west meets east concert iii 中西交響天籟之音

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Intellectual Life International Life

West Meets East

Concert III

中西交響天籟之音

UIndy Celebrates International Education Month

Sunday, October 8, 2017

3 p.m.

Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center

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Program DRAFT 09/07/17

Dance of the Waterweeds Du Ming Xin （1928- )

Clouds Chasing the Moon Wang Jian Zhong (1933-2016）

Weng Yi, Pianist

Concertino for Two Pianos, Op.94 Dmitri Shostakovich（1906-1975）

Richard Ratliff, Piano

Weng Yi, Piano

Three Songs by Richard Hundley Richard Hundley (1931 - )

Will There Really Be a Morning?

Epitaph for a Young Girl

Waterbird

Kathleen Hacker, Soprano

Weng Yi, Piano

You’ll never Walk Alone, from “Carousel” Rogers (1902 – 1979) & Hammerstein II (1895 – 1960)

Marina Lauren Cregor Devine (1978 - )

Lauren Cregor Devine, Vocal and Piano

Volare Domenico Modugno (1928 – 1994)

Lauren Cregor Devine, Vocal

Jason McCulley, Guitar

What a Wonderful World Bob Thiele (1922 – 1996) & George David Weiss (1921 – 2010)

Lauren Cregor Devine, Arranged and Vocal


Jason McCulley, Guitar

Horse race 賽馬－ Huang Haihuai 黃海懷 (1935 – 1967)

Mu ge 牧歌 — Shahan Kun 沙漢昆 (1926 - )

Csardas — Vittorio Monti (1868 – 1922 )

Erhu, Jerry Yang 楊超英

Jason Yang, Piano

Beautiful Jasmine Flower Chu Huangwa (1941 - )

Lauren Cregor Devine, Vocal


Jerry Yang, Erhu

Weng Yi, Piano

The unauthorized use of cameras or recording equipment is prohibited during the performance. Members of the audience are

kindly asked to disengage alarm watches, cell phones, and all other electronic devices before the beginning of the concert

Notes on the Program

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Du Ming Xin: Dance of the Waterweeds from Chinese Mermaid Suite

The water weeds are gentle and aesthetic the colorful clouds chasing the moon are sweet naughty and

unpredictable aren't they？

Wang Jian Zhang: Clouds Chasing the Moon

“Colorful clouds chasing the moon” indicates a picture of the night sky. We can see the color of the

night, which is not black but “colorful”. And there is the glorious moon, crystal clear, like water.

“Chasing” the word gives action to the picture, with some vividness in the twilight. Under the night sky

background, the clouds and the moon chase each other. What a beautiful scene of serenity!

Shostakovich: Concertino for Two Pianos, Op. 94

1953 was something of a watershed year for Dmitri Shostakovich, with the death of Stalin on March 5

and the composition of the great Tenth Symphony in the summer and fall. Stalin's death was more than

merely symbolic; Shostakovich was now relatively free of any impending charges of academic

"formalism" from Soviet authorities. The two-piano Concertino also dates from 1953 -- a ten-minute

work in one continuous movement written for the composer and his 15-year-old son Maxim to perform

together. The opening Adagio projects some of the brooding intensity characteristic of the Tenth

Symphony, along with dramatic contrasts (forceful dotted rhythms followed by meditative chorale

phrases) obviously patterned after the famous slow-movement format of Beethoven's Fourth Concerto.

The lighthearted themes of the Allegretto are juxtaposed and transformed in the skilled way of an

experienced master; the kaleidoscopic shifts of mood, color, and register propel the work to an effective

climax.

Lyrics

Will there really be a morning? Poem by Emily Dickinson

Will there really be a morning?

Is there such a thing as day?

Could I see it from the mountains

If I were as tall as they?

Has it feet like water lilies?

Has it feathers like a bird?

Is it brought from famous countries

Of which I have never heard?

Oh some scholar!

Oh some sailor!

Oh some wise man from the skies!

Please to tell a little pilgrim

Where that place called Morning,

Where that place called Morning lies!

Will there really be a morning?

Is there such a thing as day?

Epitaph for a Young Girl Based on an inscription in the Boston Common

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Short was my work

I sweetly rest

God took me home

When he saw best.

