Nandu News reporter Cai Liyi "Let's make it more exciting together and cheer for Guangzhou..." "Pomegranate seeds are a family, and the nation is united and united...", on the evening of August 30, one after another popular songs were played at Guangzhou Xinghai Music Chen Yanru, a young singer who sang at the children's concert in the hall and brought wonderful performances to everyone, is only 12 years old. She is a sunny girl born in Xinjiang, the United States, and grew up in the vibrant Guangzhou. At a young age, she has successfully recorded her personal hifi album "If I Were a Cloud", which was published by China Records Guangzhou Co., Ltd.
This "Same Dream with Tong Jingwei" "If I Were a Cloud" Chen Yanru solo concert was hosted by the Guangzhou Musicians Association, co-organized by the Music Production Committee of the Guangzhou Musicians Association and Tong Jingwei, aiming to pass the children's voice concert form, showing the energetic and positive spirit of children in the new era. The music director of this concert, Teacher Wang Houming, and his disciple Chen Yanru were interviewed before the concert and revealed the rich and diverse performance forms and unique performance design at the concert.
Make a concert that is happy, relaxing, and freeing children's nature
Many of the popular songs that are familiar to the public in this concert were composed by the well-known musician Wang Houming. As the music director of this concert, he once composed the Guangzhou Asian Games Volunteers He has also composed many excellent award-winning children's songs in recent years and successfully held a series of children's concerts. Wang Houming told reporters: "When we hold such a children's concert, we hope to hold not only a concert for one person, but also a concert for a group of children. Therefore, in the opening song of this concert, there will be More than 20 children from the Children's Wonderful Choir sang together. We hope that this will be a very happy, very relaxing concert that releases children's nature, and will be interspersed with some charity links to help children cultivate their love from an early age. "
At the concert, in addition to singing a number of solo songs such as "Invisible Wings", "Dance Monkey", and "Exploring the Window", she and her friends from the Tong Jingjiao Chorus also sang and danced together. I'm a Hakka Girl", "Youth Dance", "The Sun Never Sets" and many other cheerful songs had the whole audience singing along. In particular, Chen Yanru and her brother Chen Guangwei crooned the folk-style "Chengdu" together, and the nostalgic classic Cantonese song "Flower Protector" sang and danced with her parents, which brought the concert to a climax.
Chen Yanru sings a duet with his brother Chen Guangwei.
Chen Yanru and her parents performed the classic Cantonese song "The Flower Protector".
From the "Chen Yanru Art Growth Story" vcr played at the concert, we saw that the "Children's Wonderful Choir" established by musician Wang Houming is committed to using music to spread public welfare and fulfill children's music dreams. As the lead singer of the choir, Chen Yanru followed her parents from Xinjiang to Guangzhou to study in the third grade. She began to study music systematically from teacher Wang Houming, singing all the way while happily doing charity work. For this concert, Chen Yanru specially created a painting to pass on the dream to caring people. He donated digital pianos and small percussion instruments to the central primary school in Tokezhak Town, Shufu County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, which was built with the assistance of Guangdong Province, and established Country Music Classroom, and also led the children of the children's choir to sing happily with local children in Xinjiang.
The MV for the concert theme song "If I Were a Cloud" co-created by teacher Wang Houming and chief director Deng Tong was premiered on the night of the concert, and the MV was released in Xinjiang The shooting, the perfect combination of the vast and magnificent Xinjiang scenery and the natural sounds of children brought a different audio-visual enjoyment to the audience.
music producer Wang Houming specially introduced this newly released hifi record, which records Chen Yanru's music growth process over the past three years. He said that he deliberately recorded different songs at different times in order to record Yanru through his singing. Different timbre changes and singing technique advances during childhood. In "Invisible Wings" in the album, you can hear the tenderness of an innocent child's voice, like the wings of a newborn bird yearning to fly.
Wang Houming said: "I have taught many children over the years, and Yanru is a very unique one. She was born and raised in Xinjiang, and came to Guangzhou Dongfeng East Road Primary School at the age of 3. She has the Xinjiang girls who are good at singing and dancing. Her voice is particularly good, and she can quickly make us dance with her as soon as she starts singing." The new album specially adapted a Xinjiang classic folk song "Youth Dance", and Yanru was also in the concert that night. There was singing and dancing on the spot, and the arrangement of world music styles and children's singing were combined to make the songs more novel and fashionable. Yanru has a naturally good voice. Teacher Wang Houming also adapted a classic Guangxi folk song "Folk Song is Like Spring River Water". This children's version has been collected as a mobile ringtone by many music lovers. As her singing level continued to improve, in the sixth grade, Yanru began to experiment with different music styles. She successively recorded songs such as "The Sun Never Sets", "Pillow Fairy Tale" and the English song "Dance Monkey", combining electronic dance music, rock , pop and other music styles are integrated with each other, constantly breaking through themselves, giving everyone a refreshing feeling.
