Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    MARCH 2020 CONCERT: DAAYO'S MARCH 1, 2020 CONCERT AT THE CHARLES W. EISEMANN CENTER IN RICHARDSON TX FEATURED TWO PERFORMANCES, MATINEE AND EVENING. BOTH PERFORMANCES FEATURED PIECES DRAWN FROM BOTH CLASSICAL WESTERN REPERTOIRE AND PIECES WITH THEMES FROM ASIA. OUR MATINEE CONCERT FEATURED OUR THREE YOUNGER STRING GROUPS PERFORMING PIECES INCLUDING SCHEHERAZADE BY NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV AND A VARIETY OF JAPANESE AND KOREAN THEMED ORCHESTRA FOLK PIECES. OUR EVENING CONCERT FEATURED OUR TWO OLDER FULL ORCHESTRAS, AND THEY PERFORMED PIECES INCLUDING SYMPHONY NO.8 BY ANTONIN DVORAK AND THE MOON REPRESENTS MY HEART BY WENG QING XI.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $35.2K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    MAY 2020 CONCERT PERIOD REHEARSALS: WITH THE ONSET OF COVID-19, WE REVERTED TO VIRTUAL LEARNING AND REHEARSALS. OUR STUDENTS FROM ALL FIVE ORCHESTRAS CONTINUED TO WORK ON VARIOUS CLASSICAL MUSIC PIECES. THROUGH USE OF VIDEO CONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY, WE PROVIDED MUSICAL LEARNING NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF INSTRUCTION OF INSTRUMENT PLAYING, BUT ALSO PRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE PIECES THEY WERE LEARNING. PIECES WORKED ON INCLUDED SYMPHONY NO. 9 MVT.1 BY ANTONIN DVORAK ARR. ISAAC, A LITTLE STREAM (TRADITIONAL YUNNAN FOLK SONG OF CHINA) ARR. ALBERT WANG, AND VIOLIN CONCERTO OP.26-MVT.1 BY MAX BRUCH.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $39.7K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    NOVEMBER 2020 CONCERT PERIOD REHEARSALS: AS THE PANDEMIC CONTINUED, OUR GROUPS CONTINUED TO MEET ONLINE. THEY CREATED VIDEO / AUDIO COMPILATIONS OF PIECES. THIS EDUCATIONAL PROCESS HELPED CONTINUE THEIR LEARNING THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. IN ADDITION, DAAYO HIRED ACCOMPLISHED MUSIC PROFESSIONALS TO GIVE TIPS AND INSIGHTS TO THE STUDENTS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS. DURING THIS PERIOD, WE HIRED A PROFESSIONAL PIPA (CLASSICAL CHINESE STRINGED INSTRUMENT) INSTRUMENTALIST YUXIN MEI, CONCERTMASTER OF THE DSO NATHAN OLSON, UP AND COMING COMPOSER QUINN MASON AND EMMY -AWARD WINNING PRODUCER LUCAS CANTOR TO SPEAK ON VARIOUS TOPICS TO OUR STUDENTS. THE STUDENTS ALSO CONTINUED TO WORK ON PIECES SUCH AS TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY NO. 4, MVT. 4 AND 1812 OVERTURE, THE HORIZON BY YUKIKO NISHIMURA AND SONATINA BY CLEMENTI ARR. ERRANTE.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $38.3K