I am not lost

I shall arise

When Christ my Lord

Descends the lower skies

Descends the skies.

Waterbird James Purdy

Waterbird, waterbird gently afloat

Know you my yearning for places remote?

Waterbird, waterbird under the sea

Keep you a kingdom for sleepers like me,

Keep you a kingdom for sleepers like me?

Waterbird, waterbird gently afloat

Know you my yearning for places remote?

Waterbird, waterbird under the sea

Keep you a kingdom for sleepers like me,

Keep you a kingdom for sleepers like me?

Waterbird, waterbird, gently afloat

You’ll Never Walk Alone from “Carousel” musical

When you walk through a storm hold your head up high

And don’t be afraid of the dark

At the end of the storm is a golden sky

And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind

Walk on through the rain

Though your dreams be tossed and blown

Walk on, walk on

With hope in your heart

And you’ll never walk alone

You’ll never walk alone

Walk on, walk on

With hope in your heart

And you’ll never walk alone

You’ll never walk alone

Marina

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I’ve been walking all these years

on a land that’s not my own

I’ve been speaking all these years

with the music of my home

Here I found comfort

where we each must have a dream

Here I grew tired

where few are as they seem

Except my family

As she’s speaking all I hear

are the questions behind my eyes

Ask of love

learn of courage

work through the painful to find the wise

‘cause I have so much

I have so much left to do

How will I know it really happened without you

You are my family

But she says

[Chorus:]

I’m going home

I’m gonna rest my head in the land where love

was first known

And taken away

But here in my arms

You’ll always stay

Days get longer, night grows short

as I reach to see the signs

Every movie, every song finds a context within

my mind

Why do I seek the sadness of endings

before their time has come?

‘Cause then at the hour I will be tired

I will be numb

I want my family

[Chorus]

Her eyes are calm now

her voice is strong

I feel every bone in her hand

I have lived

you shall live

in this universe He has planned

But know that I’ll try

I will try to slow down the time

‘cause you’re my Tesoro, my cinciallegra

in your name is always mine

You are my family

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Volare Literal Translation

Penso che un sogno cosi` non ritorni mai piu` I think that a dream like this will return nevermore

Mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu I was painting my hands and face all in blue

Poi d’improvviso venivo dal vento rapito Then suddenly I was captured by the wind

E incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito and began to fly up into the infinity of the sky

Volare, oh oh Oh to fly, oh oh

Cantare, oh oh oh Oh to sing, oh oh oh

Nel blu dipinto di blu In the blue painted in blue

Felice di stare lassu` Happy to stay way up high

E volavo, volavo felice piu` in alto del sole And I flew and I flew happily higher than the sun

Ed ancora piu` su` And even higher beyond

Mentre il mondo pian piano spariva lontano laggiu` While the world very slowly vanished far below

Una musica dolce suonava soltanto per me A sweet music way playing only for me


Cantare oh, oh oh Oh to sing, oh oh oh

Ma tutti I sogni nell’alba svaniscon perche’ But all dreams vanish with the dawn because

Quando tramonta la luna li porta con se’ When the moon sets it carries them with her

Ma io continuo a sognare negli occhi tuoi belli But I continue to dream in your beautiful eyes

Che sono blu come un cielo trapunto di stelle That are blue like the sky embroidered with stars


Cantare oh oh oh Oh to sing, oh oh oh

Nel blu degli occhi tuoi blu In the blue of the blue of your eyes

Felice di stare quaggiu` Happy to stay right down here

E continuo a volare felice piu` in alto del sole And I continue to happily fly higher than the sun

Ed ancora piu` su` And even higher up

Mentre il mondo pian piano scompare negli occhi tuoi blu

As the world very slowly vanishes in your eyes of

blue

La tua voce e` una musica dolce che suona per me Your voice is sweet music playing for me

Volare, oh oh… Oh to fly, oh oh

Cantare oh, oh Oh to sing, oh oh oh





Con te With you

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What a Wonderful World

I see trees of green, red roses too

I see them bloom for me and you

And I think to myself what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night


The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of the people going by

I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do

They’re really saying I love you

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow

They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know


Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world

Molihua (茉莉花) Jasmine Flower

"Jasmine" is a famous Chinese folk song. There are several versions circulating in several regions of

China—in particular, the most widely sung in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Since Puccini used this

melody in his opera Turandot, it has become the best known Chinese folk song around the world. We

cherish the flower for its elegance, fragrance, a symbol of love.

