Asia Pacific Youth Choir

ARCHIVES - Asia Pacific Youth 2013 in Dallas, USA

Dates  
    Arrival: 7 March 2013 in Dallas, Texas, USA / Departure: 15 March 2013 from Dallas

Camp place
    Dallas, Texas, USA
Concert Place
    Winspear Opera House (12 March) and Crow Museum (14 March) , in Dallas
Schedule

    7 March (Thu)      Arrival Dallas, USA
    8 -11 March (Fri)  4-day rehearsal camp,
    12 March (Tue)    Concert for Asia Pacific Night (Sponsored by IFCM & ACDA) at Winspear Opera House
    13 March (Wed)   Sightseeing
    14 March (Thu)     Fringe Concert at Crow Museum of Asian Art
    15 March (Fri)       Departure from Dallas, USA

Conductors
    Saeko Hasegawa (Japan)
    Jonathan Velasco (Philippines)
    Wu Lingfen (China)
    Hak-Won Yoon (Korea)

Singers
   Sopranos: Lin Shihan (Macau-China), Paramita Dian (Indonesia), Yoo Sun A (Korea), Mellisa (Indonesia), Hachikubo Tomoko (Japan), Sakurada Emi (Japan), Kim Haney (Korea), Tsai Meng-Jung Meg (Taiwan), Huang Yi-Yin (Taiwan), Kim Hoang (Vietnam)

   Altos: Shu Ya (China), Tam Lok Si (Macau-China), Chen An (Taiwan), Jiang Pan (China), Kobayashi Ran (Japan), Chang Kai Hsin (Taiwan), Natalie Manning (USA)

   Tenors: Lee Kenneth Peter Nulud (Philippines), Deng Zhuo Rui (China), Chang Che-Jui (Taiwan), Ng Jin Keat (Malaysia), Pao Heng-Yi (Taiwan), Kevin Hawkins (USA), Joshua Wilkerson (USA)

   Basses: Tian Hao (China), Lam Ho Yan Dominic (Hong Kong-China), Chang Shyan Lii Stephen (Malaysia), Ogasawara Satoya (Japan), Tsai Wei-Shu (Taiwan)

Music Program
 12 March 2013 - Asia Pacific Night
Conductor: Saeko Hasegawa / piano: Lizhen Wu
    Kiriya renzu [Kyrie eleison] from Orasho [Oratio 3 movements of crypto-Christian]  (Hideki Chihara)
    Hotaru Koi [Firefly, Come] based on a children’s song by Tohoku region (Ro Ogura)
    Chiisana Sora [Small Sky] (Toru Takemitsu)
    Ashitawa hare kana, kumori kana? [Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?] (Toru
Takemitsu)
    Kimi o nosete [Carrying you] from “Laputa, castle in the sky” (Joe Hisaishi /arr. Takatomi
Nobunaga)

Conductor: Jonathan Velasco
    Anima Christi (Ryan Cayabyab)
    Libera me - Tremens factus (John Pamintuan)
    Paruparong Bukid (Filipino Folk Song/ arr. George Hernandez)
    Kaisa-isa Niyan, based on a Maguindanaoan children’s game (Nilo Alcala)

Conductor: Lingfen Wu / piano: Lizhen Wu
    Damozhiye [Desert Night] (Text: Yongqiang Shao, Music: Deyi Shang)
    Gaolitai (Kazak folk song/ arr. Mingxin du)
    Bajunzan [Eight Magnificent Steeds] (Text: Na Shun, Music: Se Enkebayaer)

Conductor: Hak-Won Yoon / piano: Jeong-Wook Jang / Choreographer: Hee-Yeon Kim
    Were You There? Solo: Min-Ho Jung, Counter-Tenor (arr. Sung-eun Jeo)
    Gyoung Bouk Goong Taryung (arr. Hee-Jo Kim)
    Arirang (arr. Jong-Chan Oh)
    Pal So Sung (arr. Hyo-Won Woo)

 Organizers and Sponsors
   Organizers: IFCM Asia Pacific Working Committee and Macau Choral Art Association
  Assists: International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM)
  Sponsors: Chinese American Inter-Culture Exchange Foundation, Creator Marketing Company, Tianjin Binhai International Airport Hotel, Dallas Li-sheng Ladies Choir, Naveen Jindal School of Management (UTD), Leader Mutual Freight System (DFW) Inc.
  

IFCM ASIA PACIFIC WORKING COMMITTEE 2013-14
Advisors
    Prof. Leon Shiu-wai Tong, Hong Kong
    Ms. Saeko Hasegawa, Japan
Working Committee Members
    Mr. Yoshihiro Egawa, Japan
    Ms. Jennifer Tham, Singapore
    Ms. Emily Kuo Vong, Macau
    Mr. Grant Hutchinson, New Zealand
    Mr. Jonathan Velasco, Philippines
    Mr. Johnny Ku, Taiwan
With cooperation/support of
   Australia - Mr. Stephen Leek
   China - Prof. Lingfen Wu
   Hong Kong - Ms. Kathy Fok
   India - Mr. Nariman H. Wadia
   Indonesia - Mrs. Aida Swenson
   Korea - Prof. Jacob Youngmok Chang
   Malaysia - Mr. Hock Pin Chew
   Myanmar - Mr. Moe Naing
   Pacific Region - Mr. Igelese Ete
   Sri Lanka - Ms. Soundarie David
   Thailand - Mr. Kittiporn Tantrarungroj
   Vietnam - Mr. PHAM Hong Hai