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Nansha Primary School Concert
18 July 2010
39 students and teachers of the MOY Chinese Orchestra visited Nansha Primary School and jointly performed at a concert, playing pieces including：「故乡行」、「钱塘江泮」、「金蛇狂舞」及「渔舟唱晚」。
 
 
 
 
Tour to Singapore
by the Macau Pui Ching Middle School and
the Zhanjiang No. 25 Primary School
8 - 12 July 2010
74 students and teachers of the Macau Pui Ching Middle School Symphony Orchestra and 56 students and teachers of the Zhanjiang No. 25 Primary School Chinese Orchestra visited Singapore under the support and sponsorship of the MOY. They jointly performed at a concert with the Victoria Junionr School (Singapore) Symphony Orchestra and Chinese Orchestra on 10 July 2010, jointly playing pieces including Enigma Variations (Elgar), 红旗渠 and Pomp & Circumstance(Elgar).
 
 
 
 
 
 
The MOY welcomes a new partner
We welcome the 18th member school : the New Asia School of Longgang District, Shenzhen, China, into the MOY network.
The New Asia School established its Chinese Orchestra in 2007. During the past three years, the Orchestra participated in various district-wide competitions and performances and was commended by many for its enthusiasm.
13 July 2010
The Conrad Quiz
（ June and July is exam time. The Conrad quiz will be suspended during the coming weeks until further notice.）
Question 10 (28 May):
Later in this year, the Music for Our Young Foundation will stage a performance of a composition written for Chinese instruments, Western instruments and choir. What is the name of the composition? Who wrote this composition?
Answer: “Three Kingdoms” by Professor Wang Ning
The winner is 倫錫輝of Ko Lui Secondary School. We received his answer at 8:03 pm on 28 May 2010.
June and July are exam time. The Conrad quiz will be suspended during the coming weeks until further notice.
Details of the quiz:
Starting from 26 March 2010, the MOY will post a question at 8 p.m. every Friday on the homepage of www.hkmoy.com. All registered students of the MOY are eligible to take part in the Quiz, by sending an answer to info@hkmoy.com. The deadline for replying to the question is 00:00 hours of the following day.
The first registered student who puts in the correct answer (determined by the time of the recorded entry at info@hkmoy.com) will receive a voucher for dinner buffet for two persons at the Conrad Hotel, Pacific Place, Hong Kong. The winner will be notified separately. Last week’s winners were杜筠淇of the NLSI Peace Evangelical Secondary School and倫錫輝of the Ko Lui Secondary School.
Thank you, Conrad Hotel, for your kindness to the students of the MOY, and for supporting our efforts to bring music to the young.
Website facelift
This website will be undergoing major renovations in the coming four weeks.
During the initial phase, the layout of “Gordon’s Blog” will be changed.
The rest of the pages will also be changed gradually.
Through this facelift, we hope to provide you with MOY’s latest update in a timely and concise manner.
During this period, there may be intermittent interruptions to the website. We thank you for your understanding and consideration.
Music for Our Young Foundation
1 May 2010
Dear Readers
In preparation for the series of upcoming local and overseas concerts, the MOY Chinese Orchestra will begin its regular rehearsals from 1 May 2010 (Saturday) onwards.
Date and time: Every Saturday from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Venue: Room 10, 1st Floor, Block A, Focal Industrial Building, 21, Man Lok Street, Hunghom.
We shall begin with practicing 「漁鄉組曲」、「錢塘江畔」、「金蛇狂舞」.
These rehearsals are to prepare for the exchanges and overseas visits. Those who participate in the rehearsals will be given priority consideration for overseas tours and concerts.
All students of our member schools and individual students who have registered as MOY members are welcome.
If you have any question, please contact Mr Simon Suen or email info@hkmoy.com.
Music for Our Young Foundation
The MOY welcomes a new partner
We welcome the 17th member school : the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Fut Nam College, into the MOY network.
Situated in Kowloon Tong, the Wong Fut Nam College has an excellent reputation for its music education.The College runs, amongst other musical activities, a Symphony Orchestra and a Symphonic Band.
The MOY team looks forward to working with the teachers and students of our new partner. Our students look forward to studying, performing and touring with their young colleagues from the Wong Fut Nam College.
MOY’s Golf Day
On 3 March, we held our second Charity Golf Day at the Mission Hills Golf Club.
We had 17 flights of players on a cool, breezy day. We congratulate the winning team of Mr Ronald Lu, Mr Leong Kum Weng, Mr Lam Hon Mo and Mr Howard Wong.
We raised a net total of HK$430,000 (deducting expenses). We thank our kind donors, our staff and helpers and especially the four masters who donated the paintings and calligraphies which they created at the MOY Lantern Festival concert held on 28 February.
 
 
MOY Lantern Festival Celebrations, 2010
The MOY held two concerts on 28 February 2010.
 
