Conductor : Samuel Lin
Accompanists : Melody Kuo,
Stephanie Lan
The Los Angeles
Chinese Chorale (LACC) was incorporated in January of 1994 immediately followed the establishment of the LACA Music Foundation
Corporation.
The LACC is under the direction of Mr. Samuel Lin,
a renowned choral music conductor, and accompanied by the highly esteemed pianists Ms. Stephanie Lan and Dr. Melody Kuo. Members from different
professions share only one common passion – the love of choral music.
The LACC promotes the choral art through exemplary performances. The group is
known for its rich tone quality and harmony, and for cross-cultural interpretations of its broad repertoire, which includes
classical music, sacred music, contemporary works, art and folk songs.
Besides the regular annual recitals, participation in the Los
Angeles County Holiday Celebration program, the Choral Festival of Overseas Chinese and other charity performances, the accomplishments
include:
- 08/1997 - The Taiwan Concert Tour.
This tour was concluded with the performance at the famed National Taiwan Theatre in Taipei. A CD was recorded and published
- 07/1998 - The
opera “The travel of a Little Balloon” at Luckman Fine Art Complex
- 10/1999 - The joint concert
with the Pasadena Classical Chorale
- 06/2000 - The five performances for the “On Gold Mountain” premiere at the Japan American Theatre commissioned
by the Los Angeles Opera Company
- 12/2000 - The opera “Amahl and the night visitors”
- 06/2001 - Participated in the
“Innsbruck International Choral Festival” at Innsbruck, Austria under the direction of Alan Heatherington
and Weston Noble who paid attribute to this group as the “Most Prepared” group
- 05/2002 - Received the silver medal award in the
Global Overseas Chinese Choral Competition “President Cup” in Taipei, Taiwan, and was named by the judges the
group with the “Most beautiful Tone Quality”
- 04/2003 - The “Pacific Rim Melodies”. A CD was recorded
- 12/2003 - The joint concert with the Los Angeles
Chinese Christian Chorale presenting Vivaldi’s “Gloria”
- 11/2004 - The concert “From Primitive to Traditional”.
It brought in the “The Maiden of Malan”, the early voice describes the sentiments of the high mountain people
advancing the “Primitive” tribal singing to “Contemporary” choral music
- 08/2005 - Invited by the National Taiwan University
Alumni Chorus to perform jointly at Los Angeles during their concert tour in the U.S.
- 12/2005 - Two joint concerts with the Los Angeles
Chinese Christian Chorale to present Handel’s “Messiah”
- 09/2006 - Participated in the “Europe and its Songs”,
an international folksong festival in Barcelona, Spain, and was awarded the Silver medal in the competition
- 11/2006 - Mozart’s 250th
Anniversary Concert at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena
- 07/2007 - Mid-Summer Night of Symphony & Choral Works.
Presented the Haydn's Creation by the 100 community combined choir members with the Dalian University Youth Symphony
Orchestra, a group of 50 orchestra members from Dalian, China
- 10/2008 - "Songs of Melody" concert at the Baldwin
Park Performance Center
- 08/2009 - 88 Charity concert for the Taiwan Flood Disaster
- 11/2009 - Participated in the "Love Taiwan" concert
- 01/2010 - "Ode to the Earth"
concert at the Arcadia Presbyterian Church
洛杉磯華人合唱團
指揮:林雲郎
伴奏 : 郭雋律、藍婉修
音樂家林雲郎先生於1994年初發起成立「洛華音樂基金會」,隨即於1月7日成立此基金會的第一個附屬團體「洛杉磯華人合唱團」,希望藉著高素質的
合唱音樂提昇南加州華人合唱音樂水準,並促進中西音樂交流。現有團員約
30餘人,都是經由試音通過加入的。
洛杉磯華人合唱團由專攻指揮的林雲郎先生擔任指揮,鋼琴家郭雋律小姐、藍婉修小姐、擔任鋼琴伴奏。團員皆來自不同崗位的社會人士,但在團員對合唱音樂的熱愛及指揮平常嚴格的訓練之下,團隊默契及樂性的培養逐年提高。
洛杉磯華人合唱團的演唱曲目極為廣泛,從民謠、藝術歌曲、經文歌、彌撒曲、清唱劇、歌劇選曲及近代的合唱作品,均有獨到的詮釋。十三年來,「洛華」在每場音樂會的表現,均深獲各界人士一致肯定,優美的和聲及豐富的音樂性,融合成為「洛華」與眾不同的風格。1997年赴台灣舉行巡迴演唱會,在台北國家音樂廳演出。1998年演唱莫扎特的「安魂曲」、歌劇「鵲橋的想像」、
及「長恨歌」。 1999 年的「原野鄉音之夜」,均盛況空前。1999年10月應Pasadena古典合唱團邀請演出,得到很高的評價。2000年6月應洛杉磯歌劇團的邀請,與多位專業人士在日美劇場一同參加
5 場 ”On Gold Mountain”歌劇的首演,深獲好評。2000年聖誕前演出
Gian Carlo Menotti 的 歌劇「阿瑪與夜訪客」,是本團另一新嘗試。2001年6月赴奧地利
Innsbruck 參加國際音樂節,被音樂節指揮們讚為
「準備最充分的團體」。2002年5月在全球海外華僑合唱團觀摩賽中得銀牌獎,
獲裁判們讚譽為音色最美具專業水準的參賽合唱團。2003年12月與洛杉磯華人聖樂團聯合演出
Vivaldi「榮耀頌」。2004年11月的「從原始到現代」演出,其中「馬蘭姑娘」的原始聲音敘述了原住民民族的喜悅、虔誠、歡樂與悲痛,而所表現的現代氣息帶來極大的震撼。2000及2004年
聖誕前夕被洛杉磯縣藝術委員會邀請在
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 音樂廳參與聖誕慶祝會的演出。2005年8月在臺大校友合唱團美西巡迴演唱會中,應邀在洛杉磯聯合演出。2005年12
月與洛杉磯華人聖樂團聯合演出
2場韓德爾神劇「彌賽亞」。2006年9月赴西班牙巴塞隆納參加國際民謠音樂節,11月將在
Pasadena 的Ambassador Auditorium 舉行莫扎特 250 週年紀念演唱會。2006年9月赴西班牙巴薩隆納參加國際民謠合唱大賽榮獲銀牌獎,
參加競賽團隊來自德國、意大利、西班牙、
愛沙尼亞、希臘、捷克及東歐其他國家,是一次難能可貴的經驗。
2006年11月 在 Pasadena 的 Ambassador Auditorium
舉行莫扎特 250 週年紀念演唱會。2007年7月聯合社區精英與來自中國大連的「大連大學金宸青年交響樂團」有精彩的演出。2008年演出「旋律之歌」。2009年參與兩場為台灣八八水災的義演。