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Presented by	Southern District Arts and Culture Association
Supported by	Hong Kong Musician Association	The London College of Music, Thames Valley University
Co-presented by	Southern District Office
	Hong Kong Southern District Orchestra
Sponsored by	Southern District Council
Acknowledgements		Leisure and Cultural Services Department

Music pieces in the competition

Remarks :
LCM London College of Music
ABRSM The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Please address enquiries to the Competition Committee.

Rules and regulations

1. Citizens born in 1985 and after, age of 25 or below, without restriction on nationality, are welcome to apply for any group and any grade in this Strings Competition.
2. Once registration fee is paid , no refund, alteration of competing classes or contestant is allowed.
3. Contestants can choose more than one group of string instruments in this competition. Each application form can only be used for entry to one group. Contestants can apply for only one grade in each group.
4. After deadline of application on 30th September 2010, the Competition Committee would send a letter of notification to confirm the contestant’s personal information and details of the Preliminaries. If the notice is still not yet received by mail before 7th October 2010, please make an enquiry via phone or email as soon as possible.
5. Contestants can choose one piece of music from the pieces provided for Preliminaries and Final, but can also choose another piece to compete in Final afterwards. Photocopies of scores are not allowed. Most of the pieces can be found in the examination scores of the London College of Music and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Please address enquiries to our Competition Committee.
6. The order of contestants in the competition is decided by our Competition Committee, whose decision is final.
   The Competition Committee reserves the right to alter the schedule. No objection to the marks, result and awards decided by the panel judges will be permitted.
7. Contestants must bring along their original Hong Kong Identity Document or their latest student card with a photograph and the ‘Letter of Notification’ when joining the competition.
8. Contestants must observe the rules and regulations of the competition
9. Adjudicators reserve the right to terminate contestants’ performance if the performance is enough for the panel to come up with a score. There is no need to repeats except for D.C. or D.S. in the piece.
10. Contestants should bring along their own musical instruments for the competition. Piano will be provided in the competition. Contestants must arrange their own accompaniment (there is no age limit on accompanying musicians). Judges will award no points for competitors without piano accompaniment.
11. Candidates who apply for the competition before 20th Aug 2010 may also register free of charge for the Strings Master Class held on 26th Aug 2010 at the Lei Yue Mun Park and Holiday Village.
12. Successful finalists should prepare to perform the prize-giving ceremony on the same evening with piano accompaniment. Only the First Prize Winners of the Open will be invited to perform with the Hong Kong Southern District Orchestra at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui, on 1st January 2011, including two rehearsals on 10th and 17th December 2010. Failure to attend the rehearsals may result in cancellation of the performance at the concert.
13. All prize-winners in any category should attend the Prize-giving Ceremony of 2010 Hong Kong Youth Strings Competition. The Competition Committee reserves the right to withdraw an award if an invitee fails to attend the ceremony without reasonable cause.
14. Successful competitors will be invited to give district performances
15. Our Competition Committee reserves the right to alter, add or delete the rules, regulations, awards and performance schedules without prior notice.

Application method :

By Mail :
Please post your completed application form together with your HKID Card photocopy and your crossed cheque to our office at the following address :

1/F South Horizons Neighbourhood Community Ctr., Marina Sq.,
East Centre, South Horizons, Hong Kong

Cheques should be made payable to “Southern District Arts & Culture Association Ltd”

Remarks : Application forms should be submitted before 20th August 2010 for participating in the Strings Master Class (free of charge) at Lei Yue Mun Park & Holiday Village from 10:00am to 12:30pm on 26th Aug 2010.

By Person :
Registration by payment in Cash or by Cheque is acceptable from 24th to 28th Sept 2010 between 10:00am and 12:00pm at our office. Please remember to bring your HKID copy and registration form.

Fee of Registration :
Junior HKD80.00   Intermediate HKD100.00   Senior HKD120.00   Open HKD150.00

Places accessible for Leaflets with application forms

• Office of The Southern District Arts & Culture Association
• Information Centre of Southern District Office
• Office of Hong Kong Arts Development Council
• H K Central Library & 66 H K Public Libraries
• 5 Music Offices & Main Office of Leisure & Cultural Services Department
• School of Music of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
• Office of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers
• 5 Branches of Happy Sound Music Ltd
• 23 Branches of Parsons Music Ltd
• 19 Branches of Tom Lee Music Co Ltd
• 4 Branches of Yuet Wah Music Co Ltd
• 3 Branches of Tsang Fook Piano Co Ltd
• Office of Chairman Instruments Trading Ltd

Awards
1. Preliminary : Certificates for First Class, Second Class and Third Class.

2. Final : Trophy ,Certificate and Cash Prize for Champion, First Runner-up and Second Runner-up

    Details of Bonus awarded (coupon) as follow :
    - First Prize : Junior $500, Intrermediate $800, Senior $1,300, Open $2,000.00
    - Second Prize : Junior $300, Intermediate $500, Senior $900, Open $1,400.00
    - Third Prize : Junior $200, Intermediate $400, Senior $700, Open $1,100.00

• Candidates attending the Strings Master Class on 26th Aug will be presented with a Certificate of Attendance.
• Candidates joining more than one instrumental group in this competition will presented with a Commendation Certificate
• Teachers of the Champion, First Runner-ups and Second Runner-ups will be presented with a Certificate of Acknowledgement.

Results announced
- Preliminary : Mark Sheet with comments, marks and Class result
- Final : Mark Sheet with marks and placing
Remarks : Results of the competition will be posted on our website :www.hksdorchestra.com within three days of the Final.

For Enquiry
Telephone No.: 2873 1877   6803 3977   2366 9991   Fax No.: 2552 5293
E-mail Address: stringscomp@hksdorchestra.com
Wetsite: www.hksdorchestra.com
Address : Office of Southern District Arts & Culture Association
1/F South Horizons Neighbourhood Community Ctr., Marina Sq., East Centre, South Horizons, Hong Kong