2026 Annual Concert
年度音乐会 11/14/2026
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神州合唱团简介
《神州合唱团》创建于1995年。当时一批热爱唱歌的华人相聚组成了百人合唱团，在美南地区首次唱响了《黄河大合唱》（选段）。1996年9月再以一部由孙承骅先生编配的大联唱《我的中国心》唱出了旅美华人的游子之情。1997年春节在达福地区旅美侨胞举办的联欢会上首次以《神州合唱团》为名登台亮相。其后《神州合唱团》相继在庆祝香港回归、每年的春节及中秋国庆联欢会上演出了许多喜闻乐见的合唱曲，深受大家欢迎。2000年春合唱团正式成为全年常规性活动社团。
2001年起神州合唱团开始举办年度音乐会，首场演出正赶上5月母亲节，一首首深情的歌曲，获得侨胞热烈的掌声，献给母亲的一朵朵康乃馨也给大家留下了深刻的印象；以后几年又相继演唱了《梁山伯与祝英台》、《长江组歌》、《三湘四季》、《抗战胜利六十周年纪念音乐会》、《我的祖国和我》等大型组曲和专题音乐会，年年推出新曲目，不断引起当地侨界的热烈反响。演唱的曲目也从中国的流行歌曲向西方的经典和东方的民族音乐发展，拓展了观众群，也提高和开阔了演唱的视野及水准。2007年夏季，为促进中美及两岸三地文化交流，以歌会友，与阿灵顿的大地合唱团联合举办了第三届海峡两岸《华人之声》演唱会。2008年11月，神州合唱团受邀在上海与上海教师合唱团及交大合唱团，在北京与广播之友合唱团并由中国歌剧舞剧院管弦乐团伴奏演出《中国心，中华情》中美华人合唱音乐会，并由中国电視台CCTV在全国及全球的播导。2010年11月，在台北参加第四届《两岸三地》的演出，获得圆满成功。2012年2月，赴欧洲参加了由中国合唱协会主办的大型合唱音乐会，在维也纳的金色大厅成功演出成为中国合唱报的首版新闻。2013年又应邀赴福州参加福州大学“以歌会友 - 华人之声”合唱音乐会，同时庆祝其建校55周年。2014年秋应邀赴丹佛市，参与“亲情中华”表演。2014年以来许多团员参与了在美国和欧洲举行的大型合唱组歌“岁月甘泉”的数场演出。2015年参与了中国网络电视台举办的大型众筹节目《黄河大合唱》的活动。2018年8月參加了德国汉堡“中国时代”活动及成功演出了一场音乐会。今年9月与数个本地华人社区合唱团一起合办了庆祝抗战胜利80周年音乐会，并于10月受邀在台湾中原大学成功举办了一场音乐会。
如今《神州合唱团》已经成长为拥有超过100人的非营利性501(C)(3)的合唱团体。成立后得益于名师指点：启蒙的丁霭悦指挥诲人不倦，继任的郭爱莲指挥精益求精，现任的指挥刘哲苑老师才华横溢，她们兢兢业业地伴着神州走过不平凡的一年又一年，她们深厚的音乐修养和对艺术不懈的追求，是神州努力向上之魂魄。我们的成长亦得益于为团伴奏多年的诸信恩教授（已故）、陈祖玲老师、于清先生和金世元女士所给予的艺术指导以及团委会、理事会成员的鼎力合作，更离不开全体团员们的无私奉献和大力支持。我们的团员来自中国大陆、香港、台湾、韩国及东南亚各地区，各行各业，背景不同，共同的爱好就是歌唱。团里不乏多年前从事文艺的艺术工作者，更多的是唱歌艺术的爱好者，多年磨砺，痴情不移，不少团员还去求名师指点，以求艺术上的不断长进。二十多年来大家相濡以沫、团结互助、努力配合，是一个洋溢着兄弟姐妹情谊的大家庭，并积极参与社区公益事务，包括筹款赈灾、公益演出等。
The Great Land Choral Society
The Great Land Choral Society was founded in 1995. At that time, a group of Chinese Americans who loved singing came together to form a hundred-member chorus. For the first time in the southern United States, they performed selected movements from The Yellow River Cantata, composed by Xian Xinghai.
In September 1996, the hundred-member chorus gathered again and performed My Chinese Heart, a large-scale choral medley arranged by Mr. Sun Chenghua. The performance expressed the heartfelt emotions of Chinese immigrants living far from their homeland and once again drew the attention of the Dallas Chinese community. By the end of that same year, The Great Land Choral Society was formally established. During the 1997 Chinese New Year celebration hosted by the Chinese community in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, the chorus made its first public appearance under the name “The Great Land Choral Society.”
Since then, the Society has performed many beloved choral works at celebrations for Hong Kong’s return to China, annual Chinese New Year events, Mid-Autumn Festival gatherings, and National Day celebrations, earning warm praise from audiences. In the spring of 2000, the Society officially became a year-round community arts organization.
Beginning in 2001, The Great Land Choral Society started presenting annual concerts. Its first concert coincided with Mother’s Day in May. The heartfelt songs received enthusiastic applause from the Chinese community, and the carnations presented to mothers left a lasting impression on the audience. In the following years, the Society performed major choral suites and themed concerts, including The Butterfly Lovers, Songs of the Yangtze River, Four Seasons of Sanxiang, Concert Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Victory of the War of Resistance, and My Motherland and Me. Each year, the Society introduced new repertoire and continued to generate enthusiastic responses within the local Chinese community.
Over time, its repertoire expanded from popular Chinese songs to Western classics and Eastern folk music, broadening its audience and raising the artistic vision and performance standard of the choir. In the summer of 2007, to promote cultural exchange among China, the United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, and to build friendships through music, the Society jointly presented the third “Voices of Chinese” concert with the Great Earth Chorus of Arlington. The concert received attention and coverage from mainstream media in Dallas.
