Arts Appreciation of “The Present – Jazz Festival of an Inward Journey” 【Online Programme】

Experience The Present of Jazz Improvisation and The Moment of Finding Inner Peace

The “Jazz Up” Series: The Present - Jazz Festival of an Inward Journey has already came to a perfect conclusion.  Curated by jazz guitarist and composer Teriver Cheung, the programme features a number of young local jazz musicians working in collaboration with artists from different disciplines.  Through concerts, mindfulness experiences and tea workshops, the performers make use of the newly installed immersive sound system at Kwai Tsing Theatre to allow the audience to experience and appreciate jazz from a whole new perspective.  You can now enjoy the excerpts of the workshops and concerts through the two-episodes of this online programme through interviews with the artists involved.  They shared their views on their creative concept and process, allowing the audience to re-experience the charm of jazz improvisation.

Episode Titles

Episode 1: Appreciation of An Inward Journey: Jazz . Tea Meditation . Mindfulness

Episode 2: The Musicians’ Present

Conducted in Cantonese.

The programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.  The presenter reserves the right to vary the broadcast time of the series.

Curator and Music Director: Teriver Cheung

Key Visual and Stage Design: Trilingua Design

Stage Installation Design: Zoe Siu

Stage Olfactory Material Design: Max Cheng

Ambient Sound Design: Heidi Law

Producer: Sheeta Ng

Assistant Producer: Jesper Wong

Video Design: Crystal bug (Yau Wan-kei)

Light Design: Timmy Cheung

Stage Manager: Leung Tat-ming

Audio Production: Miso Tech Co Ltd

Stage Photographer: Ming Yeung

Video Production and Live streaming for workshops: Arctic

Performers for workshops: Angelita Li, Eric Chong, Season Li, Bowen Li, Alison Lau

Performers for concerts: Young Cats Jazz Ensemble, The_Cymbalman Band, Loop_pool and local vocals, Patrick Lui Jazz Orchestra, Teriver Cheung and Ensemble Transience

Appreciation of An Inward Journey: Jazz . Tea Meditation . Mindfulness

The artists involved in the programme shared their views on how they connect with “the present” through jazz improvisation and explained their creative concepts and process behind the workshops.

The Musicians’ Present

The artists involved in the programme shared their understanding of “the present” as well as their creative ideas and improvisation processes.  They also explained how jazz improvisation can be integrated with different visual and audio designs to produce distinctive stage effects.