The KangHua Singers
The 15 member KangHua Singers, under the direction of Professor Chai-lun Yueh, will be singing more than a dozen songs to celebrate The 2009 Riverfront Dragon Boat and Asian Festival.
Professor Yueh is a renowned baritone and voice educator. He is the voice teacher at 4 universities in Connecticut, and heads the voice department of the Hartford Conservatory.
Today we are going to sing mostly Chinese folk songs and a few Chinese art songs, including ensembles, solo, duets, trios, and quartets. Some songs will be accompanied by dancing.
Program
1. Looking for Plum Blossoms in the Snow (The KangHua Singers)
In the depth of winter we are riding our donkey carts through the snow and over the bridges to look for the plum blossoms.
2. Wait for You til Dawn (male ensemble)
At dusk on the shore of the roaring Lake Tsailimo, your silhouette is fading away; yet it is ringing with your melody. Your gentle smile lingers on my mind and fills my heart with happiness. I will be waiting for you, my love, till the break of dawn.
3 How Can I Not Think of Her (baritone solo)
The floating clouds and whispering wind remind me of her. The simmering moonlight caressing the ocean, such sweetness reminds me of her. The playful fish chasing the withering flower petals and the swallows seem to respond. Suddenly the dead trees are shivering in the bitter wind and a bonfire is blistering under the last rays of sunset. Ah, how can I not think of her?
4. Our Nuptial Promises ( duet)
A Miao couple is exchanging their marriage vows and swearing their eternal love.
5. The Great Hulunbeier Steppe
The infinite Hulunbeier Steppe stretches as far as the edge of the sky, inhabited here and there by the gleaming white Mongolian yurts with the robust eagles hovering over. Hulunbeier, I am longing for you.
6. Strolling along the Rice Paddies ( duet)
Merrily I stroll along the rice paddies, enjoying the scenery and the company of the farmers cheerfully harvesting. 
The bamboo grove swaying blithely under the moonlight, as light and tender as the beautiful girls whose dancing I so admire. My beloved, why can't you open your heart to me just like the stunning peacock fanning her feather?
8. Chanting of the Autumn Cicada (female duet)
With the arrival of the cicada, the autumnal leaves turn into a multitude of colors and the water gradually, inevitably chills, thus weaving a picturesque symphony.
9. Dating at Ao Bao (duet)
A young man waits for her sweetheart at Ao Bao. The lovers sing to each other as they meet.
10. The Splendor of the Grand Qing Zang Plateau (duet)
The majestic mountains seem to chain and link together, the deep blue sky reaches far beyond awaken in me the yearning and dream of seeing the splendid Qing Zang Plateau.
11. Heavenly Path (female trio and dance)
A folk song of the Zang minority about the Qingzang Railway which connects Xining and Lhasa in the Qinghai-Tibet area.
12. The Luminous Moonlight (female ensemble)
The radiant moon is casting its silvery shadow on the orchards and ponds. Its brightness is beaming into my room, lulling me into a sweet reverie.
13. Walking along the Country Road (The KangHua Singers)
On my way home through the country walkway, I am enjoying the companies of the shepherds and their faithful cows. Their delightful songs and the splendid setting sun chase away my worldly troubles and weariness.
Thanks our photographers: Yueh Laoshi, Dr. Fuh, Mr. Wang and George
