The Learners Chorus

The Learners Chorus

The Learners Chorus (zh-t|t=學士合唱團) is a chorus based in Hong Kong, established in November 1979 by Andrew Chan and his friends at the University of Hong Kong as the Students' Union Choir.The Learners Chorus Annual Concert 2006 official programme]

Mr. Apollo Wong has been the Music Director of the chorus since January 2005.

Repertoire

The Learners perform regularly, with a repertoire that includes religious chorales, Christmas carols, madrigals, folk songs, operas, Broadway musicals, classical pieces, and works by contemporary composers.

The Learners Chorus's library also holds a collection of commissioned choral works by notable local composers including:

* "Psalm 33" by Professor Daniel Law
* "October" by Dr. Richard Tsang
* "Out of the Depth" and "Songs of Ariel" by Dr. Victor Chan
* "Yu Lin Ling" by Mr. Law Wing Fai
* "Quotation of Queries" by Dr. Chan Hing Yan (performed in the chorus' 20th anniversary concert)
* "Confessio" by Mr. Michael Mak

tage effects and accompaniment

Very often, a variety of stage effects including costumes, dances, decorations, narration, slides is used in the concert performances of the chorus [cite web|url= http://www.learners.org/hk/about.htm|title=The Learners Chorus official website - About us] Some of the Learners' notable shows include excerpts from:

* "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss II
* "Fairy Queen" by Purcell
* "Gypsy Love" by Lehar
* "Orpheus" by Gluck
* "Supermarket Minuet" by Dobbins
* "Banquet Fugue" by John Rutter
* Medleys from "the Phantom of the Opera" and "Sunset Boulevard" by Webber

Performing for the community

The Learners has been active in charitable work and community service. Over the years, the chorus has presented several charity concerts the proceeds from which were donated to the "Reconstruction of Collapsing School Building Project" hosted by the Hong Kong Christian Council and other projects such as building rural clinics in the remote hill areas in China. [cite web|url=http://www.learners.org.hk/history3.htm|title=The Learners Chorus official website - History]

The Learners has also presented an outreach concert to the patients at the Chung Hom Kok Cheshire Home in Hong Kong.

References

ee also

* Choruses in Hong Kong

External links

* [http://www.learners.org.hk The Learners Chorus] official web site


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