Go to Beijing and listen to the songs of the world. Prose of four men's dream-seeking journey

In the beautiful urban area of Ji 'an, a male chorus "old boys" is active in high temples and ordinary alleys. Four music lovers met under the traction of their dreams and formed a choir on 20 15 12.9.

From this day on, "old boys" deeply aroused the youth feelings of people from all walks of life with its rich and clean breath, wonderful singing and high-spirited smile, and enthusiastically conveyed a higher level of singing aesthetics. In just eight months, they sang Ji 'an like a whirlwind. Their cheerful songs are everywhere in the countryside, nursing homes, kindergartens, various group meetings and even public wedding banquets.

Fan "Joulan" said: old boys's figure is a beautiful four-point landscape in Ji 'an! Old boys's singing is the most beautiful chorus of Ji 'an 20 16! Old boys's dream shines with the voice of the people of Ji 'an! Old guys, watch you all the way! ! ! Old guys, the next magic to sail with a happy heart sound! ! !

Fan "Nangas" said: I like "old boys", I have dreams, efforts and. ...

At the end of March, "old boys" revealed in an interview with this reporter that he planned to go to Beijing to participate in the China International Choir Festival at the end of July, "to participate, to appreciate and to enjoy ..."

International chorus festival? !

Well, Wang Guowei has long said, "Four seasons are lovely only in spring, and one thing can make a teenager crazy." In the following days, with dreams, they learn from their teachers, practice their voices, perform, learn from each other, and are full of enthusiasm, as if they were sunny teenagers.

Winter has passed and spring has come; Spring has gone, and summer has come again. The sun and the moon fly like a shuttle, and the song is like a river. Sure enough, on July 26th, old boys achieved her dream and became a member of 13 China International Chorus Festival.

Second, in the chorus festival.

China International Chorus Festival was founded in 1992, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and held every two years. At present, it is the only national and international choral art activity in China, and it has been recognized as a world-class A choral competition by the International Chorus Union.

13 The China International Chorus Festival lasted for one week (July 26th to August 60th), and 238 choirs from 44 countries and regions participated in 204 colorful choral activities in 20 sports.

Public welfare and Pratt & Whitney are one of the concepts of the chorus festival. In other words, it has the widest participation, the diversity of international chorus culture, and the complementarity of professional level and amateur level. Rich diversity and great inclusiveness are the characteristics of the chorus festival.

Back in old boys, with a strong musical dream, they are fortunate to stand on the same world-class stage with more than 1 1000 chorus lovers all over the world. As the saying goes, "The stage is as big as the heart". In any case, taking this step has opened a window to the world chorus music culture, not only for them personally, but also for many music lovers around them.

This step is long and short, firm and trembling. Long distance is from the world's top chorus art, and short distance is from the world stage; Firmness is a persistent love and belief in music, and trembling is a good mood when you first meet music lovers from all over the world.

Liang Hua, the bass in old boys, described it like this:

Know the choir, know three buddies. Singing from Ji 'an to Nanchang and Beijing is like a beautiful accident, which makes our life full of passion and rhythm! During my trip to Beijing, I came into close contact with the first-class chorus at home and abroad, and I felt closer and closer. ...

On the evening of July 26th, the Chorus Festival was grandly opened in the Great Hall of the People, but each team only provided two tickets. Once upon a time, the solemn Great Hall of the People was the aspiration of several generations in China. Four people, no one has entered, let alone how much they yearn for this world-class brilliant event.

Almost coincidentally, the eldest brother Leng Heping and the second brother Liang Hua pretended to be careless. "I'm a little tired. I don't want to go. You go."

A detail shows the style of this team: tacit understanding, friendliness, humility and tolerance. A lasting alliance needs these qualities.

Unexpectedly, the high-level programs at the opening ceremony made crazy singer Chen Yibin quite depressed. He is deeply aware that old boys's singing career still has a long way to go.

The two brothers quickly comforted him. We're just here to study. Don't think too much. Just sing happily. Singing the best is our harvest.

That's right. Happy Chorus. Anderson, president of the International Chorus Union, brought people together at the opening ceremony of China International Chorus Festival to enjoy the joy of chorus, which coincides with the original intention of the International Chorus Union to "bring choral music activities and people from all over the world together".

