UM String Orchestra and UM Symphonic Band participated at the “Music Night for University Students from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area”

On 16 November, the String Orchestra and Symphonic Band of University of Macau participated in the event organized by the Student Association of the Macao University of Tourism (UTM), co-organized by the Music Society and the Events Society of the Macao University of Tourism (UTM). The event attracted nearly a hundred participants, guests, and audience members from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The representatives of the University of Macau String Orchestra were PhD student Zhang Yihan from the Faculty of Education (FED) and a Year-2 undergraduate student Ngou Man Hei from the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) and the Cheng Yu Tung College (CYTC). They performed a violin and piano duet of the guzheng piece “Fishing Boat Singing at Dusk” composed by Wei Ziyou in 1925 to depict fishermen returning home at sunset. The instructors of the performance are Mr. Cheong Wai Leong and Ms. Chang Cheok Man.

The representatives of the University of Macau Symphonic Band were a Year-4 undergraduate students Leong U Pan from the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) and the Henry Fok Pearl Jubilee College (HFPJC), a Year – 4 undergraduate student Lei Seng Ian from the Faculty of Law (FLL) and the Henry Fok Pearl Jubilee College (HFPJC), a Year-3 undergraduate student Tai Hou Teng from the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) and the Shiu Pong College (SPC) and a Year-1 undergraduate student Ng Hoi Tong from the Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) and the Ma Man Kei and Lo Pak Sam College (MLC). They performed a brass quartet of the ensemble piece “Starting Line,” composed by Yuka Yamashita to depict the wind sweeping across the land and birds soaring in the sky. The University of Macau sincerely thanks the organizers for their invitation.