St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong and the view from the Peak

Girls from Moira House Girls School in Eastbourne, Sussex, sang at St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong last Sunday.

The 20-strong choir of boarders and day girls are on a Performing Arts Tour of Hong Kong and Dubai with Principal, Mrs Lesley Watson, Head of Music, Mr Peter Burge and other members of staff. The choir sang two anthems - including Litany to the Holy Spirit by Peter Hurford - during morning service as well as joining in with St John's own choir and congregation throughout.

Afterwards, the girls entertained churchgoers to some lively numbers around the piano during morning coffee, including a couple of instrumental pieces, before heading up to Hong Kong's Peak area to check out the view.

Musical Futures, the UK-based music education programme funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, is to be launched in Australia.

Through a grant made by the US-based NAMM Foundation to the Australian Music Association, the programme - which aims to find new and imaginative ways of engaging young people in meaningful music activities - will be introduced as part of a campaign to renew music education in Australia's public schools.

While the techniques developed through Musical Futures have been adopted overseas before, the grant in Australia marks the first time a formal system has been launched to promote the project abroad.

 
Photos: Courtesy of Musical Futures