Revised on 15 June 2017

School of Music
2017/2018 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
MUS MUS HOLIDAYS, EVENTS & DATES OF MUS MUS HOLIDAYS, EVENTS & DATES OF
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Sr Jr EXAMINATION SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Sr Jr EXAMINATION
August 2017 21-26 Orientation Week
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 25 Orientation Day
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1 26 Jr 1st Sem Begins
27 28 29 30 31 1 1 28 1st Semester Begins
September 2017 March 2018 4 Open Day
1 2 1 2 2 Jr Orientation Ceremony, 3pm 1 2 3 5 8 5 Classes suspended after Open Day
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 8 5-9 Music Project week
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 3 16 Information Day 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 7 9 20,22,24 Opera Performances
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 4 4 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 8 10 24-28 Conducting Masterclass for Chin. Mus only ()
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 5 5 25 26 27 28 29 #30 #31 9 - #30/3-5/4 Easter Non-teaching Period
30/3-2/4 Easter Holiday
October 2017 April 2018
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 6 2 The day following National Day #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 6 7 9 11 5 Ching Ming Festival
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7 7 5 The day following Mid-Autumn Festival 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 10 12 #30/3-5/4 Easter Non-teaching Period
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 8 8 28 Chung Yeung Festival 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 (11) 13 30/3-2/4 Easter Holiday
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 9 - 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (12) 14 16-27 Academy Production Weeks
29 30 31 10 8 29 30 13 14

November 2017 May 2018 1 Labour Day

1 2 3 4 10 9 6-10 Music Project Week 1 `2 3 4 5 13 15 2 Chinese Orchestra Concert
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (11) 10 6-17 Academy Production Weeks 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15+ 2-18 Graduation Recitals
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 (12) 11 24 Academy Symphony Orchestra Concert 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 7 Scholarship Presentation and Donors Appreciation Gathering
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 13 12 29 Chinese Orchestra Concert 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 16 14-18 CS/ME Exams /
26 27 28 29 30 14 12 30/11-1/12 Opera Scenes 27 28 29 30 31 s1 21-25 Maj Study/Prcatical Exams /
22 The Buddha's Birthday
26 2nd Semester Ends
28/5-9/6 Summer Term
December 2017 June 2018
1 2 14 13 30/11-1/12 Opera Scenes 1 2 s1
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15 14 4-6 International Symposium on Practice-as-Research 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 s2 6,13 2nd Semester Grades Meeting
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 15 4-11 Major Study/Prcatical Exams / 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 28/5-9/6 Summer Term
17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 - 12-15 CS/ME Exams / 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 18 Tuen Ng Festival
#24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 - 16 1st Semester Ends 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Graduation Day (in week commencing 18 June)
#31 #18/12-1/1 X'mas Non-teaching Period
25-26 Christmas Holiday
January 2018 July 2018
#1 2 3 4 5 6 w1 1 1 The 1st Day of Jan. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 The day following HKSAR Establishment Day
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 w2 2 2-6 Professional Development Workshops 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 3 2-12 MMus Lec.Rec., Diag. Ass 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2 4 2-22 Concerto Exams/Concert Aria/Composition Exams // 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
28 29 30 31 3 4 2-13 Winter Term 29 30 31
4,5,11,12 Composition Recording
15 2nd Semester Begins
29/1-9/2 Concerto Trials
31 1st Semester Grades Meeting
February 2018 August 2018
1 2 3 3 5 29/1-9/2 Concerto Trials 1 2 3 4
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 6 #12-24 Lunar New Year Non-teaching Period 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 - - 16-19 Lunar New Year Holiday 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
#18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 - 7 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
25 26 27 28 5 7 26 27 28 29 30 31

Keys: Public Holiday Music Project Weeks (no classes scheduled for Contextual Studies, Music Electives )
# Non-teaching Period Academy Production Weeks (No classes scheduled for Liberal Arts, Interdisciplinary, Languages, Music and Academy Electives Courses ,)
w1,2Winter Term Academy & Music Project Weeks (No classes scheduled for Contextua Studies, Liberal Arts, Interdisciplinary, Languages, Music and Academy Electives Courses , , )
s1,2 Summer Term Academic Development Day
Special Event School Management Committee - Grades Meetings -
Examinations