好一朵美丽的茉莉花 hao yi duo mei li de mo li hua

好一朵美丽的茉莉花 hao yi duo mei li de mo li hua

芬芳美丽满枝桠 fen fang mei li man zhi ya

又香又白人人夸 you xiang you bai ren ren kua

让我来将你摘下 rang wo lai jiang ni zhai xia

送给别人家 s song gei bie ren jia

茉莉花呀茉莉花 mo li hua ya mo li hua

Literal Translation: Figurative Translation:

A good beautiful jasmine flower Flower of jasmine, oh so fair!

A good beautiful jasmine flower Flower of jasmine, oh so fair!

Sweet-smelling, beautiful, stems full of buds Budding and blooming here and there,

Fragrant and white, everyone praises Pure and fragrant all declare.

Let me pluck you down Let me take you with tender care,

Give to someone Your sweetness for all to share.

Jasmine flower, oh jasmine flower Jasmine fair, oh jasmine fair.

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Featured This Afternoon

Ms. Lauren Cregor Devine, Singer and Composer

Lauren Cregor Devine, singer / songwriter, composer and music educator, grew up in an American

– Italian family in Indiana and is the co-director of SING LIC, a singing – friendship – performance

community in Long Island City, N.Y. Lauren Cregor Devine’s music can be heard in theaters, on screen

and on iTunes. She has composed and served as musical director for the acclaimed off-Broadway

company, Waterwell which has produced ten original pieces in New York and has been dubbed “Brilliant,

original and inspired” by the Times. She is a member of BMI’s (Broadcast Music, Inc.) Advanced Musical

Theater Workshop, and her film music has been screened across the globe, including the BFM

International Festival in London.

Lauren has released two albums with her band and has plans for a third. She has performed at

prestigious venues in the New York Metro area, in Indiana and beyond. She received her B.A. in Theater

from Indiana University, a post-graduate degree in Voice and Theater from the London Academy of Music

and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and her M.A. in Composition from New York University.

Dr. Kathleen Hacker, Soprano

Kathleen Hacker, soprano, made her New York debut as soloist with the American Symphony

Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall and has sung with major symphony orchestras across the country, including

those of Baltimore, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. She has been a cover

for Sandi Patty and Angela Brown in the Indianapolis Symphony Yuletide Celebration and was a featured

artist on the original ISO Yuletide Celebration CD. As a chamber musician, where she is most at home,

highlights include appearances at the Marlboro, Bard and Aspen Music Festivals. She can be heard as

soprano soloist on the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir 75th anniversary release of Mendelssohn’s Elijah.

Kathleen holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music where she studied with Jan DeGaetani and

received the coveted Performers Certificate in both Opera and Voice Performance. She earned her

doctorate of music from Indiana University. Kathleen is Professor of Music and Director of Vocal Studies

at the University of Indianapolis where she teaches all things vocal, leads professional development

classes and directs the Opera Theatre. She is an avid supporter and has served as mentor and judge for the

Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Academy and Competition since its inception.

Jason McCulley, Guitarist

Jason McCulley is a multi-instrumentalist, studio session player, producer, composer and live

performer. Jason has recorded and performed most recently with Josh Kaufman (Winner of NBC’s Season

6 of The Voice) and has contributed to other artists ranging stylistically from rock, alternative, country,

blue grass, jazz, blues, Americana and metal. Other genres include Afro-pop, traditional West African and

Celtic. His instruments of choice are principally the guitar and mandolin. Other instruments include bass,

keyboards, drums, and various percussion and electronic instruments. He is a record producer and

engineer, working with Ark Barn Productions and artist for Music Man Guitars, Ernie Ball Strings and

Hughes and Kettner Amps.

Dr. Richard Ratliff, Pianist

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Richard Ratliff is Professor of Music and Director for Artistic Initiatives at the University of

Indianapolis, where he teaches applied piano, advanced theory courses, and special topics in analysis and

criticism. He has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout much of the United States and in

Europe, with solo recitals at the Kennedy Center, Phillips Collection, Carnegie Recital Hall, Myra Hess

Memorial Series in Chicago, and the South Bank in London.