In November 2008, The Great Land Choral Society traveled to China to present the “Chinese Heart, Chinese Sentiment” Chinese-American choral concert. In Shanghai, it performed with the Shanghai Teachers’ Choir and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Choir. In Beijing, it performed with the Friends of Broadcasting Choir, accompanied by the orchestra of the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater. The concert was broadcast by China Central Television, CCTV, both nationally and internationally.
In November 2010, the Society participated in the fourth “Across the Taiwan Strait and the Three Regions” performance in Taipei, achieving great success. In February 2012, it traveled to Europe to participate in a large-scale choral concert organized by the China Choral Association. Its successful performance at the Golden Hall in Vienna became front-page news in China Choral News. In 2013, the Society was invited to Fuzhou to participate in Fuzhou University’s “Meeting Friends Through Song — Voices of Chinese” choral concert, held in celebration of the university’s 55th anniversary.
In the fall of 2014, the Society was invited to Denver to participate in the “Cultures of China, Festival of Spring” performance. Since 2014, many members have also participated in several performances of the large-scale choral suite The Fountain of Time in the United States and Europe. In 2015, the Society took part in a large-scale crowd-sourced production of The Yellow River Cantata organized by China Network Television. In August 2018, it participated in the “China Time” event in Hamburg, Germany, and successfully presented a concert there.
Today, The Great Land Choral Society has grown into a nonprofit 501(c)(3) choral organization with more than one hundred members, supported by a well-established constitution and organizational structure. Since its founding, the Society has benefited from the guidance of distinguished conductors: its founding conductor Ding Aiyue, who taught with tireless dedication; her successor, Guo Ailian, who pursued artistic excellence with meticulous care; and its current conductor, Ms. Ellie Lin, whose outstanding talent continues to inspire the choir. Through their devotion, musical depth, and tireless pursuit of artistic excellence, they have accompanied the Society through many extraordinary years and have become the soul of its continued growth.
The Society’s development has also been enriched by the artistic guidance of its longtime accompanists, including the late Professor Zhu Xinen, Ms. Chen Zuling, Mr. Yu Qing, and Ms. Sewon Kim, as well as by the dedicated collaboration of its committee and board members. Above all, the Society’s achievements would not have been possible without the selfless dedication and strong support of all its members.
The members of The Great Land Choral Society come from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. They represent many professions and backgrounds, but share one common passion: singing. Some members were formerly professional artists, while many others are devoted lovers of choral music. Through years of practice and dedication, many have continued to seek guidance from accomplished teachers in order to improve their artistry.
For thirty years, the members of the Society have supported one another, worked together with unity and dedication, and formed a warm family filled with brotherhood and sisterhood. The Society also actively participates in community service, including fundraising for disaster relief and charitable performances.
Highlighted Concert Performances 演出音乐会选介
音乐会曲目涉猎古今中外,阳春白雪雅俗共赏。中文曲目有《梁山伯与祝英台》，《夜来香》，《亲情难忘》和《杜 鹃花》。外文曲目有《悲惨世界(Les Misérables)》和 《Dirait-on 他们说》等。本年度音乐会的一大亮点是我们特邀由神州合唱团指挥刘哲苑女士执教的著名的德州男童合唱团（Texas Boys Choir）与我们联袂登台献唱。他们今年七月份在中国大陆巡回表演了15 场音乐会，受到各地观众热烈追捧关注，好评如潮。他们的加盟为本年度音乐会注入新活力新热度。著名女高音歌唱家刘香女士和高泽华女士也一展美妙歌喉。
为了纪念神州合唱团成立20周年, 神州合唱团为达福地区的广大民众和海外侨胞献上了一场宏大的音乐盛宴。休斯敦的黄河合唱团到达拉斯来参与我们的联合演出。音乐会在《同一首歌》优美的旋律中开始。今年的曲目有浪漫优美的《海滨之歌》，还有欢快俏皮的《花儿与少年》，还有《音乐之声》的主题曲《Edelweiss》，我们还演唱了一首由童声领唱的《We Are Not Alone》。不但有集体大合唱，还有男声小合唱，女声小合唱。我们今年音乐会的重头大戏是两个合唱团联合演唱的三首歌曲：《千之风》，《The Ground》，和《Hallelujah Chorus 哈利路亚大合唱》。把音乐会带到了最高潮。
神州合唱团二零零八年的年度音乐会，于九月二十七日晚在布蘭諾的卡斯特路聯合衛理公會大教堂如期举行。应中国政协侨务办的邀请，神州合唱团在上海和北京参加两场“中国心、中华情”的专题演出。刘哲苑指挥在练习和演出曲目的选择上颇费心思，特别选取了一些在两地皆能引起观众兴趣和共鸣的曲子。面对灾难，中国的百姓以其坚韧不拔和乐观积极的生活态度，呼唤诚挚与理解，相互的扶持与关爱，铸就了众志成城的家园，共同抵御汶川大地震。对生命价值的尊重和对人的尊严的尊重。
二零零八年十一月七日和九日神州合唱团分别在上海和北京演出。在上海时，与神州合唱团同台演出的有交通大学合唱团、闵行区教师合唱团。在北京时，同台演出的有著名钢琴家孔祥东、著名歌唱家范竟马、王霞和关牧村，同台演出的还有北京广播之友合唱团，伴奏是由著名指挥家许知俊指挥的中国歌剧舞剧院交响乐团。央视一姐董卿为晚会主持。各大电视台，报纸，及新闻网都对这次神州合唱团飘扬过海的美好歌声进行了报道。
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