At 10:30 am, we staged a Chamber music-Painting-Calligraphy Concert at the Youth Square in Chai Wan, Hong Kong. Students from the MOY schools performed, providing the backdrop for four master painters and calligraphists from China and Hong Kong to create new works. Twenty masterpieces were created and donated to the MOY. Four of them were auctioned at the dinner of the MOY’s fund-raising golf tournament held at the Mission Hills Golf Club on 3 March 2010. We raised HK$150,000 from the new works alone.
At 2:30 pm, we put on the MOY Lantern Festival Concert. Performing orchestras included the Beijing Military Music and Arts Academy, Nansha Primary School, Ko Lui Secondary School, Belilios Public School, Peace Evangelical Secondary School, Pak Kau College and the Jockey Club Eduyoung College. The concert ended with Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 adapted for Chinese and Western orchestras, with more than 160 students performing on stage.
MOY's Symphony Orchestra's Tour to Singapore
 
The Combined Orchestra comprised the brass and woodwind sections of the Beijing Military Music and Arts Academy, the Symphony Orchestra of the Hong Kong Belilios Public School and the Strings Orchestra of the Singapore Hwa Chong Institution. The Combined Orchestra gave a smashing performance of the Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5. Professor Yip Wai Hong of Hong Kong conducted the Butterfly Lovers Erhu Concerto.
MOY Chinese Orchestra's Tour to Beijing
28 - 31 December 2009
The MOY Chinese Orchestra, comprising the Orchestras of Ko Lui Secondary School and the NLSI Peace Evangelical Secondary School, visited Beijing from 28 to 31 December 2009 and gave a performance with the Beijing Military Music and Arts Academy.
 
The First Concert of the NLSI Peace Evangelical Secondary School
19 December 2009
On 19 December 2009, the NLSI Peace Evangelical Secondary School Symphony Orchestra gave its first performance jointly with guest singers and performers at the School's 10th Anniversary Worhship for parents, schoolmates and teachers. After the performance, they immediately took the ferry to Macau to give another performance to the students of the Escola Tong Sin Tong.
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
21 November 2009
Hong Kong's home orchestra has offered to allow MOY students to go to its concert. Our students' entrance fee will be paid by a generous donor.
This is great news for MOY students. They will see one of Asia's top orchestra perform. One day, who knows, they may be playing in this orchestra. This is a dream come true for me; this is what I advocated in my story "A Higher Bar" in Gordon's Blog for MOY students.
We shall get in touch with MOY students and schools, and set up the concert-going arrangements.
Gordon
MOY Charity Golf Tournament
20 November 2009
MOY's first charity golf day was held successfully held at the Macau Gof and Country Club on Friday, 20 November.
At the beginning of the week, the sudden cold front worried me sick. Everything turned out fine. We had a cloudless, sunny day. The wind was strong, but it did not stop Alex Lau's team winning the MOY trophy with a net score of 68, on the par 71 course. Congratulations to the winning team,to those who won prizes, and to all participants; they conquered the wind.
We raised $500,000, $300,000 from the tournament, and $200,000 from the auction at dinner time. Every cent will be spent on a training scheme at a school. Which school? Two contenders are competing, one school each in Macau and Hong Kong.
I thank Betsy and Eddie Li and their team for the sterling work they did preparing and running this, our first tournament.
The next tournament is now on our planning board. I'll write again on this.
Gordon
Kian Kok Middle School
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
10 November 2009
The Music for Our Young Foundation welcomes a new school into its exchange network, the Kian Kok Secondary School at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. 
The Music for Our Young Foundation welcomes a new school into its exchange network, the Kian Kok Secondary School at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
With a student population of 1200, Kian Kok has three orchestras: a Chinese Orchestra, a Symphonic Band and a Symphony Orchestra, with a combined membership of over 240 students. This is a remarkable feat, for more than 20% of the student population of this school are playing in orchestras, with other students learning instruments, waiting to join the band and orchestras. The music tradition of Kian Kok is truly remarkable.
The Music for Our Young Foundation has invited the bands and orchestras of Kian Kok to come and perform with bands and orchestras in Hong Kong from 4 to 8 September, 2010. The Kian Kok team will be joined by their trainer, violinist Yap Ling, who will also give master classes whilst he is in Hong Kong.
The Beijing Military Music and Arts Academy, China
4 October 2009
The MOY welcomes into its network the Beijing Military Music and Arts Academy, China. This Academy was formerly one of the secondary schools run by the Central Conservatory of Music of China. The Academy is situated in Beijing’s Hai Ding District, and runs classes for music, dance, as well as for the visual arts.
The MOY works with the Academy on two fronts. First, music students from the Academy will go on tour with students from other MOY schools. Second, a series of concerts will be organized at the Academy, which has its own residential facilities as well as venues for rehearsal and performances. Students from the MOY network of schools will be able to apply to play in these concerts, where they will perform side by side with the students of the Academy, and learn from the teachers at the Academy.
As with other schools in the MOY network, the cooperation between the MOY and the Academy will initially be for a period of three years, starting from October, 2009.
The Xinghai Conservatory of Music, China
3 October 2009
MOY welcomes a new partner, the Xinghai Conservatory of Music, China, into its Network.
This Conservatory is situated in Pan Yu, Guangdong, and has a newly renovated campus, with excellent facilities for training, rehearsals and performances.
The Conservatory has now entered into a 3 year working partnership with MOY. Cooperation is likely to start in 3 areas. First, the staff and students from Xinghai will work with those from the MOY network of schools in Hong Kong and overseas. Second, Xinghai students will go on tour with students from Hong Kong. Third, MOY will assist Xinghai in its effort to form orchestras and chamber groups, for ensemble training and performance purposes.
MOY looks forward to announcing our first cooperative effort with Xinghai in Gordon's blog, and of up-coming concerts and tours in the “Activities” column of this website.
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