International Performances
Korea
July 13, 2019 In DMZ, KOREA - Camp Greaves at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), NCC performance with the Lindenbaun Festival Orchestra, Lindenbaum Music Festival (broadcast on Korean TV)
Abigail and the National Children's Chorus of the United States joined the Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra in Korea at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) to promote a message a harmony and unity.
The event was the culmination of a two-year project that required international meetings, as well as government approvals in order to gain special access to the restricted area within the DMZ where the music was to take place. Mr. Hyung Joon Won, Artistic Director of the Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra, has long envisioned a world where music brings people together in a setting that focuses on unity and humanity, dissolving the sense of conflict. When he learned of the NCC’s similar mission of building bridges through music, he was immediately inspired to create a landmark collaboration in Korea this year. The result was nothing short of impactful and life-changing for both performers and audience members, including mayors from neighboring Korean towns, dignitaries and humanitarians from around the world.
Check out this article about music as a means of unity featuring our DMZ performance with the Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra in The Korea Times
July 12, 2019 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MAPO Arts Center, National Children’s Chorus (NCC) performance with Arborvitae Chamber Music Rochester
NCC with the Arborvitae Chamber Orchestra at the Mapo Art Center in Seoul
Additionally, while also in Korea Abigail and the National Children’s chorus performed at the Mapo Art Center in Seoul South Korea with the Arborvitae Chamber Orchestra.
Japan
July 19, 2019 - TOKYO, JAPAN - Suntory Hall, Blue Rose Room, NCC Performance
Abigail and the National Children’s chorus performed at Tokyo’s famous Suntory Hall to end her 2019 international tour performances, with crystal clear acoustics.
July 17, 2019 - KYOTO, JAPAN - Kyoto Concert Hall, NCC Joint Performance with Ensemble Murata during Kyoto Festival
Surrounded by incredible acoustics at Kyoto Concert Hall
Abigail and the National Children’s chorus performed their last concert at the Kyoto Concert Hall.
July 14, 2019 - KYOTO, JAPAN - Kyoto Horikawa Musical High School, NCC Joint Performance with Kyoto City Junior Children’s Chorus
In Kyoto, Abigail and the NCC also did a cultural exchange with the renowned Kyoto City Junior Children’s Choir. Both groups sang repertoire for each other, including one song together, followed by a gift and cultural exchange where the NCC learned to make origami. Students folded paper with careful guidance from the Japanese children into the shape of a crane, a symbol for peace and a key feature of the NCC’s 2018/19 Starlight theme.
July 18, 2019 - KAWAGUCHI, JAPAN - Organ Hall, Kawaguchiko Music Forest NCC Performance
Abigail and the NCC had a performance July 18, 2019 in the Organ Hall at Kawaguchiko Music Forest near Mt. Fuji! Additionally we were also treated to a presentation of the hall’s organ, which is the world’s largest dance organ with doll orchestra.