Beautiful Music, Horrible Sounds

	Date:			Friday 16 to Sunday 18 November
	Time:			10.00 - 11.00 a.m. / 11.30 - 12.30 noon (Friday)
				10.00 - 11.00 a.m. (Saturday)
				2.00 - 3.00 p.m. / 3.30 - 4.30 p.m. (Sunday) *Public sessions
	Venue:			Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum
	Reservation:			Please download the nomination form from the Training Calendar on the Education Bureau website. For non e-services teachers, please download the registration form here.
	Enquiries:			3698 3440

- To be conducted in English (with Cantonese translation)
- Suitable for students aged 7-11 years and primary teachers (Fri & Sat)/general public (Sun)
*Free admission for Sunday show. Seats are available on a first come, first served basis.

School Tour

	Date:			Wednesday 14, Thursday 15 and Monday 19 November
	Time:			9.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Wednesday)
				9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (Thursday and Monday) *one morning and one afternoon session per day
	Venue:			Primary schools
	Reservation:			If you are interested in holding the drama performance at your school, please download the application form from the Training Calendar on the Education Bureau website. For non e-services teachers, please download the registration form here.
	Enquiries:			science.alive@britishcouncil.org.hk. , 2913 5176

- To be conducted in English (with Cantonese translation)
- Suitable for primary schools only

Details

Whoopee for science! Steve and William will use the world's biggest whoopee cushion to help children understand how sound works. 'Beautiful Music, Horrible Sounds' aims to fascinate, amuse and inspire an audience of seven to eleven year-olds by exploring what sound is, why different sounds provoke positive and negative reactions, and how technology can be used to make sounds nicer – or nastier. It will even explain why humans have two ears.

Audience participation will feature strongly throughout the event. Volunteers will be encouraged to sit on a specially-made, two-metre diameter whoopee cushion – the largest in the world – to demonstrate exactly how wind instruments work. The physics involved when whoopee cushions make a noise is the same as blowing through the mouthpiece of a saxophone, for instance, although the sound produced is quite different!

The audience will also be encouraged to make a noise to show their approval – or disapproval – when Steve Mesure uses pitch-shifting and other state-of-the-art acoustic technology to give two 'live' pop acts a musical makeover. 'Phluffy Nice' is a solo singer in the classic boy band mould, while 'Grim Reaper' is a close harmony group who sings in a barbershop style. Steve Mesure will explore whether technology has the potential to make or break their bid for fame and fortune.

Performers: Steve Mesure and William Yip (a local performer and translator)
Organisation: The Creative Science Consultancy