Hong Kong Bauhinia Cup Strings Competition 2012

Organized by : China 21 Bureau
Southern District Arts and Culture Association

Supported by : Hong Kong Musician Association
London College of Music Thames Valley University

Co-Operators : Hong Kong Southern District Orchestra
Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Orchestra
Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers

Sponsored by : Southern District Council

Acknowledgements : Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Music Offices & Main Office of Leisure and Cultural
Services Department
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Southern District Office
H K Central Library & 67 H K Public Libraries
Tom Lee Music Co Ltd
Parsons Music Ltd
Happy Sound Music Ltd
Yuet Wah Music Co Ltd
Tsang Fook Piano Co Ltd
Chairman Instruments Trading Ltd

Aim

To raise the level of strings performance and promote music knowledge and education among teenagers and the youth of Hong Kong by organizing the Hong Kong Bauhinia Cup Strings Competition 2012, with Preliminary and Final rounds, Music Talks, and performances of the top Open Class prize winners with the Hong Kong Southern District Orchestra.

Consultants

Ms Barbara Fei BSS Chairman of HK Arts Development Council (Music Group)

Prof. Peter Zhang Shixiang Renowned international teacher in Violin education / Chinese Violin Honorary Professor

Mr. Yao Kwan Yung Former Chairman of the Shenzhen Musician Association / Former Conductor of the China Film Orchestra / Guest Conductor of Hong Kong Southern District Orchestra

The following consultants are in alphabetic order

Mr. Artem Konstantinov Guest professor of the Shenzhen Art School China
Cello Teacher at the Baptist University of Hong Kong
Renowned cello teacher, performer and educator

Mr. Meidad Yehudayan Strings director of the Hong Kong International School
A former viola member of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Mr. Robert Langston The Examiner of the London College of Music, Thames Valley University
Master in Music of The University of Cambridge
Currently teaching at The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mr. Wong Sze-hang Second Associate concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
An accomplished violin Performer

Mr. Ray Wong Head of Junior Music Department and Senior Lecture (Strings) School of Music of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Renowned cellist

Mr. Bruce Pak Ming Guest professor of the People’s University of China
Famous Violin and Viola performing artist
Section principal (Viola) of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
Former viola principal of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Dr. Joseph Kam Music Officer (Strings) , Music Office of LCSD
Conductor of the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Dr. Chu Ching-hong JP Chairman of the Hong Kong Musician Association

Mr. Lu Xiaoyi Conductor of the Nanjing Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor of Nanjing University and Jiangsu University Students Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor of the Southern District Orchestra and Hong Kong
Youth Symphonic Orchestra

Mr. Eddie Zhong Former Principal Bass of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Internationally renowned distinguished musician

Mr.Charles Chow Lap Chung Violin Lecturer of the Baptist University of Hong Kong
Former violinist of the HK Philharmonic Orchestra
Famous soloist, teacher, and chamber musician

Mr. Zhang Yi-hao Former Principal Cello of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Current Cello Associated Professor of the Shenzhen Arts School Specially Employed Cello Professor for the Education Institute of Shenzhen University

Adjudication Panel

Chief Adjudiator : Professor John Howard
Director of the London College of Music Thames Valley University

Members : Renowned Local and international musicians
( Details of the jury will be provided later)

Competition Committee

Leader : Lam Kai-fai MH
Chairman of the District Development and Environment Committee Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Musician Association
Director of the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Orchestra and the Southern District Orchestra

Members of Competition Committee : Mr. Bruce Pak Ming
Mr. Charles Chow Lap Chung
Ms. Chai Hon-fong
Mr. An Yue
Ms. Anna Yang
Ms. Li Sau-mui
Mr. Benny Man Ka-shing

Music Talk and Competition

Music Talk :

Date and Time : 13th October 2012 (Sat) (7:00 pm – 9:00 pm)

Venue : 1/F, South Horizon Neighborhood Community Centre, Marina Square East,
South Horizons, Hong Kong.

Guest Speaker : Mr. Lu Xiao-yi
Conductor of the Nanjing University Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor of the Jiangsu University Student Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor of the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Orchestra and the Southern District Orchestra

Medium of Talk : Putonghua

Preliminaries :

Date and Time : 3rd and 4th November 2012 (Sat & Sun) whole day

Venue : 1/F, South Horizon Neighborhood Community Centre, Marina Sq East, South Horizons H K.

Finals with Prize-giving :

Date and Time : 11th November, 2012 (Sun.) am & pm sessions

Venue : Theatre, 5/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Hong Kong

Top Performers with Orchestra :

Date and Time : 6th January 2013 (Sun) 7:30pm

Venue : Concert Hall, Hong Kong Culture Centre. Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon,Hong Kong

Free admission Tickets for music talk, the preliminaries, finals and prize-giving are available via phone call, fax or email.

Solo 4 kinds of instrument groups and 12 classes

VIOLIN : Junior Intermediate Senior Open

CELLO : Junior Intermediate Senior Open

VIOLA : Intermediate Open

BASS : Intermediate Open

Instruments and classes

Ensemble 2 kinds of combination and 4 classes (no piano accompaniment needed)

String duet : Junior Intermediate Open

String quartet : Open

Rules and regulations

1. Citizens born on or after 1ST January 1987 regardless of nationality, are welcome to apply for the Strings Competition.

2. Once the registration fee is paid , no refund, alteration of competing instrument group, classes, repertoire piece or contestant is allowed. Contestants of ensembles should present all the individual application forms together at the time of application.

3. Contestants can choose more than one kind of stringed instruments group and any one class of duet and quartet in this competition. Contestants can apply for only one class and one piece in each instrument group. Photocopied forms are permitted.