Chen Yanru’s parents are very fond of music. In order to express her love for her parents, she specially recorded a song "The Big Sky" in the album, as well as the Cantonese classic song "The Flower Protector", which she sang with her father. After learning song composition from teacher Wang Houming, Chen Yanru wrote and composed her own lyrics and music to complete her first original song "Beautiful Childhood" to record the happy times of her childhood. These songs full of childlike innocence and vitality were all displayed in this concert.
In the interview, Chen Yanru introduced herself as an optimistic, confident and sunny girl who has loved all kinds of arts since she was a child. She likes singing, piano, dancing, painting, etc. During the three years of studying music with teacher Wang Houming, she broadened her knowledge of music. gained insights, gained a deeper understanding of singing techniques, and developed the diversity of his own singing styles. As the lead singer of Guangzhou's "Children's Wonderful Choir", she led the team to win the special prize in the Guangdong Provincial and Municipal Children's Rhyme Competition for three consecutive years in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Her personal singing of "Virtue in My Heart" won the municipal nursery rhyme competition. First prize, in 2023, she was also named the 8th "Most Beautiful South Cantonese Teenager" in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City.
Chen Yanru’s mentor Wang Houming (left) and Luo Hong, vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Musicians Association.
It is worth mentioning that on the night of Chen Yanru's "If I Were a Cloud" solo concert, many big names in the music industry attended to support her. Luo Hong, vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Musicians Association, who has trained many outstanding local vocal talents such as Gao Linsheng, Zhou Bichang, Dongshan Shaoye, Liu Xijun, Yu Haoming, Hemingway, etc., also took to the stage to support Chen Yanru and chatted with Chen Yanru’s mentor Wang Houming. Improvise a chorus. When the two senior musicians talked about how to cultivate a new generation of music talents, they both mentioned that students should be taught according to their voices. Chen Yanru’s pure and clear voice and love for music made Wang Houming quickly decide to accept her as his apprentice and start a system. He also believed that this optimistic and thoughtful girl would have a bright future in music.
Nandu News reporter Cai Liyi "Let's make it more exciting together and cheer for Guangzhou..." "Pomegranate seeds are a family, and the nation is united and united...", on the evening of August 30, one after another popular songs were played at Guangzhou Xinghai Music Chen Yanru, a young singer who sang at the children's concert in the hall and brought wonderful performances to everyone, is only 12 years old. She is a sunny girl born in Xinjiang, the United States, and grew up in the vibrant Guangzhou. At a young age, she has successfully recorded her personal hifi album "If I Were a Cloud", which was published by China Records Guangzhou Co., Ltd.
This "Same Dream with Tong Jingwei" "If I Were a Cloud" Chen Yanru solo concert was hosted by the Guangzhou Musicians Association, co-organized by the Music Production Committee of the Guangzhou Musicians Association and Tong Jingwei, aiming to pass the children's voice concert form, showing the energetic and positive spirit of children in the new era. The music director of this concert, Teacher Wang Houming, and his disciple Chen Yanru were interviewed before the concert and revealed the rich and diverse performance forms and unique performance design at the concert.
Make a concert that is happy, relaxing, and freeing children's nature
Many of the popular songs that are familiar to the public in this concert were composed by the well-known musician Wang Houming. As the music director of this concert, he once composed the Guangzhou Asian Games Volunteers He has also composed many excellent award-winning children's songs in recent years and successfully held a series of children's concerts. Wang Houming told reporters: "When we hold such a children's concert, we hope to hold not only a concert for one person, but also a concert for a group of children. Therefore, in the opening song of this concert, there will be More than 20 children from the Children's Wonderful Choir sang together. We hope that this will be a very happy, very relaxing concert that releases children's nature, and will be interspersed with some charity links to help children cultivate their love from an early age. "
At the concert, in addition to singing a number of solo songs such as "Invisible Wings", "Dance Monkey", and "Exploring the Window", she and her friends from the Tong Jingjiao Chorus also sang and danced together. I'm a Hakka Girl", "Youth Dance", "The Sun Never Sets" and many other cheerful songs had the whole audience singing along. In particular, Chen Yanru and her brother Chen Guangwei crooned the folk-style "Chengdu" together, and the nostalgic classic Cantonese song "Flower Protector" sang and danced with her parents, which brought the concert to a climax.
