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https://scmp.com/article/113848/tune-join-chinese-orchestra

Tune up to join Chinese orchestra

YOUNG musicians under the age of 25 wishing to join the Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra will now have a chance to do so.

The orchestra, under the Music Office of the Recreation and Culture Branch, is recruiting members for 1995-96.

Applicants should have attained at least Grade VI in the Music Office's internal assessment.

Qualified candidates will be invited to attend an audition on May 6.

Application forms are available at all centres of the Music Office. Completed forms should reach the Kwun Tong Music Centre, 4th floor, Ngau Tau Kok Government Offices, 21 On Wah Street, Kowloon, by April 22. For more information, call 2796-7523.

Set up in 1978, the orchestra aims at providing orchestral training to young people. It has since taken part in a number of concerts, district art festivals and overseas music exchange programmes in the past years.

An intensive training programme will include masterclasses and rehearsals conducted by Hong Kong and overseas musicians.

All rehearsals will be held on Saturday afternoons at the Mongkok Music Centre.