The YCIS & YWIES Seeds of Hope Charity Concert was successfully held at YWIES Tongxiang on March 9, 2019. YCIS and YWIES students and teachers from 12 campuses, including Tongxiang, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Yantai, Qingdao, Chongqing and Silicon Valley, US, gathered together at YWIES Tongxiang to participate in this annual musical event.
YCIS Shanghai Puxi team was led by Ms. Cherry Chen and participated in the combined orchestra. The team was composed by three primary violin teachers, three Primary Hongqiao students: 5C NG Ka Wai, 5D LAN Zi Qi Zoe and 6A RA Yuka, and two Secondary Gubei students: 7A Jake XU and Chai Lam WU, who represented Puxi Orchestra to participate in the event and stayed at YWIES Tongxiang for two nights.
In this combined orchestra, every student’s level is above the Royal Academy of Music Grade 6. The two-day intensive rehearsal was going smoothly under the guidance of the Music Director, Mr. Jeremy Williams. He required every composition meeting the professional standard. There were three rehearsals in one day, including voice rehearsal, skill rehearsal and joint rehearsal, which fully enabled students to feel the rigorous attitude of a professional orchestra and the professional quality of musicians. I believe that every student would benefit a lot from this concert. Let’s look forward to meeting again next year.
Primary Violin Teacher – Juliet WANG*
*Ms Wang performed the important role of Concert Master for the Combined Schools orchestra assisting Mr Jeremy Williams with the orchestra. She played some short but beautiful accent solos in multiple pieces. ( Mr Collins)