Dear AYO Friends,
What
a week! Not sure if the lead story should be music (the Orchestra
sounding incredibly fantastic), a signal 8 tropical depression closing
the city (we were able to continue rehearsals for all but two hours of
our 9-hour days), or city-wide public action.
We
are safe and continue our daily rehearsal routines, the orchestra’s
growth especially phenomenal. We are so proud of kids and appreciative
of our artist-faculty and the techniques they share that raise the
standard of playing to new heights!
Friday
was great fun as our woodwind, brass and percussion sections staged a
flash mob and pops performances in the lobby of Cathay Pacific’s Cathay
City. Our thanks to the Cathay team that invited us and helped set it
all up. The reaction from Cathay’s Simon Large: “It lifted our spirits.”
We
closed the week with a dinner for the full orchestra, stage team and
artist faculty (130 in total) seafood dinner hosted by AYO friend David
Tran in the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel. A big thanks, David.
Sunday,
we put a shine on our Hong Kong Music Summer kids with in a
side-by-side concert project conducted in brilliant fashion by our guest
conductor Joseph Bastian. More than 60 Music Summer kids participated,
the youngest 9 years old with a tiny violin. This was the 10thyear for
this project, which involves AYO alumnae as teachers, who then pass the
Music Summer kids to the AYO artist faculty for master classes. It’s a
win-win all round.
Post-concert
the Orchestra, faculty, AYO Board Chairman Jim Thompson and his wife
Sally and staff gathered for yet another dinner, this hosted for the
29thyear by Sino Land as a faculty appreciation dinner. A fantastic
evening in the Royal Pacific Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. It took some
rerouting to get us home, but once again with smart planning by our
staff and we were home safely.
Now
the final push. Four days of rehearsal to go here in Hong Kong and then
we’re off to Shanghai for the first of four concerts on the mainland.
Keith Lau
General Manager
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