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Live jamming for 24 hours non-stop for the local community

09 Nov 2012

 

Imagine creating and transmitting art non-stop for 24 hours from one of the highest points on the Centennial Campus! Peter Moser, a veteran musician from the UK, is staying on the rooftop of the Faculty of Arts, in the Run Run Shaw Tower on the Centennial Campus at the University of Hong Kong.  From 12 to 13 November, he will compose a song, in response to local current affairs, every hour, for 24 hours, and broadcast them live to the world.

Peter Moser is a talented musician devoted to the development of community arts. In 1988, Peter became the Fastest One Man Band In the World, creating a never-beaten record of running 100 metres in 19.75 seconds, playing 139 instruments, wearing five colours and playing four recognisable tunes. Peter is currently the Chief Executive of More Music, a community music and education charity based in Morecambe, England. In response to the Morecambe Bay Tragedy in 2004 in which 23 Chinese workers lost their lives, Peter started The Long Walk, a unique creative reaction to the catastrophe through an ambitious international project in music and culture involving hundreds of people of all ages from Northern England and China.

The public is most welcome to exchange ideas on music and Hong Kong with him so as to enrich his compositions. All the songs he writes will result from interacting with your tweets, messages and ideas about HKU and Hong Kong that he receives real-time. He will be joined by and musically jamming with alumni of the Music Department, music groups and HKU students.

Details:
Date: Nov 12, 2012 noon to Nov 13, 2012 noon
Venue: 11/F, Department of Music, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

Composition event and closing Party
Date: 10:45 to 12:30, Nov 13, 2012
Venue: Courtyard, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong (outside Run Run Shaw Tower and Chi Wah Learning Commons)

We cordially invite you to attend the last hour of the composition event and the closing party. Interviews with Peter Moser immediately after the closing party can be arranged.

This series is co-organised by the General Education Unit and the Faculty of Arts, and supported by the Department of Music. This series is held as part of the Faculty of Arts' Centenary Celebrations, which will run from October 2012 to September 2013.

For program and media enquiries, please contact Miss Kitty Ho at 2241 5044 or syho2010@hku.hk

Photos of Peter Moser in his previous initiatives