldwide.

Up-close Dialogue Series aims to focus on specific topics about the creative industries, including universal trend setting, career pathways, industry insights, etc. Renowned musicians and music producers are invited as guest speaker in each session to start an inspiring dialogue with the moderator and attendees.

During the session, Day will share his experience as a composer, revealing behind the scene of music production, and giving out tips and advice to wannabe music producers for popular music, film soundtrack, and commercial jingles.

Day Tai 戴偉

Day Tai is one of the most established composers and producers in Hong Kong who has created a wide variety of music for Canto-pop, commercial jingles, theatre, and film scorings. Day has been nominated multiple times for Best Original Film Score and Best Original Film Song of the Hong Kong Film Awards, and has won Best Original Film Song three times for:

• 《狂舞吧》-- The Way We Dance狂舞派 (33rd HKFA)

• 《差一點我們會飛》-- We Almost Fly 哪一天我們會飛 (35th HKFA)

• 《Anthem of Shatin Martins 沙燕之歌》-- Weeds on Fire 點五步 (36th HKFA)

Day, who also teaches at the B.Mus programme, is a very experienced music producer for theatre, concert, and live entertainment. Some of his most recent works include film scoring for Project Gutenberg 無雙, Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch 追龍 II: 賊王, Tomorrow is another day黃金花, Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy葉問外傳：張天志, and Leap Day 二月廿九.

Zoom link: https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/1671102...

The Württemberg Chamber Orchestra is one of Germany's most established ensembles. In November, they are invited by Tai Kwun to perform at the Projekt Berlin. After the concerts, certain musicians of the orchestra will conduct closed-door masterclasses for our music students. The classes will focus on the technique of early music playing and ensemble training.

Conference Keynote Participants:

John Rink (Professor of Musical Performance Studies, University of Cambridge)

David Schulenberg (Professor, Music Department, Wagner College)

Joyce Lindorff

Professor, Boyer College of Music & Dance, Temple University)

Bart van Oort (Lecturer in Historical Performance Practice, Royal Conservatory in The Hague, The Netherlands)

Carole Cerasi (Professor of Harpsichord and Fortepiano, Royal Academy of Music)

Concert Artists:

Carole Cerasi, harpsichord

David Chung, harpsichord

Joyce Lindorff, harpsichord

David Schulenberg, harpsichord

Bart van Oort, fortepiano

Ensemble: Collegium Musicum Hong Kong

Conductor: Johnny M Poon

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Sonata in G minor, W65/17 (H. 47) by C.P.E Bach

Fantasia in C major, Hob. XVII:4 by Haydn

Concerto for Four Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065 by J.S. Bach

Nocturne in F major, Soireés Musicales, Op. 6, No. 2 by Clara Schumann

Sonata in C major, Op. 53 by Beethoven

Piano Concerto in C major, K. 415 by Mozart

A concert presenting all-Cantonese works, including new commissions set to texts by classical and modern poets.

Performing Groups:

Hong Kong Baptist University Choir

Hong Kong Baptist University Women’s Chorus

Cantoría Hong Kong

Featuring The Hong Kong Children’s Choir

Conductors

John Winzenburg

Po-Kwan Law

Dominic Lam

Composers

Chan Hing-Yan

Chan Kai-Young

Steve Ho

Ernest Hui

Austin Yip

Limited number of free-admission tickets will be distributed at the Enquiry Counter of Hong Kong Cultural Centre from 18.3.2019 (9 a.m.) onwards. Each person can obtain up to two tickets on a first-come-first-served basis. (Enquiry: 2734 2009)

Limited number of free-admission tickets will also be distributed at the General Office of Department of Music from 1.3.2019 onwards. Tickets will be distributed on a first-come-first served basis.

