Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1995

Table I Publications related to the project Conference Papers Chan Wai-kwong: • 'Some Important Considerations for Music-Writing That Employs aChinese Text' (34th International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, Hong Kong, August 1993) • 'The Use of the Chinese Language in Contemporary Music Composition: Some New Directions, (Second Conference on Future Directions of Chinese Vocal Art, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, September 1993) Chan Wing-wah: • '1960-1990: Thirty Years of New Music in Hong Kong' (33rd International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, Toronto, August 1990) • 'Creative Music for Young People in Hong Kong' (Asia-Pacific Contemporary Music Forum and Festival, Philippines, November 1991) • The Creativity and Promotion of Contemporary Chinese Music' (First International Chinese Composers' Orchestral Concerts and Conference, Taipei, March 1992) J. Lawrence Witzleben: • 'Musical System and Intergenre Relationships in Hong Kong' (Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 1989, and (in Chinese) Colloquium on Music Cultures of China's South- Eastern Coastal Regions, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, February 1990) • 'Instrumental Music in Hong Kong Taoist Ritual' (Association for Chinese Music Research, Oakland, California, October 1990) • Traditional Instrumental Music inContemporary HongKong' (International Colloquium for Traditional Music, Hong Kong, July 1991) • 'Music in the Taiping Qingjiao Taoist Ritual in Hong Kong' (Society for Ethnomusicology, Chicago, November 1991) Selected Publications Chan Sau-yan: • Research on Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong, V. 2 (Chinese Theatre Research Project, Hong Kong, 1990) Chan Wing-wah: • 'The Development of New Music in the Past Thirty Years in Hong Kong' ( M i ngPaoM o n t h l y , V. 27:1, Hong Kong, 1992) • 'A Catalogue of Commissioned Music Compositions in Hong Kong from 1970-1990' in TheH i s t o r yofNewMusicinChina:ACritica l Review, edited by Liu Ching-chih (University of Hong Kong, Centre for Asian Studies, 1992, pp. 342-369) Daniel Law: • 'Hong Kong' in NewMusic in theOrient:Essays onComposition inAsia since World War I I, edited by Harrison Ryker (Buren, the Netherlands, Frits Knuf Publishers, 1991, pp. 225-248) and students of this university as well as researchers of other institutions. Dr. Chan Wing-wah, one of the organizers of the project, has suggested that the collected data be computerized in order to enable a more efficient usage. This however has not yet been possible as the funds allocated by the Research Grants Council have already been exhausted. But this is not reason enough to stall further work vis-a-vis the project and its data, for the project continues to draw the attention of people from different walks of life, and musicians and collectors continue to express their faith in it by donating related materials to the collection. The major contributors to this project believe that a lot of work remains to be done with the present material, and they will continue with research in their respective areas of specialization. No country or city in history has been prosperous and yet lacking in a firmly established artistic and cultural environment. This research project has been timely and has provided a new way of viewing and understanding Hong Kong's unique and vibrant musical life. Research 23