4. Deadline for application is 8th September 2012. The Competition Committee will confirm the contestant’s personal information and details of the Preliminaries before 20th September 2012 with tickets for music talk. If the confirmation is still not yet received by 24th September 2012, please telephone to enquire before 26th September 2012.

5. Photocopies of scores are not allowed. Most of the pieces can be found in the examination scores of the London College of Music (LCM) and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). Please refer to our website : www.hksdorchestra.com and address enquiries to our Competition Committee.

6. The day, time and order of contestants in the competition are decided by our Competition Committee. Should there be too few applicants in any particular group, the Committee reserves the right to hold the preliminary competition and not the final, and the Committee’s decision will be final. Similarly , should there be larger numbers of candidates in any group, the number of silver and bronze awards may be increased accordingly.
The Competition Committee reserves the right to interpret and alter the schedule. No objection to the marks, results and awards decided by the panel judges will be permitted.

7. Contestants must bring along their original Hong Kong Identity Document or their latest student card with a photograph and the ‘Letter of Notification’ when joining the competition.

8. Contestants must observe the rules and regulations of the competition

9. Adjudicators reserve the right to terminate contestants’ performance if the performance is enough for the panel to come up with a score. There is no need to repeat except for D.C. or D.S. in the piece.

10. Contestants should bring along their own musical instruments for the competition. Piano will be provided in the competition. Contestants must arrange their own accompaniment (there is no age limit on accompanying musicians). Judges will award no points for competitors without piano accompaniment.

11. Successful contestants in the first round should prepare to attend the final round on 11th November 2012. The repertoire should be the same as for the preliminaries. The competition committee will announce the result of the competition for each items and present the prizes afterwards. For details, please refer to the Letter of Notification for the final round.

12. Only the Gold Award Winners of the Open group in violin , viola and cello will be invited to perform with the Hong Kong Southern District Orchestra at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui, on 6th January 2013, including two rehearsals with the Hong Kong Southern District Orchestra . Failure to attend the rehearsals may result in cancellation of the performance at the concert.

Deadline of application: 8th September 2012

Registration and Payment

Application method :

By Mail : Please post your completed application form together with your HKID Card photocopy and your crossed cheque to our office at the following address :
Rm 305 3/F Marina Square East Centre, South Horizons Hong Kong
Cheques should be made payable to “China 21 Bureau”

By Person : Registration by payment in Cash or by Cheque is acceptable from 28th August 2012 to 1st Sept 2012 between 10:00am and 5:00pm at our office.

Registration Fee : (in HK dollars only)

Solo with age requirement ：

JUNIOR : $150 (age 18 or below, born after 1st Jan 1994)

INTERMEDIATE : $230 (as above)

SENIOR : $280 (age 21 or below, born after 1st Jan 1991)

OPEN : . $380 (age 25 or below)

Ensemble for each application group of combination :
（Age 18 or below for Junior and Intermediate, age 25 or below for Open）

DUET :

JUNIOR : $280/ group
INTERMEDIATE : $380/ group
OPEN : $480/group

QUARTET :

OPEN : $680/ group

Leaflets and application forms may be optained from the following outlets :

Office of China 21 Bureau and the Southern District Arts & Culture Association
Information Centres of Southern District Office
H K Central Library & 67 H K Public Libraries
5 Music Offices & Main Office of Leisure & Cultural Services Department
School of Music of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Office of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers
4 Branches of Happy Sound Music Ltd
20 Branches of Parsons Music Ltd
22 Branches of Tom Lee Music Co Ltd
4 Branches of Yuet Wah Music Co Ltd
3 Branches of Tsang Fook Piano Co Ltd
Office of Chairman Instruments Trading Ltd

Awards

Results announced

Preliminary : Mark Sheet (solo and ensembles) with comments, marks and Class result
Certificate of 1st Class, 2nd Class and 3rd Class Result for each winner

Final : Sheet with marks and placing, conclusion of the Jury
Trophy ,Certificate and Cash Prize or token for Champion winner of Open Class of Solo ,
Certificate and token for First Runner-up and Second Runner-up of Solo and
Certificate and token for all of the winners of Ensemble

Remarks : Teachers of the winners of Champion, First Runner-ups and Second Runner-ups will be presented with a Certificate of Acknowledgement.

Results of the competition will be posted on our website :www.hksdorchestra.com within three days of the Final.

Details of Bonus awarded (cash or book token) IN FINAL as follow :

VIOLIN & CELLO (Book token or Cash)

	GOLD Award	SILVER Award	BRONZE Award
JUNIOR	$500	$300	$200
INTERMEDIATE	$800	$500	$400
SENIOR	$1,300	$900	$700
OPEN	$3,000(cash)	$2,000(cash)	$1,500(cash)

VIOLIN & CELLO (Book token or Cash)

	GOLD Award	SILVER Award	BRONZE Award
INTERMEDIATE	$800	$500	$400
OPEN	$2,000(cash)	$1,500(cash)	$1,000

DUET ： (Book token)

	GOLD Award	SILVER Award	BRONZE Award
JUNIOR	$700 / group	$500/ group	$300/ group
INTERMEDIATE	$1,000/ group	$800/ group	$600/ group
OPEN	$3,000(cash)	$2,000(cash)	$1,500(cash)

QUARTET： (Book token)

	GOLD Award	SILVER Award	BRONZE Award
OPEN	$2,400/ group	$1,600/ group	$1,200/ group

For Enquiry

Telephone No.: 2366 9991
2873 1877
6803 3977

Fax No.: 2552 5293
2871 0231

E-mail Address: stringscomp@hksdorchestra.com

Website: www.hksdorchestra.com

Address : China 21 Bureau
Rm 305 3/F Marina Square East Centre, South Horizons Hong Kong