Live Performance of The Boston Children’s Chorus

Wed 26 Jun 2013, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
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Sat 29 Jun 2013, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House

From the organizer:

The Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC), known as “Ambassadors of Harmony” of Boston (the United States), will visit Vietnam to perform live for the first time in the 26th and 29th of June.

During their performances, the Boston Children’s Choruswill entertain audiences with an exclusive collection of songs, which they have already performed all over the world by themselves, such as Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round, Africa, Dreams, and We sing.Their performances will offer the Vietnamese public the universal message of peace – a strong belief that the power and joy of music can unite our society’s diverse communities and inspire social change.

Not only does the Boston Children’s Chorus have high-profile public performance experience butit also represents peace in the city of Boston. Members of the chorus were the ones to sing with the accompaniment of Cellist Yo-Yo Ma during an interfaith healing service to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing in April, in front of President Barack Obama as well as people watching from around the world.

Pianist Trang Trinh, representative of Charles Ansbacher Musical Club in Vietnam, an organizing collaborator, said: ‘As the voice of harmony and love, The Boston Children’s Chorus surely will bring unforgettable happiness to the Vietnamese. The performances are expected to be a special public cultural event.’

The BCC’s performance program will be organized in two major cities (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City) by the Vietnam National Opera Ballet, in collaboration with GafimCulture and Charles Ansbacher Musical Club and partnership with Tran Nhan Tong Academy. The program is embedded with messages of peace not only from the BCC but also from the co-organizers, such as Charles Ansbacher Musical Club’s mission of promoting music for the masses, and Tran Nhan Tong Academy’s advancing the cause of reconciliation and compassion  in Vietnam and around the world. Tickets will be given away free to the interested public.

During the visit in Vietnam, the BCC will also participate in many other cultural exchange activities, such as the meeting with their host families at Diamond Island and especially, “A O Show”, a special Vietnamese cultural program. These activities are expected to provide the youths with an unforgettable chance to learn about Vietnam and its culture of friendliness, kindness, warmth and love.

Founded in 2003, the BCC currently has nearly 500 singers from Boston’s neighborhoods;they have performed in many countries. All the graduates of the BCC have gone on to prestigious colleges including Harvard, Stanford, New York University and Berklee College of Music. The BCC won the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence from Chorus America in 2011, appeared in Opera Boston’s world-premier production of Madame White Snake, and performed at the invitation of HM King Abdullah II in the Middle East country of Jordan.

Free tickets. Registration via email: [email protected]

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