Originally from northern California, Dr. Ratliff holds degrees through the doctorate from the

Eastman School of Music and has also studied at Cornell University, the Curtis Institute, and University

of the Pacific. Performances include the complete cycle of Mozart sonatas for fortepiano and violin (with

colleague Dean Franke), all of the Beethoven piano trios, virtually all of the piano chamber music of

Brahms, and important works of the past century from Debussy and Stravinsky to Zwilich and Crumb.

His UIndy students have come from Athens, Istanbul, Hong Kong, Korea, Jordan, Japan, Singapore,

Shanghai, and the Republic of Georgia and have performed to enthusiastic audiences on four continents.

Dr. Ratliff was named 2009 Teacher of the Year by the Indiana Music Teachers Association.

Dr. Yi Weng (翁怡), Pianist

Weng Yi, Doctor of Arts, Associate Professor at the Shanghai Normal University, is an

accomplished, award winning young pianist and chamber music musician. Dr. Yi was born in GuLang

Island, China, and is a graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Her teaching at the Shanghai

Normal University includes piano, chamber music, piano sight reading and English lecture guidance for

piano. She was selected as a visiting scholar at the University of Indianapolis and studied with

Dr. Richard Ratliff. In 2013 Dr. Yi won first prize in the piano solo competition of the China university

music teachers. Her career accomplishments already include 28 piano recitals, 18 lectures and 12

publications. Dr. Yi earned a doctorate in Arts from East China Normal University.

Mr. Jerry Yang (楊超英), Erhu Performer

Mr. Jerry Yang is a top Erhu performer in the Midwest. He started playing Erhu and cello when

he was in elementary school; picked up Beijing operas at teen age. At age 20, he became an actor in a

theatrical institute, and advanced to become a play director and screenwriter age 26. Mr. Yang was

admitted, to the Director Department of The Central Academy Of Drama, China (中國中央戲劇學院) at

age 31. Since then, he has directed a number of shows (1993年央視春晚 of large-scale musical variety

shows including participation in directing the 1993 CCTV Spring Festival Evening).

Mr. Yang’s professional contribution includes musical compositions for two musical dramas, TV

documentary series; production editing at China Beijing Music Radio (北京音樂台), and China Beijing

TV Station (北京電視台). Currently, Mr. Yang offers private tutoring in Chinese instruments, piano,

cello, vocal music, in addition to continue as a composer.

Acknowledgements

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Concert Planning: Dr. Phylis Lan Lin, Director of Asian Programs and Associate Vice President for

International Partnerships, Professor of Sociology, UIndy

Technical Advisor: Dr. Peter Schmutte, Professor of Music, UIndy

RLPH Tech/Op Manager: Peter Nichols, Adjunct Faculty, UIndy

Planning Committee for International Education Month at UIndy

Kirk Bryans, Assistant Director, Professional Edge Center

Jeffrey Barnes, Director of University Events

Mimi Chase, Director of International Services

Caterina Blitzer, Education Consultant

Dr. Phylis Lan Lin, Director of Asian Programs and Associate Vice President for International

Partnerships, Professor of Sociology, UIndy

Dr. Karen Newman, Assistant Professor of English

Dr. Jyotika Saksena, Director of International Relations Program;

Associate Professor of History and Political Science

Corey Wilson, Associate Vice President, Director, Professional Edge Center

Contact: Phylis Lan Lin, PhD, Director of Asian Programs & Associate Vice President for International

Partnerships, UIndy ([email protected], 317-7883288)

mailto:[email protected]

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Sponsors

Sponsor: International Partnerships and Asian Programs, University of

Indianapolis

Co-sponsors:

Asian American Alliance, Inc.

Asian American Today

Immigrant Welcome Center

Indiana Association of Chinese-Americans

Indianapolis Chinese Orchestra

Indy Asian American Times

Indianapolis Hakka Association

Shanghai Normal University Music Technology Department, Music College

University of Indianapolis Music Department

University of Indianapolis International Services

University of Indianapolis Office of Equity and Inclusion

University of Indianapolis Professio nal Edge & International Relations

Program

Funding: Shaheen College of Arts and Science Conference Grant and Asian

Programs, University of Indianapolis

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