Professor Yang Hongnian

ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

Professor Yang Li

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BEIJING :: JULY 8-17, 2015Hosted by: THE CHINA CHILDREN’S CHOIR

THE CHINA CHILDREN’S CHOIR FESTIVAL

Dr. Rollo Dilworthl

THE CITY :: Beijing, ChinaBeijing has been China’s capital city for 3,000 years and is home to over 20 million people. Filled with ancient historical sites as well as modern buildings, Beijing is experiencing a cultural renaissance, prompting unparalleled investment in concert halls, school music programs, instruments and promotion of the arts. Now, more than ever, Beijing offers an opportunity for Western musicians to share their culture and passion for their art with another part of the world!

THE FESTIVAL :: 2015 China Children’s Choir FestivalPerform International is excited to present the 2015 China Children’s Choir Festival. The China Children’s Choir, the host choir for the festival, is one of the great children’s choirs in the world. The repertoire for the China Children’s Choir Festival will include works by Chinese and American composers and will be scored for treble voices. Imagine what it would mean for your choir to sing with children from the U.S. and China and engage in an exchange of Asian and American cultures.

THE VENUE :: The Forbidden City Music HallTiananmen Square is lined with monumental public buildings, fronting the legendary and once Forbidden City. The Forbidden City Music Hall will be the venue for the 2015 China Children’s Choir Festival. The Forbidden City is China’s best-preserved imperial palace and is known to be the world’s largest ancient palatial structure. It is widely known and regarded as the very culmination and true essence of the traditional architectural accomplishment of the Chinese civilization.

THE ORGANIZERS :: Perform InternationalPerform International maintains an International Music & Dance Touring Company with corporate headquarters and Operations Center based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Perform International is dedicated to providing exceptional educational tours for performing groups, with itineraries that feature beautiful venues throughout the world. Our company enjoys an enviable history with its Performance Tours Division, one that specializes in assisting music and dance ensembles who wish to tour Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.

THE SETTING

YANG HONGNIAN is a famous Chinese conductor, who conducts with zeal and precision. He has a profound interpretation of works and possesses a vast repertoire. His unique performance in choral training and his feats in extensive cultivation are

highly praised and unanimously admired by Chinese and foreign experts in the music world. Professor Yang is praised as “a maestro who masters the mystery of choral art perfectly.”

Professor Yang is now the resident conductor and artistic director of the China Children’s Choir of the China National Symphony Orchestra, conductor of the Youth Chorus of the Central Conservatory of Music, the artistic director of the Kunming Symphony Orchestra, and the guest conductor of the Osaka Youth Orchestra Japan. He frequently takes the China Children’s Choir on tours abroad and has taken the choir to the United States of America, Japan, Singapore, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.

ROLLO DILWORTH holds the DMA in Conducting Performance from Northwestern University. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral music education and serves as conductor of the University Chorale. His interests include:

composing for developing voices; choral pedagogy (elementary and secondary); analysis and performance practices in African-American choral music; and teaching choral music in urban settings.

More than 150 of his choral compositions and arrangements have been published - many of which are a part of the Henry Leck Creating Artistry Choral Series with Hal Leonard Corporation. Dilworth maintains an interest in working with children’s and youth choirs. He has held conducting positions with the Jubilate Children’s Choir of the Northshore (renamed the Youth Choral Theater of Chicago), and the Music Institute of Chicago Children’s Choir. He currently serves as a consultant on choral pedagogy for the Chicago Children’s Choir.

PROFESSOR YANG HONGNIANConductor & Artistic Director, China Children’s ChoirProfessor of Conducting, Central Conservatory of Music

DR. ROLLO DILWORTHChair, Music Education & Music Therapy, Associate Professor of Choral Music EducationBoyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University

ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

PROFESSOR YANG LIResident Conductor of Tianjin Symphony Orchestra, China Children’s Choir of China National Symphony Orchestra & Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra (Chief)Professor of Conducting, Central Conservatory of Music

YANG LI has performed symphony concerts, operas, chamber music, and choral works both in China and abroad with various orchestras and artists. As the conductor of the China Children’s Choir, he was invited in 2003 by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) to perform at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to

more than 9,000 professional conductors and musicians, who gave him high praises. In November 2006, Yang Li participated in the “2006 Busan Choral Festival and Competition” with the China Children’s Chorus of CNSO and Young Women’s Chorus Group in Korea. They won the Gold Prize in the Classical Music Category and the Gold Prize in the Ethnic Music Category. Yang Li was the only conductor to win the award for “Best Conductor.”

If your group would like to spend more time exploring China they might enjoy extensions to one of these cities:

TOUR #2 - Extension to SUZHOUTOUR #3 - Extension to HANGZHOUTOUR #4 - Extension to XIAN

WEDNESDAY, July 8, 2015 – DEPARTURE USAFly from USA to Beijing.

THURSDAY, July 9, 2015 – ARRIVAL BEIJINGArrive Beijing to be greeted by Perform International team.

FRIDAY, July 10, 2015 – BEIJINGVisit to Tiananmen Square and Palace Museum in the Forbidden City. Evening rehearsal, together with the China Children’s Choir, under the direction of Dr. Rollo Dilworth, Professor Yang Hongnian and Professor Yang Li.

SATURDAY, July 11, 2015 – BEIJINGVisit to the Summer Palace and the Temple of Heaven. Evening rehearsal with the Children’s Choir Festival participants.SUNDAY, July 12, 2015 – BEIJING Morning dress rehearsal, together with the China Children’s Choir and participating choirs. Afternoon shopping in Silk Alley. Evening Children’s Choir Festival performance, including American and Chinese works, in the Forbidden City Concert Hall. Overnight in Beijing.

MONDAY, July 13, 2015 – BEIJING Visit to the Great Wall which includes an informal mini-concert. Overnight in Beijing.

TUESDAY, July 14, 2015 – BEIJING / SHANGHAITrip by bullet train to Shanghai.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015 – SHANGHAIMorning visit to the most famous of all Children’s Palaces in China for a cultural exchange with the gifted children who study there. Visit to Yu Gardens and “Old Town.” Late afternoon rehearsal for evening exchange concert performance.

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015– SHANGHAIToday we will enjoy some sightseeing around Shanghai. That evening enjoy seeing the world-famous Shanghai Acrobats performance. Overnight in Shanghai.

FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2015 – SHANGHAI TO USAReturn flight to USA or extension to tour.

FESTIVAL ITINERARY & OPTIONS8 Nights - Beijing & Shanghai

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