Global Celebration at the
Dwight International Music Festival 2019
Introduction
The "Music of Spring" Dwight International Music Festival 2019 hosted by Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School opened at Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall at 3:00 PM on February 23, 2019. More than130 students from Dwight'sfive global campuses and one online school gathered in Shanghai for the first time to spend a week with Qibao Dwight's students, performing together in this "Music of Spring" festival.
After weeks of rain, Shanghai finally saw the sun on Saturday. At 2:00 PM, the grand and elegant Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall ushered in more than1,000 guests: leaders from the Minhang District Education Bureau, Qibao Town, and the International Education Association Shanghai; principals of Dwight's global campuses and Qibao High School Education Group; as well as parents, students, and their families and friends from each campus.
At the backstage of the concert hall, teachers and students had been busy forsix hours without a break. In the previous week,eight themed music workshops were hosted by the global music team of Dwight, which were open to all the students of grades 10-11 in Qibao Dwight. Teachers and students from Qibao Dwight, Dwight's campuses in New York, London, Seoul, and Dubai, as well as Wenlai Middle School spent a lot of time and energy on repeated practice, rehearsal and blocking, to present the audience a perfect performance.
This is the first time that the Dwight International Music Festival was held in a place other than Carnegie Hall in New York. It is also the first time that Qibao Dwight hosted the concert, which is of great significance. The performance is divided into the first half, intermission and the second half, with a total of14 programs. In addition to the amazing professional skills of the performers, the cultural fusion of China, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States was a highlight of the performance. The concert featured the beautiful and heroic gayageum and long drum performance by South Korean students, amazing peacock dance and folk music performance by Chinese students, classic chamber music and rock and roll by British and American students, and orchestra ensemble and finale chorus by global students.
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Beautiful Day
by Dwight School New York Band
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Samulnori
by Dwight School Seoul
KoreanDrum Ensemble
Korean drum music usually consists of four kinds of drums and different rhythms. The performance featured six kinds of drums and songs written by the students themselves.
Soloist Cindy Oh is a gayageum player. She has been learning the traditional Korean instrument for four years. She performed regularly in Seoul and also at Carnegie Hall in New York last year.
Gayageum Soloist: Cindy Oh
03
Spring Breeze, Cherry Blossom Ending
by Dwight School Seoul
Instrumental Ensemble and Choir
04
La Primavera
by Dwight Schools Global
Chamber Ensemble
05
Glow
by Dwight School New York Chamber Choir
and Global Chamber Ensemble
06
Molihua
by Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School
Faculty Choir
07
Peacock Flying Back
by Shanghai Wenlai Middle School
The Wenlai Middle School Dance Club was rated as the school of Shanghai Dance Union in 2016. It has won the first prize in the district students' art festival dance competition 11 consecutive times, and has won the first prize and the second prize in the city students' dance competition many times.
Wenlai Middle School Dance Club
08
Beautiful Flower and Full Moon
by Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School
Chinese Folk Music Band
09
Blue Night Blue Dream
by Shanghai Qibao Dwight High SchoolChoir
10
Liang Liang
Guzheng soloist：Clara Jiang
Clara Jiang is from the DwightLondon campus. She began to learn Guzheng at the age of four. She moved from Shanghai to London last year.
11
Concierto De Aranjuez
by Dwight School London Vocal Ensemble
12
Spain
by Dwight School London Jazz Band
and Dwight Schools Global Ochestra
13
Medley from A Star Is Born
by Dwight Schools Global Ochestra and Choir
Lead singer 1: Annabella Joslin
Annabelle is from theDwight Dubai campus. She came to Dubai from New York last year. She loves music and drama. She has played the trumpet for five years and has sung in choirs, dramas and operas for seven years.
Lead singer 2:Akhil Karra
Akhil is from the New York campus of Dwight. He grew up participating in music, singing, piano playing and composing. He moved from Dwight's London campus to New York campus last year.
Lead singer 3: Zhou Feng
Zhou Feng is from Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School. She has been fond of singing since childhood. She is the runner-up in the singing competition of the school.
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Medley from The Greatest Showman
by Dwight Schools Global Ochestra and Choir
Lead singer 1: Ava Goldfarb
Ava is from the New York campus of Dwight. She has been studying vocal music for four years and loves singing and drama.
Lead singer 2: Justin Chen
Justin is from the New York campus of Dwight. He plays guitar, bass, drums and keys.
Lead singer 3: Jennifer Klein
Jennifer is from the New York campus of Dwight. She has been studying vocal music for five years. She likes to interact with classmates from other countries and exchange music.
Ending
The two-hour concert came to an end. Mr. Qiu Zhonghai, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School, Principal Wang Fang and Principal Long Mei, as well as the school directors and principals of Dwight's global campuses, took the stage to express their deep gratitude to all the audience and performers.
Global cooperation and inclusive innovationare the secret of the success of Dwight schools in different parts of the world. They are also the most valuable and unique feature of Qibao Dwight.
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