Nord Anglia Performing Arts Festival China, 2019 Choral

CHOIRAL

Nord Anglia Performing Arts Festival China, 

2019 Choral

From 16th-18th May, BSB Shunyi hosted the first ever Nord Anglia Choral Festival with over 200 students participating from 9 Nord Anglia China schools. Students and teachers had been rehearsing the pieces for months and finally were able to put them together under the direction of our guest conductor Dinah Helgeson. For three days, Dinah worked with the students and music teachers on technique and interpretation. We learned valuable skills and tricks that improve singing and performance. Dinah engaged and inspired every person at the festival, and the children loved working with her!

The festival culminated in a concert on Saturday 18th May in the beautifully transformed gym at BSB. Each choir performed 5 pieces and then the combined choirs performed 2 pieces together with 220 singers on the risers! The Treble Choir of younger voices sang the premiere of a commissioned piece by Andrew Jacobson. They had the amazing opportunity of having a video conference with him to sing for him and then ask him questions about the piece. The Mixed Choir sang beautiful harmony in the traditional four parts - soprano, alto, tenor and bass – and jazzed up the performance with an ambitious gospel tune.

The concert was simply spectacular, and all participants loved every minute of the experience!

Please enjoy the photos of the festival!

Ms Haley Clark

Director of Music

5月16日至18日，BSB 顺义校区举办了为期三天的首届诺德安达合唱节，来自9所诺德安达中国区学校的200多名学生参加了本次合唱节。几个月来，学生和老师一直在排练各个曲目，最后在我们的客座指挥Dinah Helgeson的指挥下完成了合唱。三天来，Dinah与学生和音乐老师们一起学习技巧和彩排。每个人都学到了有助于提高演唱和表演的宝贵技能。此次合唱节，Dinah不但全身心投入还激励每一个人，孩子们非常享受和她在一起的时光！

5月18日（周六）合唱演出成功举行，为本届艺术节画上了圆满的句号。每个合唱团带来了5首曲目，最终以全体成员大合唱的2首曲目完美收官！三重唱的学生组完成了Andrew Jacobson委托作品的首演。这些孩子们能有机会通过视频会议和Andrew Jacobson一起唱歌，这真是棒极了，在视频会议期间，孩子们还有机会向Andrew交流了有关这个作品的一些问题。混唱班分别用传统的四个声部 - 女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音 –演唱了美妙的和声，曲调荡气回肠，为演出增添了无尽色彩。

音乐会非常成功，所有参与者都享受其中！

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Ms Haley Clark

音乐总监