The 2021 Young Organist Competition is drawing to a close as we enter the Final Round with Ivan Leung, Zoe Lei and Carlos Li as our finalists. You are invited to join us at: 

The Concert Hall, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Sunday 1st August, 2021
7:30 pm

Free admission.  Tickets required.  
Tickets are now available for registration. Please click this link: https://forms.gle/19TbxghNRSBn8Uiz5 for details.

For enquiries, please email us at agohongkong@gmail.com

Hong Kong Chapter, The American Guild of Organists, is pleased to announce that 3 young organists have been chosen to compete in the Final Round of the “2021 Young Organist Competition”.

Based on their excellent performances and recommendations of judges in both the Preliminary Recording Round and live Semi-Final Round, Ivan Leung, Zoe Lei and Carlos Li are chosen to compete in the Final Round, in which each of them will perform a live 40-min program in the evening of August 1st, 2021 (Sunday) on the organ at Concert Hall, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. The Final Round is open to audiences aged 6 or above with free admission. Please stay tuned for tickets information & event starting time.

The Hong Kong Chapter is deeply grateful for jury members of the Semi-Final Round. Judges for the Semi-Final Round included Professor Johnny Poon (the inaugural Dr. Hung Hin Shiu Endowed Professor in Music, Associate Vice-President of Hong Kong Baptist University, & Head of Department of Music, HKBU) and Mr. Felix Yeung (Director of Music at St John’s Cathedral & Provincial Music Director of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui// Music Director of Die Konzertisten).

In addition, the Chapter is also extremely appreciative of the tremendous support from the donors of the “2021 Young Organist Competition”. Our donors include:

• Ms. Alice Chan
• Professor Johnny Poon
• Mrs. Deborah Serianni
• C.B. Fisk, Inc. – First Prize (HK$5,000)
• Ms. L.K. Chan – Second Prize (HK$3,000)
• Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lee – Third Prize (HK$2,000)

For enquiries, please email to agohongkong@gmail.com

Competition Committee,
Hong Kong Chapter, The American Guild of Organists

Hong Kong Chapter, The American Guild of Organists, is pleased to announce that 5 young organists have been chosen to compete in the Semi-final Round of the “2021 Young Organist Competition”.

Based on their excellent performances in the preliminary recording round, the 5 semi-finalists are Chere Ko, Zoe Lei, Ivan Leung, Carlos Li and Olga Wong. They will each perform a live 30-min program on Saturday, July 3, 2021 on the Fisk organ at the chapel of SKH Tang Shiu Kin Secondary School.

Congratulations to our semi-finalists! The Hong Kong Chapter is also deeply grateful for jury members of the preliminary recording round. Judges for the preliminary recording round included Stefan Engels (Professor of Organ and Leah Fullinwider Centennial Chair in Music Performance, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA// Former Professor of Organ, the University of Music and Performing Arts “Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy”, Leipzig, Germany// Former Associate Professor of Organ, Westminster Choir College, Rider University, Princeton, NJ, USA) and Clive Driskill-Smith (Organist & Choirmaster, All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, TX, USA// Former Professor of Organ, Royal Academy of Music, London, England// Former Sub-organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, England).

Competition Committee,
Hong Kong Chapter, The American Guild of Organists

To celebrate Vierne’s 150th anniversary, seven AGOHK members have come together to perform a virtual concert, recorded from over the world. Linked here is the complete recording:

On 21st November, 26 arrived at the chapel of Tang Shiu Kin Secondary School for AGOHK’s Conducting Masterclass 2020. Ivan Leung, Chere Ko, and Kenneth Ma conducted a program of Rutter, Faure, and Mawby, as Felix Yeung gave hands-on advice on the intricacies of choral conducting. Jonathan Yip accompanied on the organ as a volunteer choir sang.

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Not to be missed: the Hong Kong Chapter of the American Guild of Organists is organising a Choral Conducting Masterclass.

Details are as below:

Date: 21st November, 2020 (Saturday)

Time: 10.30am to 12:30pm

Venue: 6/F Chapel, HKSKH Tang Shiu Kin Secondary School (9 Oi Kwan Road, Wanchai)

Speaker: Mr Felix Yeung (Provincial Music Director, Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui; Director of Music, St John’s Cathedral)

The masterclass will provide a platform for conductors from churches or schools to work with a small octet on a simple piece of no more than 5 minutes in duration. Conducting techniques, rehearsal skills and interpretation will be the major topics of discussion.

We are now opening up a quota of 4 conductors (must be an AGOHK member in good standing) for podium time. We also welcome observers to attend the masterclass. Should you be interested in either of these, please fill in the sign-up sheet below. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Conducting in this Choral Conducting Masterclass must be our AGOHK member in good standing.

Application form: https://forms.gle/6aEssa7JBAkmy3Vd9

The American Guild of Organists is thrilled to announce the first online OrganFest, which will take place July 20-24. Each evening’s broadcast will premiere a new work which had been commissioned for the 2020 National Convention in Atlanta, accompanied by interviews with the composers.

Featured performers will be Jens Korndörfer, Amanda Mole, Alan Morrison, Thomas Ospital, and Catherine Rodland. Additional recorded performances by recent international organ competition winners will be presented, and short presentations will share exciting news and updates from the AGO.

The daily YouTube premiere (8pm Eastern) and accompanying Festival website will be available at no charge.

OrganFest 2020 promises to be an exciting way to showcase our beloved instrument and the great work of the AGO. Please share this information widely with your music-loving friends.

While we are saddened by the cancellation of many musical events this spring and summer, including our National Convention in Atlanta, we look forward to celebrating the future of organ music together online next month.

Visit the concert video by clicking here

 

 

Hong Kong Chapter, The American Guild of Organists, regrets to announce the cancellation of the 2020 Young Organist Competition scheduled for August, 2020.

The safety of our competitors and jurors is our top priority during this pandemic, and hence requires us to take this decision. We hope everyone stays safe and healthy.

And we hope to hear all your playing again once this pandemic is over!