Presented by the KSU Confucius Institute and KSU School of Music, this special performance will feature singers from the Yangzhou University College of Music with additional performances by faculty and students of the KSU School of Music. The program will include Chinese folk songs, poetry, art songs, and opera as well as works by Mozart, Puccini, Gluck, and more performed by soprano Ms. Di Sheng, soprano and Head of Vocal Music Teaching, Ms. Yan Lu, and baritone and Head of Music Performance Teaching, Mr. Ting Yao.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2127/thumbnail.jp

Jenkins, Eric

Lu, Yan

Munson, Nathan

Sheng, Di

Wedge, Todd

Yao, Ting

Young, Jana

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Saturday, February 3, 2018Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center, Morgan HallSeventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Concertsof the 2017-18 Concert SeasonThursday, November 8, 2018 at 1 pmDr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center, Morgan HallThirty-second Concert of the 2018-19 Concert Season VOCAL PERFORMANCEA Chinese Cultural Exchange Concertwith Kennesaw State University School of MusicKSU Confucius Institute presents1819SEASONThe Grand Mansion GateDi Sheng, sopranoComposed by Zhao Jiping with lyrics by YI Min, The Grand Mansion Gate, the theme song of TV drama "The Grand Mansion Gate," graphically displays the charm of Chinese opera culture with Peking Opera elements integrated. Meanwhile, the lyrics show the ups and downs of a well-known Beijing family engaged in Chinese medicine, reflect on experience and explore the meaning of life.The Grand Mansion GateWith a laugh,The door is open.Heroes merged in troubled times,Tough time make life more progress,A man become a man.Affection and responsibility,striving to stronger without dependencebuild my proud and self-esteemLet's make all the world better,AlasEast Meets WestA Chinese Cultural Exchange Concert with KSU School of MusicMinuanoPat Methemy (b. 1954)arr. Bob CurnowJazz Ensemble ISam Skelton, conductorMoni mountain Ms. ShengThis is a Mongolian style song composed by the Erguna band. Originally, it took the popular singing method, as what I learned is folk singing method, I mix the folk with popular elements. The second paragraph is Mongolian singing, which embodies the song’s style. Composing and tonality are made mainly referred to Hanhong's (a famous female singer in China) edition. The song describes the beautiful scenery of hometown and the yearning for Mongolia.Moni mountainThe wind blew green grassland,Mount Moni is standing before us,Up high into the cloud,Guarding our peace.The sweet river,Irrigated our homes,by quietly flowing out of the mountains.The flow of silence has never changed.The Moni mountain is endless,Like a sacred poem,Teach me kindness and courage,to support the blue sky of grassland.The wind blew green grassland,Mount Moni is standing before us,Up high into the cloud,Guarding our peace.The moni mountain is endless,Like a sacred poem,Teach me kindness and courage,To support the blue sky of grassland.Mount Moni, up high into the clouds,Look at life passing by,Let time slowly fly,Quietly guard the grassland.Let's make all the world better,No regrets to engagingto relief common people.Hundred years of ups and downs,The Gate of Reign.A Hairline Leads across the RiverA Yangzhou folk song in Jiangsu provinceMs. Sheng The folk song tells a love story happened in the field work in Yangzhou. Singing by Yangzhou dialect, the song reflects the full style of folk songs with melodious tune and regular rhythm.A Hairline Leads across the RiverA hairline leads across the river,He bought a comb for her,She blushed when she got it.The comb is small and red,She picked up the comb and fell in love with him.Yearning SongYan Lu, sopranoYearning Song is a classic art song, composed in the 1930s and 1940s. The lyric composer is Mao Yu and the song writer is Huang Yongxi. The song starts with putting the letter on the flowing water, carrying my yearning sensation, and follows with asking about your latest news from the south flying swallows, which produces the sorrow and bitterness of longing for a dream for my lonely and helpless heart. The yearning sensation in this song is happy, pure and eternal, which seems helpless but ceaseless as the flowing water.Gonna Shout All Over God's HeavenUzee Brown, Jr. (b. 1950)Oral Moses, bass-baritoneJudith Cole, pianoYearning