Last night's "Big Diamond" was particularly bright. Every child was like a star, shining on the music-loving stage. On the evening of February 1st, the Shenyang Daily Children’s Chorus New Year’s Concert, a series of events celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of Shenyang Daily, was held as scheduled at the Shengjing Grand Theater. 20 Chinese and foreign songs were sung one after another, and the children welcomed the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon with their heavenly voices.
Bursts of applause:
presents a high-level chorus in a down-to-earth manner
Reporters from Shenyang Evening News and Shenyang Daily saw at the scene that the entire concert officially opened as the melody of the song "Dandelion", which was familiar to the audience, was played. Songs such as "Walking in the Snow to Seek Plum Blossoms", "Let's Swing the Oars" and "Ride on the Wings of Singing" not only show the style and childishness of the Shenyang Daily Children's Chorus, but also use cheerful notes to deliver wonderful moments to the audience. The New Year blessings triggered bursts of applause from the audience. Later, the children brought two English songs, "the seal lullaby" and "can you hear me". Their faces were filled with confidence when they sang, showing the charm of the choral art.
Last year, the children of the International Class of the Shenyang Daily Children’s Choir took home the trophy for the children’s category of the 12th World Peace Choir Festival at the Golden Hall in Vienna. This time, they not only brought the song "Sound Has Love" that they sang in Vienna, but also performed "As You Wish" with a beautiful meaning. The children's singing was like a clear spring flowing into the hearts of the audience. Wang Qiushi, the permanent conductor of the
choir, said that a lot of effort has been put into the arrangement of the repertoire for this concert. “We have chosen songs with positive energy. Some of the songs have divided parts and added sign language dances. We just want to use down-to-earth songs.” The method presents a high-level chorus." Duan Xiaoxiao, who is also the permanent conductor of the choir, hopes that this concert will not only allow the children to gain growth, but also let the audience understand the power of chorus, which can transcend mountains and seas and soothe the soul.
Endless love:
They have gained growth and happiness in the choir.
The reporter saw that in addition to the new members, many old members returned in this performance. Among them, Zhang Jinge and Liu Jianxu, who accompanied "Xiaoya", are "in Kids who grew up in the choir." Liu Jianxu, who is in his first year of high school this year, told reporters that he is very much looking forward to this performance. "The choir is where my dream started. Coming back this time is like handing in a 'report card' to my family." Liu Jianxu said that in the Shenyang Daily Children's Chorus During the few years of study, he learned to communicate and cooperate, and became more confident. Zhang Jinge, who is also a freshman in high school, was one of the first members of the choir. He smiled and said that the best time of his childhood was spent in the choir.
Throughout the performance, there was a special child, she was Wang Yiyi, the lead singer of "Love Is My Eyes". The reporter learned from the interview that after eight years of groping in the dark, the blind boy Wang Yiyi came to the Shenyang Daily Children's Chorus. Under the careful cultivation of teachers, this lark with broken wings opened another window to the world with his melodious singing voice. Her mother, Ms. Wu, said that it was the love of the choir that made the child cheerful and positive. It was also these songs that reproduced the beautiful white clouds, stars, flowers and rainbows in the child's heart.
In addition, the concert also invited the Qingfeng Choir of the Shenyang Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Tongming Children's Chorus of the Second Primary School of Erjing Street, Shenhe District. They respectively brought "The Motherland Will Not Forget", "China in the Lights" and " "Towards the Clouds", with its majestic and passionate melody, inspiring lyrics and familiar melodies, the concert has been pushed to climax time and time again.
Full of hope:
used chorus to promote Shenyang.
In the end, the whole concert came to an end with the chorus of "Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China". Many audience members still had lingering interest and were unwilling to leave for a long time. Yu Hui, director of the Shenyang Daily Children's Chorus, said that this concert uses the beautiful, pure and straightforward children's chorus art as a bridge to enhance the cultural influence of Shenyang, showcase and promote Shenyang culture, and highlight the bright style of "International Shenyang".
As a national A-level choir, the Shenyang Daily Children's Chorus, co-founded by Shenyang Daily and Shenyang Conservatory of Music, has been in its 9th year. In the past 9 years, the Shenyang Daily Children's Choir has appeared on the CCTV stage many times and won gold medals in international choral competitions many times. At the same time, this is a team that spreads love. For two consecutive summer vacations, the choir brought more than a hundred children from two choirs in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, to Shenyang, where they received free food and accommodation. They invited choral experts from Shenyang Conservatory of Music for voluntary training, and helped the children win prizes in national choral competitions. They presented themselves on the stage of CCTV Children’s Spring Festival Gala. Today, the Shenyang Daily Children's Chorus has become a cultural business card of Shenyang and has participated in many large-scale events to promote Shenyang. At present, Shenyang's cultural tourism continues to be booming. Yu Hui said frankly that she hopes to use chorus to help Shenyang and spread Shenyang's love and hope with singing.
Chief reporter of Shenyang Evening News and Shenyang Daily All-Media Huai Ye
Photojournalist Wang Yan Shan Xingzhuo
Editor Li Dan