Chung King-yat is currently studying in the fourth year of the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Creative Arts and Culture and Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Music) (Five-year Full-time) (co-terminal double degree) at the Education University of Hong Kong. He was awarded the “Parsons Music Scholarship" in 2021. Chung studied the saxophone under the guidance of Mr. Martin Choy Kwok-tin, and also learned handbells and handbell conducting from Ms. Wong Wai-ching, Ms. Leung Lai-shee, and Ms. Yeung Tsz-ting.

Chung continued to study ensemble music through performance, conducting, and composition, and achieved distinction in the AMusTCL from Trinity College London in recent years. After entering the Education University of Hong Kong, Chung joined many ensembles in EdUHK, and was awarded the 23-24 CASH Composition Award of the EdUHK department of Cultural and Creative Arts.

This work is inspired by Wu Guanzhong’s Spring Breeze. Since wind cannot be directly depicted on canvas, Wu Guanzhong used a sky full of kites to evoke the fleeting, whimsical presence of the spring breeze. Similarly, this composition attempts to capture the traces of wind through the movement of kites — sometimes strong, sometimes gentle, ever-changing. The piece extensively employs the wholetone scale and parallel fourths to enhance its sense of instability and weightlessness. Most sections focus on the melodic contour of individual instruments, creating imagery of kites in motion.