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The Cambridge Chinese Choral Society (CCCS), the premier Chinese-language choral group in the Greater Boston area, presents its 2020 New Year’s concert. Our music director, Dr. Yufen Yen, will lead the CCCS to perform its 2020 New Year’s concert “Home Is Where the Heart Is”, painting a picture of what “home” is to our members and audience through a heartwarming selection of choral music on themes of family, friendship, and community. The program will feature many contemporary compositions revolving around these themes, including The Seal Lullaby, Glow, and This Marriage by the well-known choral composer Eric Whitacre. Ubi Caritas by Ola Gjeilo, inspired by Gregorian chants, reflects upon our love for each other and for God, while Please Stay by Jake Runestad provides a powerful reminder that we can all make a difference to those around us battling their inner demons. The CCCS has also selected songs popularized by the Shanghai Rainbow Chamber Singers, such as the heartwarming remembrance in Grandma and the inner dialogue of a secret crush in I Like. Regardless of what “home” is to you, “Home Is Where the Heart Is” is definitely the concert of the year that you do not want to miss!

Date/Time: Saturday Jan 18th, 7:30pm
Location: United Parish Brookline
210 Harvard St., Brookline, MA 02446.
Tickets: $10 early bird (last day 1/15), $15 regular
For more details or group tickets, please see the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-cccs-2020-new-year-concert-home-is-where-the-heart-is-tickets-86884526959

You may also email contact@mitcccs.org or call 617-615-6108.

又是一年歲末時，劍橋合唱團2020年初將以【歸宿】為主題，精心選取10多首溫暖的國內外著名曲目，為大家帶來一場溫馨與心安的冬季音樂會。

不管是青春萌芽的《當我們一起走過》，還是《台北的天空》，都將讓你瞬間陷入青春奮鬥和背井離鄉的回憶。而《This Marriage》、《Ubi Caritas》則讓人徐徐感受到成家立業後家庭的溫暖，以及從小愛到大愛的平靜與心安。舒緩的搖籃曲《The Seal Lullaby》，親切令人懷念的《外婆》，則不知不覺將你帶入三代同堂相互陪伴的幸福。其中《The Seal Lullaby》, 《Glow》, 《This Marriage》由著名合唱作曲家Eric Whitacre所做。此外，音樂會還將帶來膾炙人口的上海彩虹合唱團指揮金承志寫的多首曲目，值得期待。

在這個歲末家人團圓之際，無論你在哪裡，不管你走了多久的路，嚐遍多少酸甜苦楚，我們希望用這場音樂會讓你找到家的心安，讓音樂將帶領你回到與家人溫情相伴的幸福團聚時光。
因為，家，永遠是我們的歸宿；因為，我心安處，即是家。

時間：星期六，一月18號，晚間7:30
地點：United Parish in Brookline (210 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446)
購票：$10 早鳥優惠（早鳥票到1/15截止）, $15 普通票
聯絡請洽contact@mitcccs.org或致電617-615-6108。

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-cccs-2020-new-year-concert-home-is-where-the-heart-is-tickets-86884526959

MIT CCCS 2019 Spring Concert: Passion and Glory

Passion and Glory – 劍橋合唱團2019春季音樂會

MIT CCCS 2018 Winter Concert: Ancient Poetry, New Melodies

Ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cambridge-chinese-choral-society-2018-winter-concert–tickets-51660133851

MIT Cambridge Chinese Choral Society (CCCS), the premier Chinese-language choral group in the Greater Boston area, presents its 2018 Winter Concert. Our Music Director, Dr. Yufen Yen, will lead CCCS to perform its 2018 Winter Concert “Ancient Poetry, New Melodies”, featuring a fantastic series of traditional and contemporary Chinese literature and poetry woven through the complexity of choral music. Whether you are a big fan of Chinese poetry or not, “Ancient Poetry, New Melodies” is definitely the concert of the year that you do not want miss!

