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Toolbox Percussion has been driving percussive arts programming in Hong Kong since 2012, curating ambitious music projects and challenging the best in the field whilst also continually nurturing new musical talent in innovative ways.
Toolbox,as a creative incubator working to make new music happen by commissioning, developing, collaborating, professional training, performing, recording and touring contemporary performances. The acclaimed Toolbox Percussion Trilogy, spread over a time span of 3-year, has been a proven success in creating cutting-edge and innovative programmes that challenged local artists, enhanced cultural exchange by collaborating with world-class musicians and developed a series of outreach and professional educational activities.
For 2018/19 season, Toolbox Percussion will be on tour to Asia Culture Center at Gwangju and make the US debut at the San Francisco International Arts Festival. A New education initiatives Toolbox International Creative Academy (TICA) will be co-present with the University of Oklahoma at Youth Square in January 2019. Toolbox Percussion appearance at the Singapore Percussion Ensemble Festival 2018 is supported by the Arts Development Fund of the Home Affairs Bureau, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
「敲擊襄」自2012年以來,一直在本地及海外致力推動擊樂文化節目,策劃多元化及具藝術視野之項目。樂團不斷為當代音樂樂手帶來新衝擊,並以創新的方式培育年輕音樂人才。
「敲擊襄」作為具創造潛力的文化機構,致力透過與本地作曲家委約作品、發展、合作、專業培訓、表演、錄製和巡迴演出當代作品來創作新音樂。橫跨3個創作年度的「敲擊襄三部曲」,完成多場創新及具難度的展演,促進了與世界級音樂家間的文化交流,開拓了一系列專業樂手發展培訓。
在2018/19樂季,「敲擊襄」把樂團作品帶到韓國光州亞洲文化中心,並參演三藩市國際藝術節首演。藝術教育方面,「敲擊襄」獲得美國俄克拉何馬大學的支持,定於2019年1月柴灣青年廣場舉辦敲擊襄國際創意學院(Toolbox International Creative Academy, 簡稱TICA),致力開展敲擊音樂推廣。在民政事務局資助藝術發展基金資助下,「敲擊襄」會於2018年中旬參演「新加坡敲擊樂節」。「敲擊襄」現為香港藝術發展局一年資助團體。