Bulletin Number Two 1983

* A lecture on 'American Jazz Music' on 2nd March by Mr. Daniel Silver, Principal Clarinet Player of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. * A song recital by Francesca Chan, a soprano, on 2nd March. At the piano was Eva Lue. * A piano recital by Mrs. Marilyn Watson, Part- time Instructor of the Department, on 7th March. * A piano master class on 10th March by Professor Stephen Savage, a well-known pianist and Professor of the Royal College of Music, London. * A lecture on ‘Renaissance Lute Music' by Mr. Franklin Lei on 21st March. * A duo-piano recital by Professor Ivor Keys and Professor David Gwilt on 23rd March. * A piano lecture-recital by Professor Klaus Boerner, a well-known German pianist, on 30th March. * A guitar master class by Ms. Alice Artzt on 4th April. * * * * An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, held from 29th January to 10th May, displays recent accessions to the Art Gallery. The exhibits include Chinese ceramics, rubbings of stone inscriptions, paintings and calligraphy, and other minor arts. * An exhibition of artwork by the second-year students of the Fine Arts Department was mounted at the Department Gallery from 31st January to 5th February, and at the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall from 21st to 26th February. * An exhibition of Paintings by C.C. Wang, co- sponsored by Hong Kong Arts Centre and the Department of Fine Arts, was held from 2nd to 7th March. Mounted at Pao Sui Loong Galleries of Hong Kong Arts Centre, the exhibition displayed twenty-eight paintings of Mr. Wang's recent works. Mr. Wang is a widely-acclaimed innovative modern Chinese artist, who has combined the traditional Chinese painting technique with the western modern concept in his ink paintings. * The Department of Fine Arts staged an exhibition of Painting from Study Tour to Northern Guangdong at the Department Gallery and the New Asia Gallery from 11th to 25th March. About thirty- five exhibits were on display, including Chinese paintings, oil paintings, prints, photographs and watercolours, etc. by the eighteen students of the Department. * The first Joint Universities Creative Works Exhibition, put up from 25th to 27th March at the Swire Hall of the University of Hong Kong, was co- organized by the Offices of Student Affairs and Student Unions of the two local universities, and sponsored by the Banque Nationale de Paris through a donation of HK$40,000 to each university. Works on display included items of sicentific innovation, artistic creation, innovation project on town planning and architecture, creative programme for environment improvement and performing arts. Large bowl in green glaze, Zhejiang/Jiangxu type; W. Jin, 2nd half, 3rd century A.D.; Gift of the Kau Chi Society. (Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions) 24 A C A D E M I C / C U L T U R AL EVENTS