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Chen Yi
Chen was born and raised in Guangzhou, China into a talented family. Her parents were doctors and musicians; her mother played the piano, and her father was a violinist. Her older sister was a child prodigy, and both she and their younger brother continue to work as professional musicians in China. Chen began studying piano at the age of three, heavily influenced by the music of Western composers such as Bach and Mozart. However, once the Cultural Revolution began in 1966, Western attitudes were severely shunned and arts were opposed. For ten years, education came to a halt and people were relocated to work in large communes in countryside. Chen's father and older sister were sent away, but she managed to stay in her hometown a while longer and continued to practice music, although she was forced to stuff a blanket inside her piano in order to dampen the sound and play her violin with a mute. When she was 15 years old, the family house was searched, all possessions were taken, and the rest of her family was dispersed to different locations to perform compulsory labor in the countryside. |
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Chen Yi : Three Sets of Chinese Folk Songs Chinese Folk Songs is the result of collaboration between two of Theodore Presser Company's most prolific composers. It was commissioned and premiered by the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club, March 16, 2008 in Beijing, China. Chen Yi sets the love song "The Flowing Stream" for women's chorus, and Steven Stucky sets the work song "The Sun Is Rising with Our Joy" for men's chorus. In the final section, both songs are interwoven and overlapped with full mixed chorus. For advanced choirs. Songlist: A Set Of Chinese Folk Songs (Volume 3), A Set Of Chinese Folk Songs (Volume 2), A Set Of Chinese Folk Songs (Volume 1) 
Chen Yi : Chinese Songs for Treble Voices As a Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, a prolific composer and recipient of the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chen Yi blends Chinese and Western traditions, transcending cultural and musical boundaries. This is a collection of her works for unaccompanied treble voices including Chinese Mountain Songs commission for Kitka by commissioning grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation. Songlist: Chinese Mountain Songs, Looking at the Sea, With Flowers Blooming, When Will the Scholartree Blossom?, A Ma Lei A Ho, Gathering in the Naked Oats, Mt' Wuzhi, Ga Da Mei Lin
Chen Yi : Choral Works As a Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, a prolific composer and recipient of the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chen Yi blends Chinese and Western traditions, transcending cultural and musical boundaries. These are a collection of her works for unaccompanied mixed voices. Songlist: Distance Can't Keep Us Two Apart, Spring Rain, The Bronze Taotie, Shady Grove, The West Lake
Chen Yi : Folk Songs from the Orient As a Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, a prolific composer and recipient of the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chen Yi blends Chinese and Western traditions, transcending cultural and musical boundaries. Songlist: Sakura, Sakura, Arirang, Xuan, Written on a Rainy Night (Tang poem), Landscape, Know You How Many Petals Falling?
Chen Yi : Four Chinese Folk Songs Commissioned by and dedicated to the Singapore Youth Choir, under the direction of Jennifer Tham, who premiered the works in July 2004 for their 40th anniversary celebration. Chen's unique musical language brings ancient texts and melodies into the current day; the resulting blending is still indicative of both realms. For better concert choirs looking for a diverse yet challenging program. Songlist: A Single Bamboo Can Easily Bend, A Horseherd's Mountain Song, The Flowing Stream, The Sun Is Rising With Our Joy, Two Chinese Folk Songs |
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Commissioned by and dedicated to the Singapore Youth Choir, under the direction of Jennifer Tham, who premiered the works in July 2004 for their 40th anniversary celebration. Chen's unique musical lan guage brings ancient texts and melodies into the current day; the resulting blending is still indicative of both realms. For better concert choirs looking for a diverse yet challenging program.
Country: China
Commissioned by and dedicated to the Singapore Youth Choir, under the direction of Jennifer Tham, who premiered the works in July 2004 for their 40th anniversary celebration. Chen's unique musical language brings ancient texts and melodies into the current day; the resulting blending is still indicative of both realms. For better concert choirs looking for a diverse yet challenging program.
Country: China
Distance Can't Keep Us Two Apart was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association Endowment in memory of Raymond W. Brock. The text reflects greetings of love that have been popularly used among Chinese people to share their friendship, love, trust, and encouragement. The composer was deeply inspired and encouraged by the ACDA's vision towards the 21st century, in improving our education and communication for the new world through our music making and creation.
Commissioned by Harold Rosenbaum and The New York Virtuoso Singers to celebrate their 25th anniversary season, Chen Yi has picked a traditional Chinese poem full of optimism and collaborative spirit to wish the choir many happy returns. The choral writing juxtaposes poetic lines in English with Chinese nonsense syllables. Dur.: 3'
Country: China
Chen Yi's From the Path of Beauty is a seven-movement song cycle for mixed choir. The publisher has made available this single movement in an alternate performance option of a cappella SATB chorus. According to the program notes, this cycle "brings us through the history of beauty in Chinese arts, from ancient totems to figurines, from poetry to calligraphy, from dance to music, from thoughts to the spirit. It is deep in expression and rich in color, lyrical yet dramatic." Commissioned by Chanticleer and the Shanghai Quartet for the celebration of their 30th and 25th anniversaries, the complete work was premiered on March 13, 2008 in San Francisco. The New York premiere followed on April 11, 2008 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Country: China
From the American Composers Forum ChoralQuest series, Thinking of My Home by Chen Yi is a 3-part work for treble voices, piano and triangle based on an ancient Chinese poem by Lai Bai. As a prolific composer who blends Chinese and Western traditions, Dr. Chen Yi transcends cultural and musical boundaries. ChoralQuestae, an exciting series of new music and accompanying curricula for middle-level choir, is a program published by the American Composers Forum. The series is designed to breathe new life into the available repertoire for choral students in middle school and junior high. At the heart of this program are new works written by a diverse group of leading American composers who have created challenging pieces that are a true departure from standard middle school repertoire. Based on the success of ACF's decade-long BandQuestae program, ChoralQuest has a residency component in which the composer works collaboratively with a middle school as they create their new piece. Visit www.ch
Two Chinese Folk Songs is the result of collaboration between two of Theodore Presser Company's most prolific composers. It was commissioned and premiered by the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club, March 16, 2008 in Beijing, China. Chen Yi sets the love song "The Flowing Stream" for women's chorus, and Steven Stucky sets the work song "The Sun Is Rising with Our Joy" for men's chorus. In the final section, both songs are interwoven and overlapped with full mixed chorus. For advanced choirs. Dur.: 5'
Country: China
Sung in English and interspersed with Chinese nonsense syllables, With Flowers Blooming is a fascinating blend of folk-style melodies and rich exploratory textures for a cappella women's chorus. The 8th-century text celebrates happy leading to flowers blooming;.
Country: China
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