Date/Time: Saturday Dec 15, 7:30pm
Location: Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church (1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138).
TIckets: $10 early bird (by 12/10), $15 regular.
For more details or group tickets, please email contact@mitcccs.org or call 617-615-6108.

[前事今聲] – 劍橋合唱團 2018 冬季音樂會，以音樂讀詩

劍橋合唱團今冬將帶來全中文曲目音樂會「前事今聲」，由顏毓芬博士指揮、鋼琴家林宜穎博士伴奏，呈獻黃友棣、周鑫泉、冉天豪三位分別在不同時期活躍於台灣的作曲家，擷取自過去一千兩百年來傳頌於中文世界的詩詞譜寫的作品。詩是故事的載體，兼有文字的精練與聲韻格律之美，不分古今，都是作曲家靈感的泉源。

本次上半場從唐詩宋詞到清代小說「紅樓夢」中出現的小曲，全為重視古典傳統、致力於以音樂弘道的黃友棣作曲；下半場有冉天豪作曲的「風、雪、戀、星」組曲，展現詩人徐志摩自由奔放的熱情；隨著時代的洪流推移，余光中在1970年代旅美期間對外呼應美國反戰潮流與台灣的民歌運動、對內懷抱中年離鄉的自我叩問，被周鑫泉譜成了茫茫風中的「答案」；張曼娟的短文小品「月光箋」，將現代都會裡難以投遞的幽微寂寞，寄託於唯一不變的圓滿。

今聲唱前事，回顧風雲，也聽風月。

時間：12/15（星期六）晚間 7:30
地點：Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church (1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138)
聯絡請洽contact@mitcccs.org或致電617-615-6108。

MIT CCCS 2018 Spring Concert: 【賦別】Every End Is a New Beginning

MIT Cambridge Chinese Choral Society (CCCS), the premier Chinese-language choral group in the Greater Boston area, will perform its 2018 Spring Concert “Every End Is a New Beginning” on Saturday, May 26, 7:30 PM at MIT Kresge Auditorium.

Coinciding with the centennial of the end of World War I and taking place on Memorial Day weekend, the program revolves around themes of parting and remembrance. The centerpiece of the concert is Howard Goodall’s Eternal Light: A Requiem, while the Chinese-language selections give a nod to graduating students and the immigrant community, for whom parting is an inevitable shared experience.

Eternal Light: A Requiem is a contemporary requiem by British composer Howard Goodall that removes the heavier parts about “judgment” and “damnation” the traditional Latin text, replacing them with classical English poems focused on bidding farewell and eternal rest.

Leading up to the requiem are several highly emotional Mandarin and Taiwanese choral classics including The Sojourner by Tyzen Hsiao, To Forget by Huang Yau-tai, and Farewell in City South by Jenny H. Chou and John P. Ordway.

Whether you are an immigrant, veteran, graduating student, or simply interested in choral music, “Every End Is a New Beginning” is promised to be a memorable experience for everyone this Memorial Day weekend.

For ticketing info please email contact@mitcccs.org or call 617-615-6108

【賦別】Every End Is a New Beginning

劍橋合唱團 2018 春季音樂會

1918年，歷時四年的第一次世界大戰畫上句點，戰爭從倖存者的記憶，漸漸淡出成遙遠的絕響。百年之後，強權更迭、帝國崩解，文明前進了，但人類的苦難，似乎並沒有結束……

春夏是繁花盛開的季節，也是校園畢業師生離別的季節。2018年五月，劍橋合唱團將演繹當代英國作曲家Howard Goodall在一戰終戰90週年時所譜寫的「永恆之光安魂曲」（Eternal Light: A Requiem）、 黃友棣的「遺忘」、蕭泰然的「出外人」、以及周鑫泉的「城南送別」。由顏毓芬博士指揮，鋼琴家林宜穎伴奏。

時間：5/26（星期六）晚間7:30
地點：MIT Kresge Auditorium (48 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139)
購票請洽contact@mitcccs.org或致電617-615-6108