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　The Oscar-winning "Titanic" theme - played on Chinese instrument - will highlight a concert by the Hong Kong Juvenile & Youth Chinese Classical Orchestra.
　Founded in 1990, the orchestra performs a wide spectrum of Chinese music, from traditional to nnewly composed pieces. Musicians range in age from 10 to teens.
　The ensemble will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday at Clark County Library 1401 E. Flamingo Road.
　Admission is fee.　

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　　WHEN 17-year-old Cheung Yuk performs at the music capital of Vienna in Hong Kong's first music and art exchange with Austria later this month, foreign audiences will enjoy a rare treat of Chinese music.

Cheung Yuk. a member of the Hong Kong Juvenile and Youth Chinese Classical Orchestra. is planning to entertain Austrians with a dizi made with chicken bones that traces its origin to over 7.000 years ago.

"It's a very delicate instrument which demands perfection. At present, there are only six in Hong Kong because of the difficulty m makings." Cheung Yuk laid Young Post at a recent pre-tour concert at the Holiday Inn Harbour View Hotel before the trip.

The bone dizi took its maker six months of chicken fare before he gathered sufficient amount of bones.

"I chose this unique instrument because of its value of cultural heritage," the fourth former said.

He is honoured to be chosen for Hoag Kong's biggest exchange of art and culture with Austria.

The youth orchestra. together with the Hong Kong Foliage Children's Choir and the Hong Kong Pro-Musica Society. will give two performances in Vienna on Thursday and Friday.

The idea. suggested by Lauda Air. was put into form by Renowned local artist Delia Chien of the Hong Kong Arts Exchange Centre, who herself will stage an oil painting exhibition at Vienna.

The youth orchestra. comprising more than 40 members aged nine to 23, will play five songs, including the locally-composed Sketch of Hong Kong .

One of Pro-Musica's highlights is Rhythm of the Sea. which employs the beautiful prose written by the late Chinese writer Hsu Zhi-mo.

At the pre-tour performance, the three groups were given an advance welcome by Austrian Consul-General Heinrich Querner and Austrian National Tourist Office Director Friedrich Kuen.

"We love hospitably and you will find Vienna the music melting pot of Europe. Even The architecture is described as 'music m stones'." Mr. Kuen told the young musicians.

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The Hongkong Juvenile and Youth Chinese Classical Orchestra gives two concerts this month, one at the Hongkong City Hall on Sunday and the second at the Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre on September 29 (Sunday).

The conductors are Yu Lun, Ng Yue-chow, Ng Chiu-shing and Chan Yat-ping.

Guest conductors Yu Lun is well-established in the local music scene. After graduating from the College of Music, Guangdong Provincial School of Arts, he worked as a teacher and then as a composer and conductor in the film industry for over 30 years. He has wide conducting experience and has appeared often as guest conductor of the Hongkong Chinese Orchestra.

Ng Yue-chow studied conducting under Taiwanese conductor Cheng Si-sum and Hongkong's Xia Fei-yun. While in Taiwan, he led his university Chinese orchestra to win the nationwide collegiate Chinese Orchestra Competition. On returning to Hongkong, he joined the Wah Sing Chinese Folk Orchestra, winning critical acclaim as a conductor.

The orchestra's two leaders, Ng Chiu-shing and Chan Yat-ping, are graduates of the Hongkong Academy for Performing Arts. Ng is an out-standing player of a wide variety of plucked-strings Chinese instruments. Active in the local music scene, he also performs frequently with orchestras oversea, including Taiwan, China, Singapore and the United States.

Besides performing, he also teaches, composes and promotes Chinese music.

The orchestra consists mainly of students who have been prize-winners at the School Music Festival.

Tickets for both concerts at $50 and $30 (half-price tickets for students and senior citizens) are available at all URBTIX outlets.