TedxBoulder -Vienna Teng

Renowned performer Vienna Teng discusses music and her heritage in this talk.


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[yerathy]

Aw, that is such a beautiful song....

[Auntchovi]

Simply the BEST singer songwriter of today.

[diggerby126]

Green Island Serenade and later on an excellent solo version of Blue Caravan with the audience providing the sound effects. Thanks for posting this.

[maeowelvsulotz]

Green Island Serenade is one of those songs that I simply cannot skip if it comes up on my ipod. And it represents a whole lot to me beyond the understanding of the words. I'm trying out with Eric's Song for college choir this fall, which is one of my most cherished songs that she's written and I sang Soon Love Soon, which is about a long term hope for peace, with my closest friends in my choir show last spring. Vienna has a wonderful way of thinking, writing, and expressing herself.

[pwg1126]

How interesting, that is how I fill about the USA. We can't seem to go back to the good old days when americans could have a good job that had security and your high school diploma is all you needed along with your values of hard work and love for family. Today a child has a future of 16 years of school or more, followed by work that may last until you are 70. Why did we let greep ruin the dream. Money is the God we must not kneel to.