The Miracle Choir and Orchestra (MCO) includes poor, orphaned children (Photo courtesy of the MCO) Hanoi (VNA) - A charity concertwhere orphan children give “music, love and hope” to the community will beheld at the Hanoi Opera House on December 2.
Sing for Joy 2017 will have eightchoirs featuring more than 350 international artists. The concert will raisefunds for the Miracle Choir and Orchestra (MCO), an educational project thatteaches music to underprivileged children. The MCO will also perform at theconcert.
“When people visit orphanages,they usually give things to the children, like books, clothes and food. Butwhen the children stand on the stage, they become givers,” said pianist TrangTrinh, art director of the MCO, adding that she wants to bring them a chance to“give people music, love, and hope.”
Sing for Joy 2017 follows thesuccess of its previous edition in 2015.
The concert will be a fusion ofchoral pieces from different genres: classical melodies like Ravel’s Bolero andBesame Mucho, popular songs like You Raise Me Up and Rudolf The Red NoseReindeer and Asian folk music with Arirang (the Republic of Korea) and Ly Cay Da (Vietnam).
This year, too, the concert willfeature famous conductor Koo Chun, artistic director of the National Chorus ofKorea. He performed for the first time in Vietnam at Sing for Joy 2015,conducting a memorable performance by all singers who sang Michael Jackson’ssong Heal The World to close the concert.
“I decided to come back toperform because the MCO touched my heart,” said Chun.
“Through music, people areinspired to build a better world.”
Sing for Joy 2017 has adopted thetheme of “Hope,” seeking to express the “dream of each choir member.
“That dream can either be verydifficult to accomplish or it may not be related to art or music, but whensinging, especially singing together, that dream seems to be reinforcedspiritually so as to nurture as well as encourage belief within each individual,”said Trinh.
“An individual who is ambitiousand full of dreams is likely to build a community that is also full of hope,”said Trinh, wife of conductor Park Sung-min, Korean founder of the MCO,who lives in Hanoi.
The choirs performing at the eventinclude the Hanoi-based Concordia International School Choir, Hanoi Freud Choirand Hanoi Voices Choir.
“This harmonious combination willsurely take the audience through many levels of emotions to enjoy anunforgettable music experience,” said Park Sung-min.
He noted that the first editionof Sing for Joy concert was also held at the Hanoi Opera House with theparticipation of 233 artists, who entertained about 600 people.
The image of people from 15countries aged seven to 60, singing Heal the World hand in hand, showing that“beauty comes from harmony,” touched the hearts of everyone in the auditoriumthat day, Park Sung-min said.
“The success of the concert andenthusiastic encouragement from our followers have become an enormous source ofmotivation for MCO.”
MCO was founded in 2013, offeringmusic ensemble experiences to underprivileged children in Hanoi.
With the primary objective of“changing lives through music”, the project seeks to achieve socialtransformation through music.
“MCO believes the children willfind peace and harmony in their everyday lives and nurture meaningful valuesthrough music,” said Trang.
“We believe that the best way tohelp underprivileged children to overcome obstacles and become exemplarycitizens is to build an “abundance of spirit” – a spirit that is full of hopes,dreams and love.
Music is the ideal environmentwhere children can experience this spirit and be built up with it.”
Funds raised by Sing for Joy 2017will keep the Miracle Choir and Orchestra project going from strength tostrength.-VNA
Sing for Joy 2017 will have eightchoirs featuring more than 350 international artists. The concert will raisefunds for the Miracle Choir and Orchestra (MCO), an educational project thatteaches music to underprivileged children. The MCO will also perform at theconcert.
“When people visit orphanages,they usually give things to the children, like books, clothes and food. Butwhen the children stand on the stage, they become givers,” said pianist TrangTrinh, art director of the MCO, adding that she wants to bring them a chance to“give people music, love, and hope.”
Sing for Joy 2017 follows thesuccess of its previous edition in 2015.
The concert will be a fusion ofchoral pieces from different genres: classical melodies like Ravel’s Bolero andBesame Mucho, popular songs like You Raise Me Up and Rudolf The Red NoseReindeer and Asian folk music with Arirang (the Republic of Korea) and Ly Cay Da (Vietnam).
This year, too, the concert willfeature famous conductor Koo Chun, artistic director of the National Chorus ofKorea. He performed for the first time in Vietnam at Sing for Joy 2015,conducting a memorable performance by all singers who sang Michael Jackson’ssong Heal The World to close the concert.
“I decided to come back toperform because the MCO touched my heart,” said Chun.
“Through music, people areinspired to build a better world.”
Sing for Joy 2017 has adopted thetheme of “Hope,” seeking to express the “dream of each choir member.
“That dream can either be verydifficult to accomplish or it may not be related to art or music, but whensinging, especially singing together, that dream seems to be reinforcedspiritually so as to nurture as well as encourage belief within each individual,”said Trinh.
“An individual who is ambitiousand full of dreams is likely to build a community that is also full of hope,”said Trinh, wife of conductor Park Sung-min, Korean founder of the MCO,who lives in Hanoi.
The choirs performing at the eventinclude the Hanoi-based Concordia International School Choir, Hanoi Freud Choirand Hanoi Voices Choir.
“This harmonious combination willsurely take the audience through many levels of emotions to enjoy anunforgettable music experience,” said Park Sung-min.
He noted that the first editionof Sing for Joy concert was also held at the Hanoi Opera House with theparticipation of 233 artists, who entertained about 600 people.
The image of people from 15countries aged seven to 60, singing Heal the World hand in hand, showing that“beauty comes from harmony,” touched the hearts of everyone in the auditoriumthat day, Park Sung-min said.
“The success of the concert andenthusiastic encouragement from our followers have become an enormous source ofmotivation for MCO.”
MCO was founded in 2013, offeringmusic ensemble experiences to underprivileged children in Hanoi.
With the primary objective of“changing lives through music”, the project seeks to achieve socialtransformation through music.
“MCO believes the children willfind peace and harmony in their everyday lives and nurture meaningful valuesthrough music,” said Trang.
“We believe that the best way tohelp underprivileged children to overcome obstacles and become exemplarycitizens is to build an “abundance of spirit” – a spirit that is full of hopes,dreams and love.
Music is the ideal environmentwhere children can experience this spirit and be built up with it.”
Funds raised by Sing for Joy 2017will keep the Miracle Choir and Orchestra project going from strength tostrength.-VNA
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