Media Pitching Case Sharing: Cultivating Arts & Educational Exchange across the GBA

HK Inter-School Choral Festival 2025 Guest Choir Concert

Shenzhen Senior High School Lily Girls Choir Visited Hong Kong to Perform and Exchange, Co-Creating the Vision of a Cultural Bay Area

Powered by charitable organization The Hong Kong Virtuoso Chorus (HKVC), the Hong Kong Inter-School Choral Festival (HKICF) was honored to have the renowned Shenzhen Senior High School Lily Girls Choir (Lily Choir) as one of the HKICF2025 Guest Choirs of the Year. Known as the "Choral Pride of China", Lily Choir comprises high school girl students aged 12-17 . The choir has won numerous highest honors and major choral awards in competitions at home and abroad, and also performed in over 20 countries and regions.

As HKICF2025 Guest Choir of the Year, The Lily Choir shared a diverse repertoire of choral pieces with the audience in Hong Kong at the concert. The primary division and senior secondary division of the Hong Kong Inter-School Choir (HKISC) served as guest performers at the concert, providing an opportunity for Hong Kong students to interact with their peers from other cities in the Greater Bay Area through choral music. Beyond the stage, Lily Choir visited a secondary school and served as a demonstration choir at a local university.

Team Prologue is delighted to arrange media publicity for this visit, coordinating media reception, developing press materials and coordinating feature interviews with reporters within the Greater Bay Area.

HKICF invited the renowned Shenzhen Senior High School Lily Girls Choir as one of the HKICF2025 Guest Choirs of the Year. Ms. Manxue Hu, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Lily Girls Choir, China (front row, forth left) and Mr. Kelvin Lau, Artistic Director of Hong Kong HKICF (front row, fifth left) conducted in the group singing session.

Lily Choir performed a variety of famous Chinese songs for the Hong Kong audience for the first time. A highlight was the Cantonese rendition of “萬水千山總是情” — to celebrate the linguistic and cultural diversity within the Greater Bay Area. Despite geographical proximity, our distinct traditions offer fertile ground for artistic dialogue. All members paid a loads of effort to practice the songs during the Chinese New Year break.

Lily Choir, HKISC performed in the HKICF 2025 Guest Choir Concert

Lily Choir stood out for their masterful reinterpretations of traditional folk songs through choral singing. HKICF will expand opportunities for Greater Bay Area schools to participate in the future, fostering cross-border collaboration to elevate choral excellence.

Screenshots of feature interview videos (Credit: RTHK "GBA Lifestyle", QQ.com)

Stepping into Campuses for Demonstrations and Cultural Exchanges and Savoring iconic Hong Kong food with Friends

Apart from the concert, the Lily Choir served as a demonstration choir at a local university, visited a secondary school, and appreciated its handbell team performance, fostering choir culture exchange and musical learning opportunities.

The cultural exchange extended beyond music through the Buddy Programme between HKISC and Lily Choir, pairing mainland and Hong Kong students as penpals since December 2024. During the choir’s visit, HKISC members served as local hosts, strengthening friendships across borders.

During the Lily Choir's visit, HKISC members served as local hostsi to introduce cultural experiences in Hong Kong.. Lilt's Choir also paid a visit to a local secondary school and appreciated its handbell team performance.

Feature interviews：

香港電台 RTHK - 灣區全媒睇第八百三十九集灣區新里程（香港：港深兩地校際合唱團唱響大灣區）【Link】
廣州廣播電視台 GZBN - 湾区全媒睇第八百三十九集【Link】
騰訊網 QQ.com - 「香港校际合唱节」2025年度客席合唱团音乐会举办深圳高级中学百合合唱团赴港献艺交流【Link】
騰訊視頻 QQ.com - HKICF放眼大湾区深圳高级中学百合合唱团应邀参演香港校际合唱节【Link】
深圳特區報 Shenzhen Special Zone Daily - “香港校际合唱节”2025年度客席合唱团音乐会，深圳高级中学百合合唱团应邀赴港献艺交流，共谱艺术湾区【Link】
南方都市報 Southern Metropolis Daily－当民族风遇上粤语金曲：深港学子香江结缘，合唱湾区文化强音【Link】