28 January, Hong Kong Museum of History, Lobby C, 15:00 – 16:00

Programme

絲竹《行街》、《漢宮秋月》

HKBU Chinese Ensemble

"Steven Snowden, Long Distance, Atlanta, GA – 1972,

Panorama, VA – 1976"

Matthew Lau, percussion

"Austin Yip, Miles Upon Miles (World première)"

Patrick Yim, violin

Austin Yip, electronics

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXCGoyWm74s

"Antonín Dvořák, String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 “American”, Finale: Vivace ma non troppo"

HKBU String Quartet

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10 February, Hong Kong Museum of History, Special Exhibition Gallery, 12:00 - 13:00

Programme

王建民《天山風情》

Lo Chiu Yan, erhu

Michael Foumai, Relics (World première)

Patrick Yim, violin

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0cnDCnepos

Zhou Long, Chinese Folk Songs

HKBU String Quartet

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25 February, Hong Kong Museum of History, Lobby C, 15:00 – 16:00

Programme

沈其昌 - 瀛州古調《小月兒高》

王範地(改編) -《送我一枝玫瑰花》

Kum Hei Ching, pipa

Huang Ruo, Solo Violin (World première)

Yao Chen, Solo Violin (World première)

Patrick Yim, violin

王建民 -《幻想曲》

Yan Yuen Ling, zhang

Claude Debussy, String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, 2nd movement

HKBU String Quartet

Beethoven 250: Collegium Musicum Hong Kong & Rachel Cheung

Music Director and Conductor: Prof. Johnny M Poon

Programme:

String Quartet No. 13 in Bb Major, Op. 130, V. Cavatina

Heiliger Dankgesang, Op. 132, III.

Molto adagioPiano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37

Join us as we talk to Australian Electronic Dance Music royalty Honeysmack (David Haberfeld), and delve into the deep, deep, deep world of analogue drum machines, synthesisers and samplers.

This Up-close session will explore Real Time Electronic Dance Music composition, DJing, production and feature a tour of David’s studio and his impressive inventory of rare and desirable instrumentation.

David's music career has been long and successful most notably as the artist Honeysmack. Highlights include:

• Co-writing credits with Grammy and Academy awarded songwriter Burt Bacharach.

• Artist appearing on significant international labels including Zomba, Jive Electro, SonyBMG, Ars Publica and Mushroom.

• ARIA final nominee in 1999, for Best Dance Music Release, Walk On Acid, Honeysmack.

• Creating & directing independent record labels; Smelly Records, Idiot House and Hand Made Acid.

• Performing live electronica at popular music festivals nationally and abroad.

• Projects range from electronic dance music, experimental rock, western art music, sound design and film music.

• 200+ music works registered with APRA.

• Work exhibited at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA.

Zoom Link: https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/9132318...

About David Haberfeld (Honeysmack)

https://www.davidhaberfeld.com...

David is an accomplished and awarded music professional with over twenty years of diverse experience as an electronic dance music artist, producer, composer, performer, DJ, promoter, academic and educator. His work as an energetic and colourful live electronic act Honeysmack has earned him rare respect on the Australian live rock and dance music circuits. He exhibits a deep understanding of pop, funk, disco, punk, rock and contemporary electronic music styles. He is a multidisciplinary artist with expertise and experiences across media arts. He is an editor of Noisegate (www.noisegate.com.au) and is in the final stages of completing a PhD in Music Composition at Monash University.

About Dr. Gene Shill

Dr. Shill is the Assistant Professor of the Department of Music with specialisms in creative entrepreneurship, creative practice and contemporary record production.As an established contemporary saxophonist, record producer and DJ of the alias ST. AMANT. He has toured internationally with the likes of, The Blues Brothers, Simply Red, Dionne Warwick, and Cirque Du Soleil and has released music on Ministry of Sound (AUS), Red Cherry Records (Japan) Vicious Vinyl (AUS), Ridehouse Music (UK), Hed Kandi (USA), Interscope Records (USA), Sony BMG and Universal Worldwide.

Up-close Dialogue Series aims to focus on specific topics about the creative industries, including universal trendsetting, career pathways, industry insights, etc. Renowned musicians and music producers are invited as guest speaker in each session to start an inspiring dialogue with the moderator and attendees.

We have invited Mr. Edward Chan to be our guest speaker for this session. Edward is one of the most influential composers and producers in Canto-pop of his generation. Graduated from The Chinese University with a Bachelor Degree in Music, Edward started his career in popular music in the late 90s and worked with big names such as Aaron Kwok, Sammi Cheng, and Anita Mui. In 2001, Edward partnered with Charles Lee and founded their own studio Novasonic, and focused to grow his profession as a Music Producer since then. He has created countless hit songs and award-winning albums, including 《Orange Moon 橙月》《Back To Wonderland 回到未來 》of Kahlil Fong, 《Joey & Joey 》 of Joey Yung. Edward has a distinctive sense in popular music which successfully enriched the notions and characters of several pop singers such as Fiona Sit, Jason Chan, Pakho Chau, and Phil Lam. Aside from popular music production, Edward has also picked up the role as the Music Director for many concerts, music festivals, and musical theatres.

