Reminder: "Voyage to Classical Music" Concert by UM String Orchestra - 1 SAO SP (Date: 9 April 2019, Time: 20:00, Venue: Student Activity Centre E31-Theatre)
提提您: 澳門大學弦樂團呈獻「遊歷經典」音樂會 - 1 智叻星 (2019年4月9日, 20:00, 學生活動中心E31音樂劇場)
Ref. No : SKUK-BAW767Posted by :SharonKuok/UMAC
Department :SAO-SRSPosted Date : 04/04/2019
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Introduction of UMSO
    UM String Orchestra
    The UM String Orchestra was established in the second semester of 2009. It consists of the current membership of 30. The Orchestra aims to provide more opportunities for the UMacau students to appreciate the diversity of music and to enrich the music culture in the campus. The Orchestra rehearses regularly for different kinds of performances and events. In November 2010, the first performance – "String @UM" brought a lot of joy and surprise to the campus. The Orchestra also received a lot of acclaim and praise for the inauguration concerts, "Heart String Concert", "Phantom of the Orchestra" and "Chamber Music Concert". In 2011, the Orchestra was invited to give a joint concert called "The Future of Classical Music" – a concert presented by Macao Orchestra with local musicians. The Orchestra also went for an exchange trip to Taiwan, held a joint performance with Shih Chien University in May, 2012. Besides, the Orchestra will be occasionally arranged as a small ensemble like the strings quartet. The UMacau String Orchestra quartet performed as a guest art group in the "12th Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) Piano Competition" and various University functions.


    Mr. John Ma (Conductor of UM String Orchestra)


    John Ma is a violinist active in Hong Kong Macau and China. He holds a Bachelor Degree of Music (Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts) and a Master Degree of Music (University of Cincinnati, Conservatory-College of Music in United States), under the guidance of Professor Michael Ma and Kurt Sassmannshaus.

    As an orchestral player, he was selected as one of the members of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas and gave 3 performances in Sydney Opera House in March 2011. He also participated in many major orchestra performances in Hong Kong and Macau, like the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HKPO), the Hong Kong Sinfonietta Orchestra (HKSO), Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra (HKCCO), the Hong Kong Virtuosi Society Orchestra and the Macau Chamber Orchestra (MCO) as a guest violinist. He was the concertmaster of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Academy Symphony Orchestra (HKAPA ASO), the Macau Conservatory Chamber Orchestra and the Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO).

    Ma also appeared in different orchestras as a soloist such as the Macau Virtuosi, the Macau Chamber Orchestra, the Macau Conservatory Orchestra, the Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the Academy Symphony Orchestra. In 2007, he won the HKAPA Concerto Competition, and performed in the winners’ concert in the Juilliard Master Class and Concerts Series with the HKAPA ASO. He has also been invited by the RTHK 4 to be a guest artist to perform. In 2013, Ma was the soloist of the Macau Virtuosi China Tour, and in 2014 he was one of the soloists to perform the complete Mozart Violin Concertos within one day in the Macau Art Festival 2014. In march 2016, Ma has accepted the invitation from the Stephen F. Austin University, Texas USA, to give masterclass and performed the Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by Astor Piazzolla.

    Ma accepted the invitation to form the Strings Orchestra for the University of Macau (UMSO) in 2010, and appointed to be the Music Director and Conductor, aims to enhance the classical music in the campus and form the unique sound of the UMSO. In the same year, he founded the John Ma Violin Studio. He is currently the coach of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Excel program.

  1. Students who attend the WHOLE activity and arrive ON TIME will be given one Smart Point
  2. Students who arrive late or leave early within 10 minutes will be given only half a Smart Point
  3. Students who arrive late or leave early over 10 minutes will NOT be given any Smart Point
  4. Students who leave the venue during the activity for over 15 minutes will NOT be given any Smart Point
  5. Students are required to check in/out of the activity with Student ID Card. For those who do not respect the activity or neglect the staff’s guidance, SAO reserves the right to cancel his/her Smart Point.

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