40 members of the Gyeonggi-do Disabled Orchestra will be selected...The inauguration ceremony on the 3rd of next month.

Gyeonggi-do Province and the Gyeonggi Arts Center said they selected 40 members of the disabled orchestra.

18 violins, 4 violas, 5 cello, 1 contra bass, 2 flute, 2 oboe, 2 clarinet, 2 horn, 1 trumpet, 1 tuba, 2 percussion.

83 people applied for the open recruitment from September to October, and the final members were selected by conducting practical skills and interviews for each instrument from the 29th to the 30th of last month.

The Gyeonggi Arts Center, which leads the Gyeonggi-do Arts Group, including the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra and the Gyeonggi Sinawe Orchestra, will operate the orchestra for the disabled.

The selected members will work with conductor Park Sung-ho for two years from the 13th of this month, and will receive intensive guidance twice a week from professional instructors.

We are also preparing an official inauguration ceremony on December 3, World Disabled People's Day.

Provincial residents who want to sponsor can share donations and donate their talents through the Gyeonggi Art Center website (www.ggac.or.kr ).