The Modern Academy
Calling for Application
Hong Kong’s first academy which dedicates to modern music
3.-9.1.2014
HK Jockey Club Sai Kung Outdoor Training Camp
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Youth Square
Applications close: 31.10.2013
Various course fees
+852 2802 0088
kultur@hongkong.goethe.org
With contemporary music being one of its programme focuses, Goethe-Institut Hongkong is pleased to join hands with the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble in supporting and fostering the development of modern music in the Pearl River Delta by starting the initiative of The Modern Academy together in 2014.
Among one of the 14 grantees of the 2nd round funding exercise of Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the HKSAR Government, the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble presents The Modern Academy, a project under the Project Grant of the above-mentioned Scheme. The Modern Academy is an intensive course focused on increasing skills of advanced students and young professional musicians in the performance and appreciation of music of the late 20th and 21st centuries.
The first Modern Academy will take place from 3rd to 9th January 2014 in Hong Kong. 60 young string players, percussionist, conductors and sound engineers from Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas will be given the chance to work alongside world-class mentors to study modern masterpieces and freshly-written works.
A significant part of this project relies on the expertise of specialist foreign professionals who come to Hong Kong to perform, teach and inspire. This year The Modern Academy welcomes guests from Germany: the world-famous string ensemble Ensemble Resonanz (Hamburg), conductor Manuel Nawri (Berlin) and sound engineer Sebastian Schottke (Karlsruhe). These musicians of international calibre complement a fine local teaching staff, coordinated by the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.
Students will live at the HKFYG Jockey Club Sai Kung Outdoor Training Camp, and work from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Youth Square in Chai Wan. Working together in daily workshops, lessons and rehearsals, the participants will be given tools to become well-rounded musicians of the 21st century.
The e-brochure (including application procedures and an application form) and a promotional video on The Modern Academy are available at: The Modern Academy Brochure
The Modern Academy is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Supporting Partner: SPRING
