I love this...

Right now I'm sitting in the library waiting for our concert creative performance.  Actually we already did two concerts today in a elementary school and a high school.  That's our final performance....

creative performance

This week I did a lot of rehearsals for the creative performance class.  That's also a wonderful class.  In this musical I played a cop and a musician two characters.  Those are my pictures.

Sunday Concert Pictures

I do have several pictures. Because I didn't get time to record some videos, I don't have any video for this concert.

Sunday Concert

 On December 8th we held our concert  at Frederick Loewe Theatre.

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n preparing for improvising beyond our shores with partners across the sea, we sought to embody our process through connecting movement with musicing and engaging the moment. Students in Expanded Music explored expressive possibilities with Teaching Artist and Choreographer Jee Yun Hong. They created their own choreography (each student contributing a phrase) and explored the immediacy of Loewe Theatre through music improvisations of Tromso University and Queens University, Belfast.---Doctor John Gilbert

NYC Ballet Presents NEW BEGINNINGS

FAR FROM THE SHORES WE KNOW

This sunday will be our concert , I'm so exciting with it.:))))

This is our page to the website.

http://www.nyu.edu/classes/gilbert/collab2013f/

The title is called FAR FRWOM THE SHORES WE  KNOW

so profound!!! What do you think about the title???

Last autumn

Improvise with remote locations

This morning on 6th floor of Education Building (35 West 4th) our expanded music improvised some music with      a remote location where is in Norway.

composing...

Trying to compose a piano prelude, but cannot succeed without sounding like Debussy... How a composer achieve the individuality is a mystery to me. :(

Continuing post my video in Choga

This one I got when I stood back of these players.(Because this one is too big, I just upload it on Youtube.)enjoy it:)

Choga Bleecker Street NYC

Last night we had a special class at Chogo Restaurant which is located at 145 Bleecker Street,NYC.  We had a delicious dinner with our professors and classmates.  And we improvise all kinds of music.

This one is the cellist improvise some music that should follow the dancer's movement. 

Animated In Bed - Wonderful Stop Motion

This video I think it is so creative,  and the music is strangely hopeful whenever you listen to this.  I just wonder how does it make,  is there anyone could answer to me...

My music life video

This video I made through iMovie. That I did when I took the course Technology Resources that also taught by Professor Gilbert.  These images that I took came from these years when I performed and visited in some concerts.  And the music is part of the Mozart Piano Concerto.  Enjoy it :)

Ballet: Aria Alekzander 2013

Improvisation

Last week I got a book called FREE PLAY that our professor Gilbert gave us as our kind of textbook.
I read a little these days.  In the beginning prologue,  there is a very profound story that called A New Flute.  It talked about how the musician made his music to be successful.  It came from his improvisation.

As this book said"whether we are creating high art or a meal, we improvise when we move with the flow of time and with our own evolving consciousness, rather than with a preordained script or recipe."
Improvisation is very important in our life.  I think if we want to have a better improvisation or inspiration,  we should have more basic knowledge about your field.  And more practice and experience could let your improvisation and inspiration more interesting and popular.

That's just a little thought about my reading.  I will continue my writing...

Beethoven's 5th Symphony

Embodiment

Last week I had a chance to watch a performance that teaching artist Jee Yun Hong and my classmates Jun Zhang perform together under unperparation.  From there,  I found that musicians must have an ability that response quickly from music.  And How do they make a conversation via the music and dance.  I think that's the part of the embodiment.

Here I also found something from Youtube.  This video also present this violinist make a response with some other one's shadows.

HAIKU

This week I got a homework that try to write some poems or write a haiku for our class.  Actually I didn't even know what's a haiku.  So I searched some haikus on the internet.  Today I try to write a haiku.  This is my first haiku for my new life in NYU.  If it's not good,  please forgive me.  :)

                                                        New Life

                                                   Autumn is here again,
                                                   Rain is playing sweetly with breeze
                                                   And life is renewed.

                                                   

Expanded Music and Its Impact on Teaching (My favorite media)

This is my first assignment in this class Expanded Music.   The name of this video is Lady Buddha With Thousand Hands.

As I said on the class,  this one is performed by the dancers who are the deaf. They cannot hear anything.  They must have a conductor to let them do every action together.  I like this show not only for these dancers , but also for the music.  The music comes from the old chinese music just add some modern element there.  It gives me the feeling of freshness and let me memory some old chinese scenes and stories.