Song I put the letter with tear-stains, on the flowing water. When will it flow to your house, to strike your heartstrings?I once asked the south flying swallows, whether have bring yourlatest news to me. They sob for my destiny, and I long for a dream for my lonelyand helpless heart.Rainbow Sister Ting Yao, baritoneA Hebei folk song, whose accompaniment is rearranged by American composer Tcherepnin. Its melody, with both the musical characters of Mongolian and the Han nationalities, is presented in the form of strophic songs, expressing the affection of the people away from home for the lovers at home. The extra words "Uh-hey-ho-yo," repeated in the musical phrase, not only adds a special flavor into the song, but also reflects the characteristics of the northern dialect.Pupille amate Ms. LuPupille amate is an aria of the Opera Seria Lucio Silla composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he was 16 years old. The story concerns the Roman dictator Lucio Silla who lusts after Giunia, the daughter of his enemy Gaius Marius, and Giunia’s lover Cecilio. The phrases the eyes of love, please stop crying before I die, for my loyal souls will come back…sung by Giunia at a moderate and soft tone, are elegant and coherent, keeping the nature of lyricism.Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore Ms. LuA soprano aria from act 2 of the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, is one of the most representative episodes of it. The song starts with a recitative, and narrates the protagonist’s passion for art and fidelity for love, follows with an aria to describe the pious prayer with a mild and indirect melody and ends up with the highest soprano and the falling down and weeping fermata, Tosca’ extremely grief and desperation. Mignon und der HarfnerFranz Schubert (1797–1828)(Goethe)Jana Young, sopranoTodd Wedge, tenorNathan Munson, tenorEric Jenkins, pianoLa ci darem la mano (There we will give each other our hands) Mr. Yao and Ms. LuFrom Mozart's “Don Juan”. It’s the duet of Don Juan and Zerlina. This selection subtly displays the psychological changes and inner conflicts of Don Juan from the beginning when he seduces Zerlina to the end when he falls in love with her. It also depicts a libertine figure of Don Juan and innocent figure of Zerlina and meanwhile, foreshadow the plot.I love you, ChinaMr. Yao, Ms. Lu, and Ms. ShengA classic theme song of the movie Loyal Overseas Chinese Family. The lyric composer is Qu Zong and the song writer is Zheng Qiufeng. The movie narrates the story of vicissitudes of life for overseas Chinese who cared a lot about their motherland. The song expresses overseas Chinese’s nostalgic affections to their motherland incisively and vividly. This song always arouses great love of Chinese people to the motherland from their deep inside.In the MountainsMr. YaoA Chinese art song, composed by composer Chen Tianhe based on the poet Xu Zhimo's poem. Xu Zhimo wrote the poem to Lin Huiyin in the last year of his life, after he visited Lin Huiyin in Fragrant Hills and found Lin Huiyin pined away in her recuperation. After returning to the dwelling place, in a late-night tranquility, he wrote this well-known poem, expressing his delicate feelings to his ex-lover. The feelings are more than friendship but different from love. In the process of creation, the composer put a great emphasis on piano accompaniment, using triplet, quintuplet, as well as changing rhythms and other techniques to express the inner feelings of the poet delicately and accurately. O del mio dolce ardorMr. YaoA selection from the opera Paride ed Elena by German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. This opera is an important representative work of Gluck’s opera reform. Its smooth and natural melody, concise accompaniment, steady rhythm, strong music emotions vividly express Paride’s affection for Elena.Dui Dui Dengfrom A Set of Chinese Folk Songs: Vol. IIIChen Yi (b. 1953)Chamber SingersSherri N. Barrett, pianoLeslie J. Blackwell, conductorI love you, China!I love you, the flourishing rice seedling the spring. 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KSU Confucius Institute presents  East Meets West  Chinese-American Cultural Exchange Concert

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KSU Confucius Institute presents East Meets West Chinese-American Cultural Exchange Concert

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