Story of Huang Tzu
A little boy sits in front of a table; you can hear the musical humming as he slowly tap on the table. And he sits alone, with no one around him, but a number of chopsticks on the table, lying out just like a piano.
This special boy was born on March 23, 1904, in the country town of Chuansha, Jiangsu. He was fond of literature and poetry. His favorite‘s poem was Li Bai’s Pipa ballad, even though at the time he was too young to fully understand the meaning of the characters. “Let alone appreciate the deeper significance of the words of a poem. I only liked it because its syllables are sonorous, and when read aloud it sounds marvelous.” He said.
He is the one who created work display the poetic sense of language and beautiful melodies.
Research Studio of Huang Tzu
Huang Tzu is one of the most influential composers and music educators in the history of contemporary Chinese music. He dedicated his life in his compositions and teaching, and his life reflected the great culture and spirit of music composition and education. This project initiative is based on a series of successful research and publication projects on Huang Tzu. The project focuses on a series of events including workshop, rehearsals and recording of Huang 's work with Hong Kong Institute of Education chorus & South China Normal University chorus.
The aims of the project were to further enhance student’s knowledge & experience in stylistic choral singing performance of Chinese choral work; fostering student’s musical and professional excellence through the choral exchange activities; deepening collaboration with southern china normal university for academic and student exchange in future; enhancing communication and development of scholarship of the academic staff in choral & music education; and providing unique experience for students in studying, teaching and researching Chinese choral arts. The effectiveness of the projects are evaluated in the following ways: choristers are required to evaluate on their learning experience through questionnaire survey and interview; choristers from the two institutions expressed their view on the participated events through questionnaire survey; and Chinese choral experts are invited to provide feedback on choristers’ overall performance in rehearsal and recording sessions.
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) programme: 香港故事 — 音樂．人間
The Inheritance of Chinese Music
EdUHK Honorary Fellow Ms. Barbara Fei, SBS • Dr. Allison So Ming-chuen • Dr. Paulina Wong Wai-ying •Alumna Gigi Lam Chi-ying
Ms. Barbara Fei, SBS, is a famous soprano in Hong Kong and was awarded HKIEd Honorary Fellowship in 2010. To promote Chinese classical music and performing arts, she led Dr. Allison So Ming-chuen and Dr. Paulina Wong Wai-ying of the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts (CCA) of HKIEd to research and create a set of teaching materials 《歌樂流芳:黃自音樂 賞析與教學專集》(Huang Tzu’s Literature Collection) based on the music written by famous music composer, Huang Tzu. Gigi Lam Chi-ying, who studied in Music Education at HKIEd, took it further to apply the teaching materials in school and to pass on the valuable culture of Chinese music to our next generations.