Chen Yanru sings a duet with his brother Chen Guangwei.
Chen Yanru and her parents performed the classic Cantonese song "The Flower Protector".
From the "Chen Yanru Art Growth Story" vcr played at the concert, we saw that the "Children's Wonderful Choir" established by musician Wang Houming is committed to using music to spread public welfare and fulfill children's music dreams. As the lead singer of the choir, Chen Yanru followed her parents from Xinjiang to Guangzhou to study in the third grade. She began to study music systematically from teacher Wang Houming, singing all the way while happily doing charity work. For this concert, Chen Yanru specially created a painting to pass on the dream to caring people. He donated digital pianos and small percussion instruments to the central primary school in Tokezhak Town, Shufu County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, which was built with the assistance of Guangdong Province, and established Country Music Classroom, and also led the children of the children's choir to sing happily with local children in Xinjiang.
The MV for the concert theme song "If I Were a Cloud" co-created by teacher Wang Houming and chief director Deng Tong was premiered on the night of the concert, and the MV was released in Xinjiang The shooting, the perfect combination of the vast and magnificent Xinjiang scenery and the natural sounds of children brought a different audio-visual enjoyment to the audience.
music producer Wang Houming specially introduced this newly released hifi record, which records Chen Yanru's music growth process over the past three years. He said that he deliberately recorded different songs at different times in order to record Yanru through his singing. Different timbre changes and singing technique advances during childhood. In "Invisible Wings" in the album, you can hear the tenderness of an innocent child's voice, like the wings of a newborn bird yearning to fly.
Wang Houming said: "I have taught many children over the years, and Yanru is a very unique one. She was born and raised in Xinjiang, and came to Guangzhou Dongfeng East Road Primary School at the age of 3. She has the Xinjiang girls who are good at singing and dancing. Her voice is particularly good, and she can quickly make us dance with her as soon as she starts singing." The new album specially adapted a Xinjiang classic folk song "Youth Dance", and Yanru was also in the concert that night. There was singing and dancing on the spot, and the arrangement of world music styles and children's singing were combined to make the songs more novel and fashionable. Yanru has a naturally good voice. Teacher Wang Houming also adapted a classic Guangxi folk song "Folk Song is Like Spring River Water". This children's version has been collected as a mobile ringtone by many music lovers. As her singing level continued to improve, in the sixth grade, Yanru began to experiment with different music styles. She successively recorded songs such as "The Sun Never Sets", "Pillow Fairy Tale" and the English song "Dance Monkey", combining electronic dance music, rock , pop and other music styles are integrated with each other, constantly breaking through themselves, giving everyone a refreshing feeling.
Chen Yanru’s parents are very fond of music. In order to express her love for her parents, she specially recorded a song "The Big Sky" in the album, as well as the Cantonese classic song "The Flower Protector", which she sang with her father. After learning song composition from teacher Wang Houming, Chen Yanru wrote and composed her own lyrics and music to complete her first original song "Beautiful Childhood" to record the happy times of her childhood. These songs full of childlike innocence and vitality were all displayed in this concert.
In the interview, Chen Yanru introduced herself as an optimistic, confident and sunny girl who has loved all kinds of arts since she was a child. She likes singing, piano, dancing, painting, etc. During the three years of studying music with teacher Wang Houming, she broadened her knowledge of music. gained insights, gained a deeper understanding of singing techniques, and developed the diversity of his own singing styles. As the lead singer of Guangzhou's "Children's Wonderful Choir", she led the team to win the special prize in the Guangdong Provincial and Municipal Children's Rhyme Competition for three consecutive years in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Her personal singing of "Virtue in My Heart" won the municipal nursery rhyme competition. First prize, in 2023, she was also named the 8th "Most Beautiful South Cantonese Teenager" in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City.
Chen Yanru’s mentor Wang Houming (left) and Luo Hong, vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Musicians Association.
It is worth mentioning that on the night of Chen Yanru's "If I Were a Cloud" solo concert, many big names in the music industry attended to support her. Luo Hong, vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Musicians Association, who has trained many outstanding local vocal talents such as Gao Linsheng, Zhou Bichang, Dongshan Shaoye, Liu Xijun, Yu Haoming, Hemingway, etc., also took to the stage to support Chen Yanru and chatted with Chen Yanru’s mentor Wang Houming. Improvise a chorus. When the two senior musicians talked about how to cultivate a new generation of music talents, they both mentioned that students should be taught according to their voices. Chen Yanru’s pure and clear voice and love for music made Wang Houming quickly decide to accept her as his apprentice and start a system. He also believed that this optimistic and thoughtful girl would have a bright future in music.