Jin Chengzhi, Chang Shilei, and others have written songs tailored to their needs. The Big Whale Singing Troupe has released a music video titled "Where is Spring?" for children | art | where is spring
Let music shine and let childhood rest. On July 9th, the new themed MV "Where is Spring?" produced by Roewe Shanghai Children's Art Theatre and performed by the Big Whale Singing Troupe premiered. The Big Whale Singing Ensemble "Singing in Childhood Jazz Concert" also sang in Shanghai Children's Art Theater. The familiar childhood melodies such as "Selling Newspaper Songs", "Little Slovenness", "DuDuDuDuDuDuDuDuDuDuDu, Selling Sugar Congee" put on the coat of "Jazz", and the old songs were sung new, refreshing.
"Where is Spring?" is the second MV work of the Big Whale Singing Troupe, following their original children's song "Little Volume, Big World.". This work is a jazz adaptation of classic nursery rhymes, accompanied by Lincoln Jazz Shanghai center Big Band, and made its debut in Singing and Playing in Childhood Jazz Concert.
The original song "The Knight and the Dragon" made its debut at the "Childhood Jazz Concert". The song was created by composer and Rainbow Choir conductor Jin Chengzhi for the original picture book "The Knight and the Dragon", showcasing the positive confrontation between justice and power under the performance of teachers and students in the Happy Singing Troupe. Original children's songs created by composers Chang Shilei, Jin Chengzhi, Tian Mi, and Liu Huyi also appeared in the concert.
The Song Tour of Childhood Jazz Concert is the second public performance of the Big Whale Singing Troupe. After three months of rehearsals and nearly a week of intensive training, more than 170 "little artists" made brilliant appearances, with the smallest actor attending kindergarten middle class and the largest having already entered high school.
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At the beginning of its establishment, the Big Whale Singing Troupe established the concept of "original assistance in singing" and collaborated with Xiqing Culture, which deeply cultivates original children's music creation. Together with a large number of musicians and composers, it continuously creates excellent songs with distinctive modernity, high artistic standards, and loved by children and young people for the Big Whale Singing Troupe. In the "Childhood Jazz Concert", the young actors sing the classic children's rhymes of the jazz version, and combine theatrical performances, stage positioning, and stage sound and light to perform different music styles brilliantly.
On November 20, 2021, the Big Whale Singing Troupe was established, consisting of four groups: the Enlightenment Troupe, the Basic Troupe, the Advanced Troupe, and the Preparatory Art Troupe. The admission criteria are not limited to singing skills, and children with artistic literacy in dance, drama, and traditional Chinese opera can join. The children of the singing group have the opportunity to participate in original song lyrics and express their own voices.
Shen Li, the general manager of the theater, stated that the Shanghai Children's Art Theater plans to produce 1-2 music short films for the "Big Whale Singing Troupe" every year, focusing on the goal of "educating, beautifying, and nurturing with beauty". This will further explore the connotation and extension of creative art and create a Shanghai brand children's art literacy incubation base.
In February of this year, the Big Whale Singing Troupe held its debut performance "2022-2023 Singing World Concert" at the Big Whale Theater. On April 22, the Singing Troupe made its debut in the new home stadium of Shanghai Port, the "Baiyu Bowl" Chinese Super League, singing "Singing for the Motherland" to the on-site fans.
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The Great Whale Theater connects stage arts such as drama, music, dance, and visual presentation, integrates advantageous platform resources, empowers young students of the Happy Singing Troupe, continuously enhances the depth and sense of achievement of children's artistic activities, and continuously unleashes their artistic development potential.