The 3^rd Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao School Band Music Festival was held in Hong Kong on July 14 and 15.  The Pui Ching String Orchestra participated in the music festival with various school bands from Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Taiwan and put on a joint performance with fellow schools.  The young artists’ mesmerizing music won them thunderous applause.

The first day of the music festival was devoted to the participating schools’ respective renditions.  The Pui Ching String Orchestra played Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia.  Senior 1 student Ms. Pui In Ip conducted the orchestra.

On the second day of the music festival was the Inter-School Productions Concert, which featured

Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major and Act II of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.

Both concerts had the pleasure of the company of Pui Ching principal Dr. Kam Fai Kou and vice-principal Mr. Keng Man Kuok.