China Project
The China Project Part I
Submitted by ggevalt on October 2, 2007 - 20:16.
This is the first part of the recent Vermont Public Radio production of The China Project, a YWP initiative with musicians of the Vermont Youth Orchestra who traveled to China.
A group of young Vermont musicians traveled to China this summer, and they experienced the enormous and complex nation in a way the average tourist never could.
Members of the Vermont Youth Orchestra performed in magnificent concert halls, and even played at The Great Wall of China. In between, they toured ancient temples, and strolled through lush gardens.
While in China, students teamed up with The Young Writers Project to create a ‘blog’ with sound recordings, photos and essays. In this first part of the VPR series, we hear some of those recordings and blog entries.
Daniel Houghton of the Young Writers Project narrates.
In the second part of the VPR series, we hear more from young musicians who wrote down their thoughts and recorded their reactions to all that they were experiencing in China.
The China Project Part II
Submitted by ggevalt on October 2, 2007 - 19:52.
This is the second part of the recent Vermont Public Radio production of The China Project, a YWP initiative with musicians of the Vermont Youth Orchestra who traveled to China.
A group of young Vermont musicians traveled to China this summer, and they experienced the enormous and complex nation in a way the average tourist never could.
Members of the Vermont Youth Orchestra performed in magnificent concert halls, and even played at The Great Wall of China. In between, they toured ancient temples, and strolled through lush gardens.
While in China, students teamed up with The Young Writers Project to create a ‘blog’ with sound recordings, photos and essays.
In the first part of the VPR series, we hear some of those recordings and blog entries.
In this, the second part of the series, we hear more from young musicians who wrote down their thoughts and recorded their reactions to all that they were experiencing in China.
Daniel Houghton of the Young Writers Project narrates.
China Project -- VPR "Vermont Edition" 11.23.07
Submitted by ggevalt on December 4, 2007 - 11:48.Here is a podcast of the November 23 "Vermont Edition" on Vermont Public Radio with Host Jane Lindholm and featuring the work of the students in The China Project and YWP Editor Geoffrey Gevalt.
China Project Feedback -- Kelly Hermann
Submitted by ggevalt on October 5, 2007 - 22:19.This is Kelly Hermann, a member of the Vermont Youth Orchestra, talking about what she thought of The China Project, a multi-media journal of the VYO performing tour of China in the summer of 2007. The Young Writers Project editors held workshops and then served as mentors and editors during the trip to help students create a multi-media blog of their journey.
The blog was viewed by some 20,000 people in two and a half weeks. Parents, friends and relatives were constantly online checking on the journey and it became something of a local happening, as they used to say, in Vermont and in music circles around the country. Parents were able to vicariously experience their children's tour while musicians said they learned a lot -- through others' eyes -- about what they were experiencing.
China Project Feedback -- Steven Tatum
Submitted by ggevalt on October 5, 2007 - 22:17.This is Steven Tatum, a member of the Vermont Youth Orchestra, talking about what he thought of The China Project, a multi-media journal of the VYO performing tour of China in the summer of 2007. The Young Writers Project editors held workshops and then served as mentors and editors during the trip to help students create a multi-media blog of their journey.
The blog was viewed by some 20,000 people in two and a half weeks. Parents, friends and relatives were constantly online checking on the journey and it became something of a local happening, as they used to say, in Vermont and in music circles around the country. Parents were able to vicariously experience their children's tour while musicians said they learned a lot -- through others' eyes -- about what they were experiencing.
China Project Feedback -- Carmen Fifield
Submitted by ggevalt on October 5, 2007 - 17:40.This is Carmen Fifield, a member of the Vermont Youth Orchestra, talking about what she thought of The China Project, a multi-media journal of the VYO performing tour of China in the summer of 2007. The Young Writers Project editors held workshops and then served as mentors and editors during the trip to help students create a multi-media blog of their journey.
The blog was viewed by some 20,000 people in two and a half weeks. Parents, friends and relatives were constantly online checking on the journey and it became something of a local happening, as they used to say, in Vermont and in music circles around the country. Parents were able to vicariously experience their children's tour while musicians said they learned a lot -- through others' eyes -- about what they were experiencing.
China Project Feedback -- Suzanne Calhoun
Submitted by ggevalt on October 5, 2007 - 17:13.This is Suzanne Calhoun, a member of the Vermont Youth Orchestra, talking about what she thought of The China Project, a multi-media journal of the VYO performing tour of China in the summer of 2007. The Young Writers Project editors held workshops and then served as mentors and editors during the trip to help students create a multi-media blog of their journey.
The blog was viewed by some 20,000 people in two and a half weeks. Parents, friends and relatives were constantly online checking on the journey and it became something of a local happening, as they used to say, in Vermont and in music circles around the country. Parents were able to vicariously experience their children's tour while musicians said they learned a lot -- through others' eyes -- about what they were experiencing.
China Project Feedback -- Kelsey Calhoun
Submitted by ggevalt on October 5, 2007 - 17:08.This is Kelsey Calhoun, a member of the Vermont Youth Orchestra, talking about what she thought of The China Project, a multi-media journal of the VYO performing tour of China in the summer of 2007. The Young Writers Project editors held workshops and then served as mentors and editors during the trip to help students create a multi-media blog of their journey.
The blog was viewed by some 20,000 people in two and a half weeks. Parents, friends and relatives were constantly online checking on the journey and it became something of a local happening, as they used to say, in Vermont and in music circles around the country. Parents were able to vicariously experience their children's tour while musicians said they learned a lot -- through others' eyes -- about what they were experiencing.
The China Project -- In Print!
Submitted by ggevalt on September 25, 2007 - 11:28.This appeared in the Sunday Times Argus/Rutland Herald in mid-August. The student work from the China Project was aired on Vermont Public Radio, click here to listen and may also appear, possibly, on Vermont Public Television. Students will be appearing at First Night/Burlington to read their work, share their music and impressions and show the video.
Notes from China
Concert hall to Great Wall, young Vermont musicians chronicle a journey
Compiled by Geoffrey Gevalt
Earlier this summer the Vermont Youth Orchestra traveled to China for a 15-day performance tour, playing in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hong Kong and on The Great Wall of China. The orchestra is comprised of Vermont's finest high school musicians who audition annually for placement, attend weekly rehearsals and perform three concerts at Burlington's Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, in addition to other performances throughout the state.
A total of 92 musicians went on the journey -- 88 current members of the orchestra and four alumni. The trip cost $3,500 per student; the VYO offered scholarship assistance and many of the students worked at odd jobs or fund-raisers to pay for part or all of their trip.
