From recordings of Hong Kong Children’s Choir made in the 1980s.
MOONLIGHT FESTIVAL FESTIVAL (Chinese Folk Song Cycle) 月夜
1. Under The Silvery Moon 月亮汪汪 0:00
2. ”‘Ah-sie” Dance 阿細跳月 2:54
3. Rippling Brook 小河淌水 4:50
Arr. by Dr. Yip Wai Hong 葉惠康博士編曲
葉惠康博士 BBS MH （1930-2024）
葉博士對本港合唱音樂及交響樂的教育普及工作均貢獻良多，被稱為香港的「兒童合唱團之父」。1969年他首先創辦了香港兒童合唱團，又協助組織多個本地兒童合唱團，在領導香港兒童合唱團的十四年間，曾被國際音樂教育協會(ISME)連續三度邀請在1974、1976及1978年會議上作示範表演。葉博士於1983年創立了葉氏兒童合唱團。三十多年來每年率領出國組往海外巡迴演出，包括歐洲、美洲、亞洲、澳洲、非洲，達三十多次，其中參加了很多國家的音樂節和文化交流活動，並曾於多個國際音樂會議演出，包括再度應國際音樂教育協會(ISME)邀請，先後於1988年澳洲舉行的第十八屆會議、以及1998年於南非舉行的第廿三屆會議作示範表演；1989年獲邀在全美國合唱指揮家聯會(ACDA)第三十屆會議上表演，受到四千位指揮熱烈的讚賞；1996年又應邀在全英國合唱國際音樂指揮家聯會(ABCD)第十一屆會議示範葉氏兒童合唱訓練法及作閉幕演出。1982葉博士出任在本港舉行的國際兒童合唱節的藝術總監之後，就聯合了多個兒童合唱指揮，組織了國際兒童合唱及演藝協會(ISCCPA)，並被選為主席，策劃和推動國際活動，影響廣闊深遠。
DR. YIP WAI HONG BBS MH (1930-2024)
Dr. Yip is known as the “Father of Children’s Choir” in Hong Kong. He also helped establish many local choirs in Hong Kong throughout the years. Dr. Yip first founded the Hong Kong Children’s Choir (HKCC) in 1969, being its Music Director and Conductor until 1983. During those 14 years, Dr. Yip and his Choir were invited three times in succession by the International Society for Music Education (ISME) to give concerts in their biennial conferences in 1974, 1976 and 1978. Dr Yip then founded the Yip’s Children’s Choir (YCC) in 1983. Under his leadership, YCC gave overseas concert performances every year all over the world including Europe, America, Asia, Australia and Africa. Dr. Yip was again invited by the ISME to lead YCC presenting concerts in the 18th ISME Conference in Australia, 1988 and the 23rd ISME Conference in South Africa, 1998. Dr. Yip also demonstrated both his music education system and choral training method at the 1989 biennial conference of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in Kentucky, USA, as well as the 11th Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD) Conference in Oxford, UK, in 1996. Dr. Yip’s presentation of the Yip’s Education System and Pedagogy aroused great interests at the conference. Dr. Yip also gave workshops in the First International Music Festival in Singapore, the International Festival of Children’s Choirs in Moscow, as well as lecturing in Brazil.