{"id":6,"date":"2011-05-08T16:09:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T16:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leagentile.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-05-19T01:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:19:15","slug":"concert-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leagentile.com\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"Concert Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The programming format I have been using in recent years is a themed multi-media one that includes an inter-active \u201cChildren\u2019s Corner,\u201d specifically designed to bring the children into the concert experience and develop their listening skills, as well as one that brings the non-traditional concert-goer into the musical experience by means of a projection of images created in response to live input from the piano.  The goal is to make ever more accessible the cultural heritage of great music to an ever-expanding audience. My experience in using this format and the feedback from audience members have been positive. I also like to program contemporary works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nIn 2013 Claude Debussy was feted for his 150th year with two celebratory concerts of his music in multi-media, inter-active format. This program was performed and presented by four gifted students and myself. The first concert audience was primarily made up of ex-pats, students and families, and the commentary was in English. The second audience was mostly Chinese young people and was in Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nIn March 2012, two advanced students, Jeanette Chao and Yu Qing Ying, and I together performed \u201cA Musical Offering\u201d featuring music of Franz Liszt (Years of Pilgrimage\/Switzerland<\/em>) in multi-media format in Teda\/Tianjin in honor of his 200th birthday year (1811). One concert was in English and another in Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nIn October 2010 the theme of my concert in the Tianjin Concert Hall (Tianjin, China) was \u201cKaleidoscope\u201d and it was dedicated to three great composers who celebrated anniversaries in 2010, J.S. Bach (325th<\/sup>), Frederic Chopin and Robert Schumann (200th<\/sup>).  Here\u2019s the program list and two pictures. Check out the videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\nItalian Concerto <\/strong> J.S. Bach
\nSelections from Eight Memories in Watercolor<\/strong> Tan Dun
\nInter-Active
\nSelections from Children\u2019s Corner<\/strong> Claude Debussy
\nEtude , op. 10 #11, Ballade , op. 47<\/strong> Frederic Chopin
\nCarnaval , op. 9 <\/strong> Robert Schumann <\/span><\/td>
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In 2009, I performed a \u201cHappy Birthday China\u201d concert in celebration of the 60th<\/sup> anniversary of the founding of the People\u2019s Republic of China. It was also a multi-media concert with an interactive children\u2019s corner. Here are two pictures, an audience member\u2019s blog about it and 2 video clips. http:\/\/blog.sina.com.cn\/s\/blog_5378583d0100fyvq.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme<\/strong> Bach\/Busoni<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonata, op. 26<\/strong> Ludwig van Beethoven<\/p>\n\n\n

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Inter-Active<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selections from The Family of Dolls<\/strong> Heitor Villa-Lobos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selections from Eight Memories in Watercolor<\/strong> Tan Dun<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berceuse<\/strong> Frederic Chopin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feux d\u2019Artifice<\/strong> Claude Debussy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vallee d\u2019Obermann<\/strong> Franz Liszt<\/p>\n\n\n\n