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Cheung Ka Shing (Hong Kong)
Mr. Cheung Ka Shing is a student of Mr. Leung Yat Chiu for many years. Mr. Cheung studied harmonica, melodion, and rhythm at the House of Music, and followed Mr. Leung Lok Sing and Mr. Shiu Lep Kung to study music composition, second voicing, and music arrangement. He also studied musical instruments, such as recorder and jazz drum. In 1980, Mr. Cheung joined Musaphone Harmonica Company to work and now he is the managing director of Melocity Music Learning Centre. Mr. Cheung teaches harmonica, melodion, and rhythm in more than 100 schools, including over 100,000 students in his past 20 years of teaching experience. Mr. Cheung participated in organising many concerts, such as in 1981 the 揌ong Kong Youth Harmonica and Melodion Concert?by 1,000 students. In 1983 , a total of 1,500 students from 50 schools performed the Musical Concert? In 1985, 3,000 youths performed in a harmonica and melodion concert. And in 1993 at the Shanghai and Hong Kong Youth Performing Festival? sponsored by the Shanghai TV station, was performed by about 60 children who came from Shanghai and more than 1,000 youths from Hong Kong. In 1994, Mr. Cheung was invited by Dr. Yip Wai-hong of Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra to perform in three concerts. In these concerts Mr. Cheung played the melodion together with the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr. Yip. In 1995, Ms. Fai Ming Yee invited Mr. Cheung to perform melodion with the Ming Yee Choir, the first of this kind of performance. And in 1997, Dr. Yip again invited Mr. Cheung together with Mr. Leung Yat Chiu to perform with the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, in which Mr. Cheung recomposed and performed the揟he Butterfly Lovers攈armonica and melodion concerto. Mr. Cheung was also invited by the Choi Wo Ping Production Company to produce the揔ids O.K. to Self Learn Album? And in 1996 he helped in producing a CD album of揗usic by Harmonica and Melodion?and a book of 揑nstruction to Play the Melodion?		In celebration of the Hong Kong Reunion Day on July 5, 1997, organisations from the education community and the Committee of Hong Kong Reunion Celebration organised the 揟eachers and Students in Celebration Concert? Mr. Cheung conducted a melodion performance of 3,000 people from 100 schools, and was appointed to represent the 100 schools to receive the appreciation souvenir from Ms. Yu Lai Ching Ping of the Education Department. Mr. Cheung has taught melodion and rhythm classes to over 500 students and music teachers at the Hong Kong International Institute of Music and Tai Po District Arts Advancement Association. He has also taught at the Hong Kong Baptist University and Lingnan University. Mr. Cheung has trained many teachers and organised melodion band in China. He is truly a professional in playing the melodion. On July 3, 2000, at the 揌ong Kong Reunification Celebration Concert攈eld at Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Mr. Cheung conducted a thousand-people-concert and received good appraisal from Mr. Irving KOO Yee-yin, Chairman of the Quality Education Fund. Recently, Mr. Cheung was interviewed by Educational Television Division of RTHK in its Music for Kids program. Additionally, Mr. Cheung was invited by Television Broadcasts Limited to produce the score music in harmonica for its highly acclaimed television program揟he Moonlight of 5th October? In the same year, Mr. Cheung was invited repeatedly by the MTR Corporation to organise the MTR Station Arts Festival攚ith performances from various school bands. And Mr. Cheung was also invited by the ICAC to be the Head Judge of the singing competition at the Central and Western District ICAC Variety Show.

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