"The grass grows and the warbler flies in the February sky, and the willows are drunk with spring smoke. The children returned early from school and were busy releasing paper kites in the east wind. ”
“I won't give up, no I won't give in. Til I reach the end and then I'll start again. No I won't leave,I wanna try everything. I wanna try even though I could fail.”
On December 29th, the choir of the primary school affiliated to Shanghai No. 1 Normal School and the OneVoice Children's Choir of the United States successively walked on the stage of the "Happy Children's Relationship" Sino-US Youth New Year Music Public Welfare Exchange Conference, and sang their most distinctive choral repertoire in Chinese and English, conveying happiness and friendship with Qingling singing, learning from each other in music, and enhancing exchanges. This event was also the Chinese debut of the OneVoice Children's Choir.
""Village House" and "Song of the Goose" are both ancient poems that children are very familiar with, and they are very catchy both in reading and singing. We hope to promote traditional Chinese culture through chorus. ”
Teacher Xiao Wang of the First Normal School said that the purpose of this special selection of two ancient poems as choral repertoire is to use music as a medium to introduce Chinese culture to American teenagers participating in the event and convey the friendship and enthusiasm of Chinese teenagers.
The OneVoice Children's Choir ignited the enthusiasm of the audience with three classic songs, "Try Everything", "Believer" and "Kids Inside". Everyone either hummed together or beat the rhythm together.
"Zhang Yuan is very beautiful, the Shanghai children are very nice, and they are very happy to be able to sing together. ”
The person in charge of OneVoice said that Zhang Yuan's elegant temperament of integrating Chinese and Western is impressive, and it is very good to be able to enhance cultural understanding and deepen friendship between Zhang Yuan and Chinese children in the exchange and mutual learning of music.
One of the organizers of this event, Shanghai Jing'an Xingfu Yi Station Volunteer Service Center is a non-profit organization that has long been concerned about young people.
"Today's Music Charity Exchange Conference is the first time in our 10-year history to explore and carry out international youth exchanges, and we hope to become a good opportunity to enhance cultural identity and pass on international friendship. The person in charge of the Xingfu Yi Station said that this year is the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Xingfu Yi Station, and this event will lay a good foundation for continuing to carry out international youth public welfare research, exchange seminars and cultural visits.
Zhang Yuan also said that he will continue to carry out the "debut" and "debut" around the development strategy of Zhang Yuan, enrich the business environment with more high-quality activity experiences, and promote cultural exchanges between China and the West with Shanghai culture as the core, show the "most international" image of Zhang Yuan, and strengthen overseas communication and influence.
Source: Jing'an, Shanghai