Musical Moments :

Musical Moments 2009 Band

: A Hong Kong home grown drummer with over 15 years of performing in live concerts as well as performing as a session musician. He was trained in NY under Drummers Collective and instructed by Master Donald Ashley and Felando Carpio. He had performed for and with many different artist and concerts, such like Albert Au, Teresa Cheung, John Laudon, Ben Leung, Jade Kwan, Sunny Wong, ACM HK, ACM Canada, Musical Moments, ESF school association and many more. In 2005, he jointed HK Disneyland as the drummer for the inauguration orchestra. Currently, he is the musical director of Assembly of God Christian Church.

: Kai Djuric, a Serbian born Canadian has been playing trumpet for over twenty years. He is a graduate of Humber College and a Berklee School of music scholarship recipient. Kai arrived to Kong Kong five years ago with a band that opened JJ's and performed there for a year, after which he settled down. Kai continues to perform regularly with his band and create new and captivating music as well as run a music studio where he works and teaches.

: World Renowned Guitarist, Vocalist, Songwriter, Artist. By the tender age of eleven, Kevin Guffy was playing guitar and singing at local venues and headlining major events in the Portland, Oregon area. At age thirteen, Kevin began writing his own music and throughout the years, he bas written lyrics and composed music to over 100 songs. Kevin is adept and comfortable performing rock, blues and jazz music. He has worked regionally and throughout the world sharing the stage with heavyweights such as John Lee Hooker, The Ink Spots, Harry Conick Jr, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Albert Collins and Wynton Marseilles just to name a few!

: Fondly known as "Ah Chiu", began his music career as a session keyboardist at the Stella Tse Concert. At that time he was only a secondary 5 student. From there he went onto become an active musician at various productions including pop and charity concerts, theater productions, arrangement for solo albums, and the list goes on. His roles in the above involvements include pianist, keyboardist, bassist, band leader and arranger, and had cooperated with local and oversea artists such as Tony Vincent, Albert Au, Stella Tse, Jade Kwan, etc. Currently he is the assistant music director for the upcoming concert of Louie Castro, and he had performed in every Musical Moments production since 2005 till now.

: Roland Salcedo was born in Manila, Philippines and was given his first piano lesson by his father. After developing a passion for jazz, he attended a Jazz Clinic in 1982 and continued his studies at the University of the Philippines School of Music.
bjm Having resided in Hong Kong for the last twenty years, Roland has played jazz music in hotels, jazz clubs, recordings and live show performances. In the early 1990s he was introduced to one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, Natalie Cole, who asked him to play on her upcoming album. He has collaborated with internationally renowned musicians in Hong Kong, including jazz guitarist Eugene Pao, Tony Carpio, Ritchie Cole, and Ted Lo. Roland enjoys playing the music of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, H. Carmichael, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington and others.

: Choy Lap Tak studied percussion at APA and was later the Principal Percussionist with the HK Philharmonic Orchestra. As a recipient of the HK Jockey Club scholarship he furthers his study at the Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music. He further studied Timpani under Ian Wright, and percussion under Dave Hassel.
Lap Tak actively participated music scene in Hong Kong performing with the HK Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonietta, Academy of St. Martins in the Fields as well as musical productions of West Side Story, Damn Yankee, The Wizard of OZ, My Fair Lady, Pirates of Penzance and Crazy for you. In 1994, he performed in CATS and toured Korea and Hong Kong. Choy had toured extensively all over the world including Sydney, Singapore and China. When he is not performing, Choy is the resident percussion tutor at the HK APA. He is member of "HK Percussion Ensemble" & "Jenga Percussion Group" and the endorser of Zildjian Cymbal Company, Latin Percussion Company and consultant of Drum Kit of Trinity College of Music and Rock School.

: One of the most sought-after bassists around town, Robert...as he is called by many, migrated to Hong Kong from the city of Urdaneta, Pangasinan in the Philippines. Born on the 23rd of March 1963, he has been playing bass since 1981 in various lounges, clubs, bars and hotels such as The Regent Hotel from 1991 to 1998, Cafe Deco at the Peak from 1999 to 2001, Pennisula Hong Kong from 2001 to 2003, Ritz Carlton HK from 2003 to 2004, Cafe Deco Airport from 2004 to 2005, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong from 2005 to 2006, Kowloong Shangrila Hotel from 2006 to 2007, Mandarin Oriental 2007 to 2008 and presently at Conrad Hotel specializing in Jazz, Pop, Broadway and Dance Tunes.