Wind and Percussion: Grand Victory 大得勝 FYCO Concert 2006

[dog20573]

this vid remind me when i was in high school XD

[likangkao]

Remember the players are just kids, and they live in USA and speak English only. What you expect from them to play Chinese instrument?

From my point, they can play Chinese instrument which is better than the kids live in Chinese, but they don't know how to play it.

[suicidemusical]

fyi, kids in Singapore an Taiwan who are their age play thrice as well as them. If u want to put China into the picture, kids at their age play 10 times better

[likangkao]

You should find the comparison from the same base. Most of those kids who was born in USA, and they probably never heard about Chinese music before they get into this party. It is so hard for them to know the true felling of the music, because they are not in such living environment.If you want to compare, please find a Chinese kids music group in USA to compare with it.

Can you find one who is better than this one and they are in the same situation like our kids?

[suicidemusical]

Well, if u put it that way, then there are many asians which can play better than theese people, for example violinist Sarah Chang, who played Carmen at the age of 10

[likangkao]

I am not talking about individual.

I am talking about a group, an Chinese youth orchestra in USA. We have to compare with a group. This is what FYCO for, FYCO wants to preserve Chinese culture for the next generation of Chinese in USA, and this is the true meaning of why I post in here to show we won't lose our culture, even we are in a foreign country. Good or bad actually is not so important to me, once our kids know they are still a Chinese and they can play one of Chinese Instrument.

[likangkao]

Of course, Sarah Chang is kind of music genius. We can't beat her for sure.

Wish all Chinese in foreign country can provide their effort in music or in culture area.

[likangkao]

Actually, Singapore, Taiwan, and Malaysia are still in Asia area. A lot of Chinese live there, so their kids are easy to access Chinese culture. However, in here, USA, our kids is hard to access Chinese culture, and they even don't know why they have to learn Chinese nstrument. Please find a Chinese youth orchestra in foreign country but not in Asia to compare with us.

If you can find them, please let me know, and we will try to learn from them. Thanks for your involvement.

[fobbyrice]

technically, i heard the teachers giving instructions in mandarin on the website. im part of the great wall youth orchestra, just about 30 miles away from you. i for one, am in this same position. asian american. i can't say we are better anymore, since a lot of people have graduated and left the orchestra. music is from a musicians soul. but it doesn't matter if its a chinese orchestra. things like the true sound of a instrument and also keeping together are important in all orchestras.

[likangkao]

Our kids also study Chinese in Weekend, so most of them can speak Mandarin as well. The teachers use English by default, but they may use mandarin when some music idea is not easy to describe from English. (The music is from Chinese culture, so it is easy to use Chinese to describe some inside story of it.)

[likangkao]

Second, this is what exactly happens in here. The best is left when they have graduated, or they are too busy in their school events to join and then quit. Chinese orchestra is hard to find people to replace them in here, and we only can try to train the new comer from beginning by ourselves again and again. Wish we can all touch the audience's heart, and show our best. In the same time, we don't want to loose our own culture that we came from.

[fobbyrice]

that i agree with you on. a lot of people in my orchestra do not practice at all. we are starting all over, aabout 70% of the current advanced group is from the intermediate. we're starting again.

[dbadagna]

Are there videos of your orchestra on YouTube?

[suicidemusical]

what's with those lousy 管乐 players? they don't even make the correct soud come out. the make the suona and 管 sound like ducks quaking.

[fobbyrice]

i agree. i knew something was wrong. until i realized that yes, its not the right sound.

[Darrenr0x]

yea right

[musicaddiction77]

Percussionist is so stuff. Things are SOOOOOO out of tune and pitch is SOOOOO bad.