Undoubtedly, the concept of "* * * enjoy the joy of chorus" makes the chorus festival a happy festival for chorus lovers all over the world.

Old boys people who sing all the way naturally want to find their own happiness in this festival.

On the afternoon of July 27th, the first performance of the sub-venue was held in the lecture hall of Ceng Xianzi, East District of China Agricultural University, where the "old boys Choir" was arranged to perform. They prepared two songs, Night in the Harbor and Father's Grassland and Mother's River.

But there is no equipment on the scene to play its homemade accompaniment tape! There's not even a microphone for performance on weekdays, not one.

It turns out that they have no experience in international competitions, but they have no idea that chorus can only be accompanied by live accompaniment, piano or other musical instruments. Chorus is essentially a pure vocal art. In the soil of chorus, there is no room for aliens. The so-called "silk is not as good as bamboo, and bamboo is not as good as meat".

I feel very urgent, so I must give up, give up the famous work "Night in the Harbor" which has been sung since its inception, and choose to leave another one.

The other teams are preparing for the third track!

In this way, the four-part "Father's Grassland and Mother's River" began to sing hastily. Before that, they never sang this song in the form of chorus, and it is inevitable that the harmony is not harmonious enough. It is a little gratifying that, with the members' natural good voice and previous experience in controlling music, old boys still won enough recognition and applause at the end of the song. The handsome on-site staff repeatedly praised: "After all, it is an old artist. You can sing so well even if you change a song. "

Hearing this, everyone laughed. An artist? Just an amateur singer.

Who would have thought that old boys was actually standing on the world stage when she played cappella for the first time?

"Acabella" originated from western church music in the Middle Ages, and was sung only by human voice, without using musical instruments. In the Renaissance, pastoral is his masterpiece. /kloc-Since the 7th century, the industrial revolution has brought the rapid development of musical instruments, and cappella has entered a period of decline. The great Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms did not leave any "Acabella" tracks to the world.

Things go round and round, and things will turn against each other. At the beginning of the 20th century, people began to miss the simple vocal chorus, and Acabella became popular again.

This is beside the point.

Obviously, the first song "Acabella" didn't reach the usual level. The instructor Zhong Hanyin said gloomily, starting from tomorrow, I will practice my voice in the hotel in the morning, pick up syllables for me, and I will pass the customs one by one. Putting aside all other ideas is to reach the highest level of art, and between four people, it is necessary to reach the point where anyone can read each other at a glance.

At the Agricultural University, old boys performed on the same stage, including domestic choirs and choirs from Polish, Russian, Latvian and other countries. These choral arts from foreign countries are really eye-opening: Poland's piety and solemnity, Russia's colorful and cheerful, Latvia's casualness, Belarus's singing and dancing, Kyrgyzstan's elegance and calmness all give people a pleasant enjoyment.

At the end of the day, a group of girls from Moscow and teenagers from Shandong dominated. Chinese and foreign actors held hands and danced happily in the hall, and sang one Russian folk song after another in their respective languages: Night in the Outskirts of Moscow, Blooming Red Plums and Katyusha. Singing is like waves, and joy is like the sea. At that moment, only by being there can we truly understand the profound meaning of "music without borders".

Come from all corners of the country, gather in Beijing, China, listen to the songs of the world and enjoy the joy of chorus. Anderson praised, "China International Chorus Festival is a model of international cultural exchange".

Third, the dream circle geometry

On the afternoon of July 30th, Tsinghua University Mengminwei Concert Hall, the real consideration began.

Different from previous years, this year's chorus festival replaced the previous "group competition" with "group performance and comment counseling", and 25 international expert judges made one-on-one professional comments after the performance, which provided more opportunities for the choir to learn and communicate, which was conducive to the sound development of the chorus cause.

"old boys" is the group with the least population in its district. Without accompaniment and microphone, how to control this huge concert hall space with the voices of four people? Because the traffic jam is half an hour late, how to quickly adjust the restless mood?

Or the tetralogy "Father's Prairie and Mother's River". Teacher Zhong kept encouraging: On the stage, you are the best singers of this song in the world. Be sure to give yourself enough confidence.

Teacher Zhong is quite satisfied with this singing skill. "Singing this song is better than ever."

