The
deadly COVID-19 affected my singing progress badly this year,
The following concerts had been cancelled:
10/01/2020
Pre-match Master Class Series at the 72nd Hong Kong School Music
Festival. I was supposed to learn something from those Singing
Masters.
11/02/2020
Sing For Joy (Foreign Art Songs Special). If I could come out alive,
I should be able to sing for the annual Best of the Best concert like
last year in
October. It would be my moment to shine, but no more!!! It
was then re-scheduled on 14/04/2020,
then on 27/06/2020 again but eventually it was cancelled after all! I
missed a chance to show my talent.
18/03/2020
Tuen Mun City Hall, The Auditorium. It was supposed to be the first
time I sang in the Tuen Mun City Hall! I was told that the Auditorium
was one of the best in Hong Kong.
27/03/2020
Tuen Mun City Hall, The Cultural Activities Hall. ChunLan(春蘭詠唱)
supposed to give a full night performance here, but again not any
more.
10/05/2020
Sing For Joy (Grand Operas Special). Did not want to repeat the worry
for more cancellation, so I decided not to join any more singing in
solo this year.
11-14/06/2020 An invitation to perform in Shanghai Music Hall. The organizer postponed the event until further notice.
12/07/2020 The
great German composer and pianist, Ludwig van Beethoven was born in
250 years ago. The Hong Kong Cultural Centre prepared lots
of programs to celebrate his birthday. One of which was
that the Allegro Singers (明儀合唱團) organized a
few hundreds of singers big and small to perform Beethoven's No.9 Ode
to Joy / Ode an die Freude. Obviously, we all ended up
at home instead!
Obviously, all the weekly Monday and Saturday dress rehearsals for singing were cancelled.
Since a lot of brave people risking their lives doing all sorts of things to protect us from this virus, these cancellations were a minor thing only. Salute to the brave people! Salute to Wuhan! Salute to China! Salute to the world!
