DJWIND FIRST ANNUAL CONCERT (2010) Artistic Director / Planning: Jian Ding Musical Director / Musical Performance Direction: Kang Yuan Stage Director: Jane Wen Host: Diana Ding
1. Grand Entry - Drums "Drums and Bells for a Plentiful Harvest"Arrangement: Yiyun Li The tune is warm and joyous, exciting and expansive, expressing the joyful excitement of the harvest scene.Mr. Jian Ding's pairing of this music to the large-scale drum performance adds to the atmosphere of gleeful noise.
2.Guzheng Quartet "By Butterfly Spring"Arrangement:Zhenbang Lei Every year people from every ethnic group come together at the foot of the scenic green mountains for a March Festival, and decked out in their finest outfits they gather by the famous Butterfly Spring to run the traditional horse races, play games and trade their local products.Young men and women mingle and make friends. Performers:Malina Jiang, Maggie Lin, Kristie Dang, Sirui Xiao, Margaret Deng, LAI JiaweiVivian Lai, Jassica Cao, Elena Zhang
3.Hulusi (Gourd Flute) Ensemble"Nocturne of the Green Island"Arrangement: Lanping Zhou With Taiwan's "green and rolling" scenery as its background, this is a musical portrait of love, in a gentle and beautiful tune.This melody was selected as No. 3 on the "20th Century 100 Famous Songs" list. Performers:DJ Wind Beginning Class Members
4.Drum Ensemble Performance"Flying Dragon and Leaping Tiger"Arrangement:Minxiong Li Like a dragon soaring through the sky, like a tiger leaping through the air, the music describes the strength of the beasts’ movements, and their vigorous forward charging. Lead Drummer:YingnanZhang Performers: Tiffenny Tsung, Malina Jiang Stella Huang, Julian Brian Cook , Hanweng Zhang, Randy Long
5.Flute Ensemble"Spurring the Horses to Carry the Grain"Arrangement:WEI Xianzhong Using popular musical language and enthusiastic song to describe peasants happily bringing their bumper crops to the bustling harvest, the thumping of the horses' hooves, and the singing of the carriage wheels.The merry peasant raises the crop to drive his horse and spread the joy of the plentiful harvest over the country path.This is a well-known flute solo piece. Performers: Hanweng Zhang, Randy Long, Aaron Garg ,Emily Lo, Huang Stella , Malina Jiang ,Rachel Wong, Cassie Chen ,Wendy Mu
6.Adults Drum Performance"Chinese Drums"Composition:YAO Xiaoqiang Drum Arrangement:Jian DingYingnan Zhang Strike the drum in the Springtime; Begin the music once more; Strike the drum in the Summer; Thunderstorms make way; Strike the drum in the Autumn; Come celebrate one and all; Strike the drum in the Winter; Feel the warmth like a furnace nearby; See our Chinese drums; Five thousand years of music; Hear our Chinese drums; Pounding though the valleys, ringing across the sea; Strike our Chinese drums; Our confidence is ever growing; Sound our Chinese drums; Let them never fall silent! Lead drummer:Long Li
7.Eight Women's Instrumental Ensemble"Chinese Folksong Medley"Arrangement:Jian Ding This medley is primarily composed of the best folksong from Western China. Performers:Emily Lo (flute), Stella Huang(hulusi), Rachel wong (erhu), Lillian Huang (dulcimer), Malina Jiang (guzheng), Cassie Chen (pipa), SophiaHemeth (liaoqin), Tiffenny Tsung (percussion)
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8.Drumming Performance "Nine Days of the Phoenix Dance" Drum Arrangement:Yingnan Zhang A harmonious mixture of Chinese traditional drumming, contemporary music, and onstage physical language, the performance brings the performance of Chinese drums into a new space, encompassing sound and vision, offering a new sense of enjoyment. Performers:DustinTri-Khang Tran et al
9.Flute, Guzheng, and Cello Trio"Flowers' Funeral Song"Composition:Wang Liping Arrangement:Jian Ding Verse from the novel Dream of the Red Chamber:Flowers wilted and windblown fill the sky; Who will pity the colors disappeared and fragrance lost? Soft spider webs waft between the Spring pavilions; And willows lightly weep with the wind against the embroidered curtain Performers:Jian Ding (flute), Linda Yu(guzheng), Sasa Deng (cello)
10. Cello Quartet "The Moon Resembles My Heart" Arrangement: Phil Young Performers: Sasa Deng, Rachel Xu, Yao Wong, Nancy Zhang
11. Teachers' Ensemble Performance"Stay Awhile, O Guest From Afar"Arrangement:MAI Ding The music describes the joyous harvest day gathering of the Yi people of Yunnan Province as they join together with their guests to celebrate.The warm, energetic, happy, and naturally beautiful tunes express the pure feelings of friendship as people come together. Performers:DJ Wind Teaching Staff
12.Mother and Daughter Drum Duet "The Ox Battles the Tiger"Arrangement:Wang Guojie This is a drum duo with a striking name and a strong character, in which yin and yang are exposed in the technique.The musical vocabulary is largely drawn from large-scale chegu style ceremonial drumming, and through interlocking and opposed drum patterns, through three stages of "meeting," "playing," and "doing battle," the music reveals to the audience the ox's ferocious strength and the tiger's martial valor. Performers:Ying Tsung and Tiffenny Tsung
13.Chinese Folk Music Instrumental EnsembleConductor:Jian Ding Musical Principal:Huang Haojiang
1) "Beautiful Flowers, Round Moon" Composition:Huang Yijun Rearranged by:Peng Xiuwen The entirety of the music is vigorous and happy, with a gentle melodic theme, employing deep colors to express dance rhythms.The piece realistically describes the pleasures of enjoying flowers under the moon, and the accompanying soft song and courtly dance.
2) "A Chinese Folk Tune" Composition:Feng Xiaoquan Arrangement:Fu Peihua This is a much-performed, timeless folksong, made famous across the Chinese nation after its revival as part of the 1995 Chinese New Year television broadcast.The words to the song are evocative and poetic, the melody loping and relaxed; familiar and calm, painting a picture in sound, it is a pure expression of the heart.
3) "The Beautiful Phoenix-Tail Bamboo"Arrangement:Yang Chunlin The music features the sound of the hulusi (gourd flute) as its lead, transporting the listener with its fascinating sound to the wondrous Xishuangbanna region of Yunnan Province.The sound is beautiful and moving, painting a portrait of the land and people of Guangxi and Yunnan. Lead Performers:Hanweng Zhang ( Bawu), Rachel Wong (Gaohu), Justin Jiang ( Sheng)
4) "Wild Dance of the Golden Snake"Arrangement:Ni Er A piece typically performed on Chinese holidays and festival days, the music recreates the thrill of popular dragon-style dances and the clatter of gongs and drums in a vivid portrait of national character and life.The music is accompanied by exciting drums and gongs, giving it a thrilling, vivacious quality.
5) "Jingle Bells" Arrangement: Piermont A happy, rolling American song, the music describes a band of children rollicking in the snow in a horse-drawn sleigh, the sound of their laughter mingling with the crisp tones of the horse's bell.The music portrays the children's joyful character and lust for life.
不要求所有學生成為音樂家，而希望把他們培養成具有高尚品格，具備綜合才能的人。
Nurture Noble Character. Cultivate Abilities to Succeed.