Charity Concert & Workshop for the Elderly
On 27th April, twenty elderly visited YHKCC for an afternoon concert and workshop, which was jointly organized by the Music Department and the school social workers from The Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council. The event was initiated under the Hong Kong government Music Office ‘School Care Subsidy Scheme’, which encourages school musicians to reach out to the community through performances. Since 2009, 270 music groups had performed to over 25,000 under-privileged at venues such as hospitals, elderly and sheltered homes. We were very happy to have our proposal to be selected again two years in a row as one of the 40 schools to join the scheme.
The music programme was specially designed with repertoire under the theme of popular Chinese classic oldies and Hong Kong TV series theme songs. Before the concert, students helped to serve lunch to our visitors. The performance started with several piano solo pieces such as ‘Love and Passion’ (萬水千山總是情) and trumpet solo piece such as ‘The Flying Dagger of Xiao Li’ (小李飛刀). This was followed by the Orchestra performing ‘Under the Lion Rock’ (獅子山下) and ‘The Moon Represents My Heart’ (月亮代表我的心). The strings and clarinet performed ‘Farewell’ (今宵多珍重) as an intimate ensemble. All the audience fully indulged in the performance and were humming along the melody. One of the highlights was when Ian Yu (1H) sang a Cantonese opera number (琵琶壯烈歌) after giving a detailed historical context of the work. The young musician received a round of applause from the elderly.
The last part was led by Mr Edgar Caole and the Beat Club with a djembe workshop and performance. The visitors were quick to capture the basic rhythmic patterns and jammed along. It was an enjoyable afternoon. We would like to thank all the performers and staff involved in the event. We will continue to make use of music to build a community that cares!
