2025 Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band Annual Concert “Echoes of the Harmony: An American Tapestry”
2025 Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band Annual Concert
‘Echoes of the Harmony: An American Tapestry’
A Melodious Montage of Band Sounds
Splendoured across the Pacific
1 May 2025 (Thu) 3pm
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
The Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band with an assortment of American-themed band masterpieces, presents a colourful mise-en-scène of cultural euphony.
Programme highlights include Machu Picchu: City in the Sky reimagining the glorious eras of the legendary Inca Empire; “The Fast Lane” from Cinnamon Concerto with saxophone and the band juxtaposing overtones of jazz and blues; The Nine embracing the history of racial harmony; and Foster Rhapsody brimming with popular folk tunes and creativity.
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House Programme
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| Conductors | Saxophone |
| Lee Sing-wan | Lau Tsz-kit |
| Kevin Ling | |
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$115 $90 $70
Available at URBTIX from 1 April
Half-price tickets are available for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder, Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients
For ages 6 or above
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| Appalachian Overture | James Barnes | |
| Huapango | José Pablo Moncayo/ arr. Leroy Osmon | |
| Machu Picchu: City in the Sky | Satoshi Yagisawa | |
| The Nine | Randall Standridge | |
| Conductor： | Lee Sing-wan | |
| The Fast Lane, from Cinnamon Concerto | Martin Ellerby | |
| Saxophone： | Lau Tsz-kit | |
| Conductor： | Lee Sing-wan | |
| Intermission | ||
| Goddess of Fire | Steven Reineke | |
| Sea Goddess〜Myth for Winds and Percussion | Hiroaki Kataoka | |
| Tsukumogami | John Mackey | |
| Foster Rhapsody | Eiji Suzuki | |
| Galop Festivo | Randall Standridge | |
| Conductor： | Kevin Ling | |
Programme and artists subject to change without prior notice
Lee Sing-wan
| Lee Sing-wan is currently Senior Music Officer of the Wind Music Section of the Music Office, and conductor of the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band, the Music Office Instructors’ Symphonic Band and instructor of lower brass instrumental classes in the Music Office. Lee earned a Master degree of Education (Music) and a Master degree of Music in Conducting (Wind Conducting) respectively from the Education University of Hong Kong and the Messiah University of the USA. He joined the Music Office in 2006. Lee has extensive coaching and performing experience. Many of his instrumental students received superior ratings at various music festivals and competitions. He has also led Music Office’s outbound tours of music groups to the Mainland, Macau, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Australia and the USA, and gave critically acclaimed performances in major events such as the “Hong Kong Week” of Shanghai Expo, Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival, Qingdao International Horticultural Exposition, Asia and Pacific Band Directors’ Association Conference and World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles Conference, to name a few. |
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Kevin Ling
| Kevin Ling is currently Music Officer of the Wind Section of the Music Office, serving as a saxophone instructor, and conductor of the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band. Ling is one of the most active saxophonists in Hong Kong’s contemporary scene. He graduated from Trinity College of Music in the UK and the Education University of Hong Kong, where he earned a Postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Performance and a Master of Arts in Music Education respectively. Meanwhile, he attained the FTCL in Saxophone from Trinity Guildhall, and received the Music Monetary Award from the Trinity College and the Instrument & Equipment Award from the EMI Music Sound Foundation. Ling spares no effort in promoting saxophone music in Hong Kong. In earlier years, he founded the Hong Kong Saxophone Ensemble with fellow local saxophonists, and frequently participates in many international saxophone events. He also set up the Holiday Sax, a local saxophone ensemble that provides a platform for young players and students to perform in public. Ling regularly works together with local and overseas composers, and premieres their works at various saxophone events around the world. He is also a freelance player of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and an instrumental instructor of the Education University of Hong Kong. Apart from coaching and performing, Ling also served as an adjudicator, and was invited by the Instituto Cultural do Governo da R.A.E. de Macau to be one of the adjudicators in the Macao Young Musicians Competition. |
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Lau Tsz-kit
| Lau Tsz Kit is currently Assistant Music Officer of the Wind Music Section of the Music Office, serving as a saxophone instructor and conductor of the Hong Kong Children’s Symphonic Band. Lau graduated from the Music Department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), majoring in saxophone under the tutelage of Martin Choy. In 2015, he gained support from the CUHK Chung Chi College’s "Dreaming through Chung Chi" scheme to further his jazz studies, present a solo jazz recital, and was awarded a scholarship to attend the Grammy Music Camp in the US for exchange and performances. He later pursued a master's degree at the New England Conservatory in the US, and studied with Kenneth Radnofsky, and also jazz music with Mark Zaleski and Brian Levy. In 2019, Lau won second place in the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra competition, and received an artist scholarship from the Chinese Performing Arts Foundation. In the same year, he was selected as an artist for the "Music for Food" project, and was invited to give demonstrations and performances at various institutions. An active saxophonist based in Hong Kong and passionate not only in classical music, but also in popular and jazz music, Lau has participated in many performances, including as soloist in concertos with the CUHK Chung Chi Wind Orchestra, the Winds Platform, and the Holiday Sax. He also performed with the New England Conservatory Orchestra and the Harvard University Wind Ensemble. In addition, he was invited to instruct an demonstrate for the Brookline Community Band and wind ensembles in Hong Kong. He is also active in music recording projects, producing albums for various artists. |
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