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Scheme Introduction
"Creative Music with Individuality" Music Composition Animateur Scheme is a new arts education programme that distinguished Hong Kong composers will visit schools and to work with students participating in a course covering music appreciation and music creativity, and through which, the students would be able to foster self-confidence in expression, communication, performance and creativity.
The programme focuses on providing basic composition training while introducing interesting music of contemporary and classical composers. It aims to cultivate students' abilities to appreciate and discover music and sounds that they may or may not encounter in their everyday life, and to encourage them to create new acoustic sounds and compose new music with standard musical instruments. In other words, it is not a composition course on pop-song writing, but one that encourages students to experience and invent new ideas freely. Activities will include music appreciation, sounds/music composition, composer-performer workshop, rehearsals and in-school concert. On completion of the course, students will take part in the finale concert and share with their audience what they have learned throughout the year.
The Scheme will be implemented in 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools.
Programme Theme
Students are encouraged to discover their hidden talent by focusing firstly on the subject of creative sound design rather than complicated topic like harmony and counterpoint. With the programme theme, "Creative Music with Individuality", students will explore various kinds of creative sounds on voices, instruments, percussion and everyday objects, and will arrange these sounds in an organized manner in musical contexts. This will naturally lead to the studies of rhythm, notation and form. The next musical element to manage will be pitch organization which deals with melodic writing, voice leading, etc. Instead of continuing the studies with standard song writing in classical or popular styles, students will then be encouraged to compose more creative types of music with, for example, irregular phrasing, surprising melodies, dissonance chords, arrhythmic patterns, extended instrumental techniques, etc.
Programme Content
Schools participating in the programme will be grouped under 2 categories: primary and secondary schools.
September 2009
Phase 1: Lecture Demonstration
Hong Kong Composers' Guild will organize a lecture demonstration (approximately 1.5 hours) for each selected school, for as many students, teachers and parents as possible, to explain what the project is like and the enjoyment of composing music.
September to November 2009
Phase 2: Music Appreciation Workshop
The Music Appreciation Workshop will include 5 sessions. Students will be introduced to audio-visual recordings of chamber, orchestral, vocal, electronic, and theatre music of various styles. They are also given an opportunity to attend a live concert of contemporary music "Musicarama 2009" at professional performing venue for free.
November 2009 to March 2010
Phase 3: Sounds and Music Composition Workshop
Sounds and Music Composition Workshop will include 10 sessions. Students will be taught the standard composition techniques and the content includes sound design, rhythm, extended instrumental techniques, melodic writing, simple harmonization, notation, phrasing, form, texture, etc.
April to May 2010
Phase 4: Composition Supervision Workshop
Composition Supervision Workshop will include 5 sessions. Students will spend 2 months finishing the first draft of their individual compositions under the supervision of distinguished composers/instructors.
June to July 2010
Phase 5: Composer-Performer Workshops and In-school Concert
There will be 5-session Composer-Performer Workshop and 1 in-school concert. Students are provided with the chance to try out their pieces. A few professional musicians will demonstrate and take part in the rehearsals of the student compositions together with the students themselves who shall also act as the performers. Students will be ready for a school concert in the final session.
July 2010
Phase 6: Finale Concert
Through a formal audition exercise, a panel of adjudicators will study all the final compositions and select the best pieces among the four participating schools for the finale concert to be held at the performing venue outside school so that the students will share the results of their training with members of the public.
16 July 2010 (Fri)
7:30pm
Theatre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre
(5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong.)
Tickets: $40
Participating Schools (In alphabetical order)
Kwun Tong Government Primary School
Po Leung Kuk Wong Tai Sin Primary School
Hotung Secondary School
SKH Bishop Mok Sau Tseng Secondary School
Production Team
Music Director: Dr. Joshua Chan
Projector Coordinator: RhapsoArts Management Ltd.
Instructors: Tang Man-ngai, Dr. Joyce Tang, Dr. Ada Lai, Poly Ng
Musicians: Tim Leung (Bassoon), Henry Cheng (Oboe), Tong Wai-ho (Cello), Boris Cheung (Violin)
Programme Length
The programme lasts for approximately 1 hour 30 minutes with no intermission
Ticketing and Concession
Tickets available from 7 June onwards at all URBTIX outlets.
Half-price tickets are available for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients. Tickets for CSSA recipients are available on a first-come-first-served basis. Concessionary ticket holders must produce evidence of their identity or age upon admission.
Enquiries
Programme Enquiries: 2722 1650 (RhapsoArts Management Ltd.) / 2268 7367 (LCSD)
Ticketing Enquiries and Reservations: 2734 9009
Credit Card Telephone Booking: 2111 5999
Internet Booking：www.urbtix.hk
Members of the audience are strongly advised to arrive punctually. Latecomers will only be admitted when there is a suitable break in the programme.
The content of this programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
The presenter reserves the right to change programme and performers should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary.
July 2010
Phase 7: Students' Performance
Students' performance for the Community will last for 1 hour. Hong Kong Composers' Guild will work with the schools to identify suitable occasions to bring along the musicians, student composers and their compositions to voluntary agencies located in their school's neighbourhood such as elderly centre, hospitals, etc. for performance and visit.
Implementation
The programme will run for 11 months, from September 2009 to July 2010.
Primary Schools
There will be 1 or 2 session(s) per week, each lasting for 1.5 hours, to a total of 25 sessions. It is targeted for P5 to P6 students, with 20 participants from each school.
Secondary Schools
There will be 1 session per week, each lasting for 1.5 hours, to a total of 25 sessions. It is targeted for S4 and S6 students, with 20 participants from each school.
All participating schools should make available two time slots for the course instructors to work out the class schedules for the students.
Admission Criteria
Participants should have the following experience and qualification when joining the Scheme:
Primary Schools
Participants should have at least 2 years of experience playing a musical instrument.
Secondary Schools
Participants should possess
(i) the musical knowledge equivalent to Grade 5 Music Theory of Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) and
(ii) having learned a musical instrument for at least 2 years.
Fees Payable
Fees for the full course: $300 (Secondary and Primary School students)
(Fees are on a per head basis. All fees paid are not refundable.)
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