In August 2025, the monograph Tracing the History of Wind Bands in Macau (1600-1950) by Professor Dai Dingcheng, a doctoral supervisor in musicology at our faculty, and 24th doctoral student Hong Siu Koeng in musicology will be published by Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Company Limited. The monograph systematically traces the history of wind music from the seventeenth to the mid-twentieth century and presents contemporary findings, offering a first-time research-based discussion of a wealth of archival materials related to wind music. Through historical evidence and a sense of cultural exchange and mutual learning between the East and West in today's global context, it extends into a significant case study of music history with profound historical, cultural, and academic value. The publication of this monograph not only offers a rich academic foundation for research on Chinese wind music history but also opens the new field of vision for the study of Macau music history and urban music culture.

Professor Dai Dingcheng, one of the authors of the book, is a leading expert of Chinese music academia in the study of early European music. He has been in Macau for more than 20 years and has devoted himself to the study of Macau music with such a research background. Lots of Macau music research monographs are highly praised in the academic community. His works span different research fields such as music history, folk music, religious music, and urban music. He has published more than 10 monographs in Chinese, English, and Portuguese in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, Europe, and the United States. He has published more than 100 papers in Chinese, English, Japanese, and Portuguese, and more than 100 other academic articles.

In addition, Professor Dai's other monograph on Macau urban music research, Research on 20th Century Macau Folk and Ritual Music, as well as the key project achievement of the Ministry of Culture under his leadership, Integration of Chinese Folk Songs - Macau Volume, will be published by the end of this year.

(Author: Shen Yutian, PhD student of the 23rd and assistant at the Macau Urban Music Research Center of Faculty of Innovation and Design at City University of Macau)