GE2022-09
| // Music is infinite both in real life and in the metaverse. // // Music is polysemic and multi-purpose; either we are busy multi-tasking or chilling with our mindful moments. // // Music is sharing, learning, caring, and loving… // |
Music Salon has been gathering together many HKU music lovers throughout the years. A multitude of genres and students from around the world have found this haven as part of their memorable music trips here.
As we are heading back to our long-missed f2f campus lives, let’s come together and savour some cool music, share our stories, and make some new friends. In our cosy GE Gatherland, we are equipped with professional vinyl and CD turntables and audiophile speakers.
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#1: The Multicultural Gem – From HK Pop to Indie to Jazz Music
(Special guest: Alan Kwan, award-winning jazz guitarist/producer)
With one and a half centuries of cultural exchanges and development, Hong Kong has been nourished by multi-national cultures, arts, languages, and living styles. This makes our hometown a place with various music styles, ranging from vocal music to instrumental, from pop to hip-hop to indie, from classical to jazz, from Cantonese to English to languages from all around the world. In this session, the award-winning jazz guitarist/producer, Alan Kwan, will share the story of his music production and some of his favourite tracks. You are also welcome to share with us some of your top ‘made in Hong Kong’ music!
| Date: | 23/09/2022 (Fri) |
| Time: | 18:30-20:30 |
| Venue: | GE Gatherland 240 (MB240, 2/F, Main Building) |
| Registration: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=83699 | |
#2: Immersing into the Multi-national Sky of Music
“'Cause you're a sky, 'cause you're a sky full of stars.”
Music is a sky full of talented musicians, people from all around the world create music with their passion, telling the world about their own stories, what they love, and what they believe in. We are lucky enough to live in the 21st century, where we can easily connect to music-storyteller from miles away just using our fingertips. In this session, Chi Chung will share with us some of his top picks from around the world, you may also share with us some music from anywhere!
| Date: | 19/10/2022 (Wed) |
| Time: | 18:30-20:30 |
| Venue: | GE Gatherland 240 (MB240, 2/F, Main Building) |
| Registration: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=83700 | |
#3: Multitude of Mindful and Peaceful Music: expressing, healing, cheering… and beyond
(Special guest: Michael Lai, Hong Kong singer-songwriter)
“Heal the world, make it a better place.”
Music is an expression of feeling, they contain the emotions and thoughts of the composers/lyricists/arrangers. Throughout the years, kind words, feelings, and ideologies are passing in the form of music, bringing peace to the whole world and making the world a better place. In this session, Chi Chung will bring us some peaceful and healing music. You are also welcome to bring us some music that brought you peace in your tough time.
| Date: | 1/11/2022 (Tue) |
| Time: | 18:30-20:30 |
| Venue: | GE Gatherland 240 (MB240, 2/F, Main Building) |
| Registration: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=83701 | |
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Schedule:
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 23 Sep 2022 | 18:30 - 20:30 | GE Gatherland 240 |
| 19 Oct 2022 | 18:30 - 20:30 | GE Gatherland 240 |
| 01 Nov 2022 | 18:30 - 20:30 | GE Gatherland 240 |
Bio of Instructor(s) 導師簡介:
Dr. Wong Chi Chung Elvin 黃志淙博士
Veteran DJ on Commercial Radio 2 for 30 years promoting international and local indie music. Chi Chung has been hosting lectures and concerts at GE since 2000 and became the Assistant Director of General Education in 2011 and Head of General Education in 2018. He has curated a wide array of GE events as well as cross-cultural projects, such as David Bowie’s Mandarin song (1997), Gen-S Concert, Shanghai Expo (2010), HK Week @ Taipei (2012), collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto on async (2017) etc.
Veteran DJ on Commercial Radio 2 for 30 years promoting international and local indie music. Chi Chung has been hosting lectures and concerts at GE since 2000 and became the Assistant Director of General Education in 2011 and Head of General Education in 2018. He has curated a wide array of GE events as well as cross-cultural projects, such as David Bowie’s Mandarin song (1997), Gen-S Concert, Shanghai Expo (2010), HK Week @ Taipei (2012), collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto on async (2017) etc.