Hong Kong Composers' Guild
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Founded in 1983, the Hong Kong Composers' Guild is a professional association of serious composers with objectives to promote and cultivate music composition in Hong Kong. Apart from organizing concerts, publishing scores and producing recordings of works by Hong Kong composers, the Hong Kong Composers' Guild also takes an active part in arousing interest in composition especially amongst youths and in developing music as a vital creative art form in Hong Kong. It has also established strong links with many international organizations and has played a significant role in international music exchanges. Apart from being the founding member of the Asian Composers' League, the Hong Kong Composers' Guild is a national section of the International Society for Contemporary Music. It also co-operates with RTHK to send a composer as representative to the International Rostrum of Composers organized by UNESCO in Paris each year. The Guild's predecessor is the Hong Kong Section of the Asian Composers' League which was founded in 1973. With the leadership of the former and present Chairmen Doming Lam (1973-1983), Richard Tsang (1983-1993), Chan Wing-wah (1993-2004) and Joshua Chan (2004 -), the Guild has hosted the following major cultural events which have contributed significantly to the musical development of Hong Kong.
- 1973 First Asian Composers' League Conference/Festival
- 1981 The Seventh Asian Composers' League Conference/Festival
- 1986 The First Contemporary Chinese Composers' Festival
- 1988 The ISCM/ACL World Music Days Festival
- 1989 - present New Generation
- 1990 - 1991 New Music Hong Kong Concert Series
- 1990 - present Schools Creative Music Showcase
- 1992 - 2001 Musicarama - International Contemporary Music Festival
- 1999 - 2001 Creative-music Making Workshops
- 2001 - 2002 The ISCM World Music Days 2002 Contemporary Music Education Campaign
- 2002 The ISCM World Music Days 2002
- 2003 2003 Chinese Composers' Festival
- 2004 - 2005 Musicarama
- 2005 - 2006 Artist-in-Residence Project: Interactive Composition Workshops and Concert Series
The daily operations of the Guild have been carried out with voluntary services by its council members (formerly called executive committee members). In order to streamline the works, the Hong Kong Composers' Guild, as a non-profit organization, has registered as a company limited in 2001.
[edit] List of current council members
- Limited Honorary Presidents: David Gwilt, Doming Lam
- Honorary Members: Lin Sheng-shih, Hwang Yau-tai
- Founding Chairman: Richard Tsang
- Honorary Auditor: Eric Mok
- Honorary Legal Advisor : Arthur Ho
- Council 2006-2008 (elected by the General Meeting)
- Chairman: Joshua Chan
- Vice-chairman: Clarence Mak
- Secretary (Administration): Lo Hau-man
- Secretary (Membership): Ada Lai
- Treasurer: Leung Chi-cheung
- Directors: Hui Cheung-wai, Lai Sheung-ping, Mui Kwong-chiu, Ng Chun-hoi, Joyce Tang, Tsang Yiu-kwan
