8.30 am Music critics Joanna Lee and Ken Smith on the many performances they were able to catch at the Long Play Festival in NY including appearances by Meredith Monk and Philip Glass; Jazz at Lincoln Center and a celebration of the music of Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez; Joanthan Dove's choral piece Search for Spring performed by 800 singers and; On Site Opera's Il Tabarro

9.10 am Head of Conducting and Cultural Leadership at the HKAPA, Sharon Choa on her upcoming podium appearance with the Academy Chinese Orchestra  - her first time conducting a Chinese Orchestra - and the challenges that presents to a Western Classical Music conductor and the differences discovered