In the dialogue, Professor Johnny Poon will start an inspiring conversation with Edward on experience sharing, and giving out tips and advices to wannabe popular music producers and performers.

Zoom link: https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/6532183...

Nostalgia: Violin Recital by Patrick Yim

Date: 8 November 2019 (Friday)

Time: 7:30 - 9:00 pm

Venue: Academic Community Hall, HKBU

Patrick Yim (violin)

Linda Yim (piano)

Programme:

MA Sicong (1912 - 1987)

Nostalgia for violin and piano (1937)

Angel LAM (b. 1978)

Mist of Scented Harbour for solo violin (2019) *World Premiere

Austin YIP (b. 1985)

Violin Concerto No. 1 “Generation” for violin and piano (2019)

*World Premiere

Daniel LO (b. 1986)

New work for solo violin (2019) *World Premiere

QIN Yong Cheng (b. 1933)

Seaside Tone Poem for violin and piano (1962)

CHEN Yi (b. 1953)

Memory for solo violin (2011)

Fung LAM (b. 1979)

Monologue V for solo violin (2019) *World Premiere

CHEN Gang (b. 1935)

Sunshine Over Tashkurgan for violin and piano (1976)

Free seating | Free admission | All are welcome

Conductor: Victor Tam

Guest soloist: Paul Archibald, trumpet

Programme:

Armenian Dances, Part I by Alfred Reed

Legacy by Edward Lun

Trumpet Concerto by Yasuhide Ito (Hong Kong Premiere) with Paul Archibald, trumpet

Third Symphony, Op. 89 by James Barnes

A limited quantity of free admission tickets will be distributed at the enquiry counter of Hong Kong City Hall Low Block (Tel: 2921 2840) and the General Office of Department of Music (Tel: 3411 5153) from 16 April 2019 (9 a.m.) onwards.

Featuring performances by outstanding Hong Kong pianists and guest performers, the conference will showcase the breadth of creative voices working with a range of new and historic keyboard instruments. In addition to performances and roundtable discussions by participating composers, we are pleased to feature lectures and performances of music by George Tsontakis, Kennedy Wong Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Music at HKBU and Distinguished Composer-in-Residence at Bard College Conservatory of Music, and Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Featured Guest Composer and Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music.

Participating Composers:

Magor Bucz, Lee Cheng, Bruce Crossman, Evan Fein, Heidi Jacob, Joungbum Lee, Wendy Lee, Serin Oh, Laura Puras, Reynold Tharp, Austin Simonds, David Witmer

Faculty Composers:

Eugene Birman, Christopher Coleman, Maria Kallionpää, Christopher Keyes, Camilo Méndez, Matthew Schreibeis, Austin Yip

Collegium Musicum Hong Kong of HKBU Department of Music presented two concerts entitled ReIMAGined: Live Theatre of New Music on 24 and 25 March, 2017. The music performances were delivered with multimedia effects and dancing, bringing a brand new refreshing experience to the audience.

Prof Johnny M Poon

Collegium Musicum Hong Kong

Liang Jie (Dance)

Louise Kwong (Soprano)

Vanissa Law (Digital Music)

24 March 2017 Programme Highlights:

Antonio Caldara - Le Cinesi (1735)

Henryk Górecki - Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra, Op. 40 (1980)

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber - Battalia à 9 (Sonata di Marche) (1673)

Eduardo Soutullo - Noh Quartet (2013)

Ivan Trevino - Catching Shadows percussion sextet (2013)

Roydon Tse - Down the Rabbit Hole (2013)

Tomàs Peire Serrate - Collapse (2012)

25 March 2017 Programme highlights:

Vanissa Law – Hum (2013)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude from Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (1720)

Henryk Górecki - Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra, Op. 40 (1980)

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber - Battalia à 9 (Sonata di Marche) (1673)

Eduardo Soutullo - Noh Quartet (2013)

Ivan Trevino - Catching Shadows percussion sextet (2013)

Roydon Tse - Down the Rabbit Hole (2013)

Tomàs Peire Serrate - Collapse (2012)