音乐会的主题表演是飞扬少年乐团精心排练演奏 Chamber Orchestra: Gabriel's Oboe,指挥 Phil Young 老师,大提琴是有飞扬乐队马友友之称的 Matthew Huang 担纲。乐曲哀婉,如泣如诉,大提琴的凄美琴声回荡在演出厅,与硅谷公关部特别制作的赈灾幻灯片交融一体,令听众动容。随着幻灯片的缓缓播放,伴随着直指人心的音乐旋律,四川同胞历经汶川、雅安大劫,不屈不挠,抗震救灾,一方有难,八方支援的一幅幅图片,在我们面前展现。请欣赏这首主题音乐的现场录像 。 女儿甜甜也是这次义演的发起人之一。记得一个多月前,美国各大媒体都被波士顿马拉松恐怖爆炸案闹得晕头转向。有一天,甜甜见我们在看中文电视的雅安救灾报道,电视上的画面让她惊呆了。甜甜问:这么大的灾难怎么美国媒体没什么动静?我说,好像是被波士顿爆炸案压下去了。
This is the first time I came to the piano lesson with no purpose, no pressure, in complete emptiness. It feels relaxing but weird. For years and years, no matter how I hate practicing piano, how sleepy I am, how I fight with Mom on piano, I still have to do what I have to do. It becomes part of my life. Now I have passed Level 10, and accomplished what we had aimed for, I am losing my goal. (我插言道:that's ok, we always have moments of this in life. You should be proud of yourself. You need a break.) Dad, don't interrupt me, let me finish my farewell speech. I still remember the first time I saw J. play piano, I envied him so much and wanted to learn piano so much. But when you really put me to the piano class, I found it so boring to have to play the same assignment again and again. Mom was playing with me, but I did not like her to play all day and play better than me, making me feel so stressed. As time goes on, I found myself not good at anything. Piano is perhaps one of the few things I am decent for. I learned dancing many years and ended up finding myself not a material for dancing. I finished all basic swimming classes, but I did not go further to the competitive class, and cannot claim myself good at it. I learned violin for over two years, but I cannot even play a simple song today. I love art, and can sit for hours drawing drawing trying to be perfect. But I have never been trained. I really have little to be proud of myself for. But at least I have piano. I have decent talents of music. With music sheet, I can play almost anything. This is something I should never abandon. At least, I am not a good-for-nothing......
第二个音乐与我的分享人是 Lee Hsieh,他在钢琴比赛中多次获奖,是一个很有音乐成就有艺术潜力的少年。他在分享以后现场弹奏了柴可夫斯基的 Dumka,果然功力不凡。这次活动也使得他对硅谷回音少年团队印象深刻,经过申请,他成为【硅谷回音少年心声】的最新成员,给这个团队补充了新鲜血液。(Lee Hsieh 用流利中文分享自己的音乐经历,并现场表演超可夫斯基的钢琴名曲 。)
Matthew分享的故事也非常感人 ,他说在初学琴的时候,有些曲目他的理解不够,只是机械地练琴,不能把感情融进去。为了培养他对经典乐曲的理解,他妈妈做了很多有创造性的努力,有时候简直不可思议。譬如,妈妈会在他弹悲伤的曲子的时候,现场跳一段悲伤的舞蹈来启发他。艺术都是相通的,在妈妈的艺术灵感和天分的感染下,他的大提琴家非常出色。紧接着是他陪 乐队的最年轻的成员小Sally 演奏巴赫的大提琴曲。小 Sally 比大提琴高不了多少,但人非常灵气,在演奏后的现场采访中应答自如。(Cello Solo: Minuet No. 3 by J.S.Bach , Sally Zhu, accompaniment by David Zhu and Metthew Huang) 这次演出还有很多精彩,包括飞扬少年团队的几个 MC 的出色表现,包括伯克利物理大学生 Kevin 图文并茂的的音乐舞蹈经历 的分享,也包括演出后由Sherry和【少年心声】前主席Dennis主持的 Q&A,其中最有意思的一个问题来自一位家长,他问,怎样才能阻止孩子一边听音乐或一边与朋友电脑聊天,同时做功课的情况?所有的回答都是不可能阻止,也没必要阻止,可以提醒,但在信息时代,学习的具体方式应该由孩子们自己来平衡和决定。飞扬艺术团团长 Ann Woo 也同意孩子们的看法,她说,什么时候需要把身边所有杂事都 shut down,以便专注一项难题,什么时候可以轻松听着音乐做功课,这些说到底应该是孩子们自己的选择,而不应该是父母的强制。孩子们也谈到音乐旅程的甘苦、对成功的定义、对今后的规划,各个都有自己的独到看法,也都非常精彩。看着两个团队少年的出色表现,作为家长我们感到的是欣慰和骄傲,同时也开始更加理解他们。