Back in those days, "old boys" people were thirsty for knowledge and collectively asked Mr. Zhong for advice. Mr. Zhong doesn't need any tuition. He teaches each other strictly and gives careful guidance. There is only one reason, "it is rare to meet amateurs with good conditions who love music so much." As a professional worker, it is an unshirkable responsibility to support amateur music lovers. "

The song is over. The host can't believe it. "Are you sure you just want to sing this song?" She doesn't know the reason, and she doesn't know the helplessness of the "old boys"-she doesn't even know the only one so successful at present, so they decided to sing it with an ignorant and fearless attitude. They once took time to consult Guo Xiaohu, a doctoral supervisor of the Central Conservatory of Music. The tutor read the music score and said that it was obviously too difficult for amateurs.

It's a pity, after all, it's a rare opportunity to face the guidance of the highest international experts!

Responsible for them is a tall and thin international female judge. She gave the following comments: 1, the rhythm, strength and intonation are all good. 2. Good breath can last until the end of the whole song. Thank you for showing a traditional song, which is passionate and impressive.

On the morning of July 3 1 3, 13 China International Chorus Festival and Chorus Education Conference of the International Chorus Union held a grand award ceremony in Du Wen Shuicheng Convention and Exhibition Center. This year, the setting of gold, silver and bronze awards was cancelled, but according to the on-site evaluation of world-class experts, ABCD is divided into four grades.

On this day, the award ceremony of more than 10,000 people turned into a sea of joy, and applause and shouts became louder and louder.

All the participants in old boys are nervous. What is the dream?

After a "long" wait, the answer was revealed:

"old boys Choir" was rated as "Chorus/Choir C"

For an amateur group established only eight months ago, this is obviously an exciting achievement.

Leng Heping said: The distance has come out. If you don't go, you'll never know how far the road is! When we sang on the same stage with those high-level choirs, we had quickened our pace. Although we stumble and stumble forward, our hearts are steadfast and peaceful! Music gives us purity!

Liu said: The trip to Beijing has increased our knowledge, improved our musical literacy, recognized our own gap and defined our development goals.

Chen Yibin said: Although I found that the gap between myself and other teams is so cruel and different during this trip, my feeling is not inferiority, not discouragement, but more and more encouraging myself to work hard, catching up and vowing to practice the chorus well. They are our targets.

The instructor has more requirements: I hope that through this study, everyone can calm down, start from the foundation and practice the basic skills in a down-to-earth manner. Listen more, practice more and accumulate more works, constantly sum up experience and constantly improve your level.

Old boys still has a long way to go.

Fourth, don't be redundant.

After the trip to Beijing, the reporter produced an illustrated "Dream Journey of Four Men" on personal WeChat, with over 10,000 hits in 48 hours. Some citizens laughed and said that "the whole city is linked to old boys".

Old boys feels incredible.

In the reporter's view, the "old boys phenomenon" shows that poetic dreams and feelings are what people want. The moving part of old boys is not only singing, but also enlightening: on the hurried road of life, we can follow the light of our dreams and move forward hand in hand poetically.

However, Mr. Zhong believes that the aesthetics of music can be divided into four realms: natural realm, desire realm, moral realm and aesthetic realm. At a time when the popularity and level of mass aesthetic education need to be improved, it's really touching to meet old boys!

As soon as I turned around, I sang about music aesthetic education.

Mr. Zhong believes that the ultimate goal of music is to entertain people and cultivate their creative thinking and rich imagination. The latter is very important for the development of our culture and even society!

Indeed, the charm of chorus and the beauty of music are conducive to shaping a sound personality. The history of human beings expressing their emotions by singing is much earlier than musical instruments. Chorus art is the world language to communicate with the soul. Chorus art level is an important index to measure the overall music quality of a country's citizens.

Luo Shugang, Minister of Culture, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of this year's Chorus Festival, saying that the choral cause is booming and plays an irreplaceable role in popularizing art education, improving national quality, promoting social harmony and inspiring national spirit.

Some experts believe that aesthetic education represented by chorus art can not only improve people's aesthetic quality, but also subtly affect people's emotions, tastes, temperament and soul, invigorate people's spirit and moisten people's soul, which should be further popularized in schools and colleges.

China, which is famous for its 5,000-year culture, how far is it from this step?

Popularizing music aesthetic education is worth looking forward to! The dream-chasing "old boys" is not just a case, but a message of poetic life of many boys and girls.