Join Voices of the Valley (VOV) for a special afternoon of choral music celebrating the songs, stories, and cultures that bring us together.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Voices of the Valley is a community choir brought together by a shared love of music. Our repertoire crosses languages, cultures, generations, and musical traditions.

This concert takes you on a musical journey from uplifting sacred choral works and beloved Western classics to songs that capture the unmistakable spirit, humor, and memories of Hong Kong.

Concert Highlights

Sacred & Choral Works

Awake the Harp · Melodies of Love · The Potter and the Clay · Be Exalted, O God

Male Ensemble

Nine Hundred Miles · False Phyllis

Works by Warren Lee

《回家》 · 《温哥華唐人街》 · 《茶餐廳》

Female Voice Chorus

The Impossible Dream · Who Will Buy?

Works by Steve Ho

《一蚊一斤雞》 · 《慈母手中線》 · 《功夫》

Plus a special closing selection, 《你的名字、我的姓氏》.

From the nostalgia of a Hong Kong cha chaan teng to the energy and humor of 《功夫》 and 《一蚊一斤雞》, the afternoon celebrates where we come from and the connections we create through music.

Whether you're a longtime friend of VOV, a lover of choral music, or simply curious to experience something different, we'd love to welcome you!

Join Voices of the Valley (VOV) for a special afternoon of choral music celebrating the songs, stories, and cultures that bring us together.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Voices of the Valley is a community choir brought together by a shared love of music. Our repertoire crosses languages, cultures, generations, and musical traditions.

This concert takes you on a musical journey from uplifting sacred choral works and beloved Western classics to songs that capture the unmistakable spirit, humor, and memories of Hong Kong.

Concert Highlights

Sacred & Choral Works

Awake the Harp · Melodies of Love · The Potter and the Clay · Be Exalted, O God

Male Ensemble

Nine Hundred Miles · False Phyllis

Works by Warren Lee

《回家》 · 《温哥華唐人街》 · 《茶餐廳》

Female Voice Chorus

The Impossible Dream · Who Will Buy?

Works by Steve Ho

《一蚊一斤雞》 · 《慈母手中線》 · 《功夫》

Plus a special closing selection, 《你的名字、我的姓氏》.

From the nostalgia of a Hong Kong cha chaan teng to the energy and humor of 《功夫》 and 《一蚊一斤雞》, the afternoon celebrates where we come from and the connections we create through music.

Whether you're a longtime friend of VOV, a lover of choral music, or simply curious to experience something different, we'd love to welcome you!

Program listing:

Sacred songs

• Komm, Heiliger Geist (Come Holy Spirit) by Hans Leo Hassler
• Awake the Harp (from “The Creation") by Franz Joseph Haydn
• He Was the Talk of the Town by Dottie Rambo, arr. Don Hart
• Be Exalted O God Brent Chambers, arr. Camp Kirkland

Studio Ghibli Suite by 久石 譲 Joe Hisaishi

• さんぽ ~ となりのトトロ (Strolling ~ My Neighbor Totoro)
• めぐる季節 (The Ever-Turning Seasons)
• 人生のメリーゴーランド (Merry-Go-Round of Life)

A Capella Ensemble

• Someone to Watch Over Me by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin, arr. Teena Chinn
• You Are the New Day by John David, arr. Peter Knight

Chinese songs

• 夜空中最亮的星 (The Brightest Star in the Night Sky) by 逃跑計劃 Escape Plan, 改編 高至凡 arr. Zhi-Fan Gao
• 是否 (Whether) 曲／詞 羅大佑 Ta-Yu Lo, 編曲 黃俊達 arr. Chun-Da Huang
• 那天一個衝動我加入合唱團 (I Joined a Choir on a Whim) 曲／詞 黃俊達 Chun-Da Huang

Sacred songs

1. Achieved is the glorious work
2. ⁠But the Lord is mindful of His own
3. ⁠The Potter and the Clay
4. ⁠Heavenly Sunlight

Liverpool Oratorio

Chinese songs sung in Cantonese North America Premiere

1. 一蚊一斤雞
2. 慈母手中線
3. 功夫

Join us for an unforgettable musical journey that brings together East and West musical styles, love and storytelling emotional musical selections, and heartfelt warmth couple with inspirational harmonization!

Featured Repertoire Includes:

• Look at the World – John Rutter
• The New 23rd – Ralph Carmichael
• Amazing Grace – arr. Ed Lojeski
• Living Hope – arr. Joseph M. Martin


• Tale of a Coat (from The Chocolate Soldier) – Oscar Strauss

  George Bernard Shaw, who zealously kept control over his plays and how they were being treated, agreed to let librettists Leopold Jacobson and Rudolf Bernauer, along with composer Oscar Straus, create an operetta, The Chocolate Soldier, based on his 1894 play, Arms and the Man, about a soldier who prefers eating candies to making war.

  When a young Serbian soldier, who carries only chocolate in his ammunition pouch, stumbles into their lives, the lonely women are all very taken with him. They help him to escape the clutches of the Bulgarian forces. However, when the war is over, and the Bulgarians' menfolk have returned, things grow complicated.

• Into the Woods – Stephen Sondheim

  "Into the Woods" is a musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine that weaves together several classic fairy tales, exploring the consequences of wishes and the complexities of human desires.

  The musical follows a childless Baker and his wife, and their quest to reverse a curse placed on them by a witch, intertwining their story with those of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel.

  The show was nominated for ten Tony Awards at the 42nd Tony Awards, and won three: Best Original Score (Stephen Sondheim), Best Book (Lapine) and Best Actress in a Musical (Gleason).

  The medley would surely entertain our audience



• Cantonese Choral Favorites:
  • The Sewing Threads in a Loving Mother’s Hands《慈母手中線》 何崇志 詞/曲
  • Coming Home《回家》 黃明樂 詞 / 李偉安 曲
  • Your Name, My Surname《你的名字 我的姓氏》 林夕 詞 / 李偲菘 曲 / 譚天樂 編曲
  • For Love《憑著愛》 潘源良 詞 / 盧冠廷 曲

Come experience "The Spice of Life" with Voices of the Valley in concert. The abundance of flavor will surely entertain your taste buds and delight your ear drums.

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Voices of the Valley Fall Concert – The Spice of Life 百味人生. The theme for this performance is to celebrate the diversity and richness that makes life so extraordinary.

We are proud to present the U.S. Premiere of two contemporary works: 百年好合 (Happily Ever After) and 茶餐廳 (Hong Kong Bistro), by Warren Lee 李偉安, a revered concert pianist, composer, and educator from Hong Kong. We are also staging The Seasonings, a satirical work that parodies traditional classical music by PDQ Bach, a pseudonym of Peter Schickele (1935-2024), an American composer, educator, radio show host, and parodist.

We are excited to reconnect with our audience in our first public performance since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Join us for an experience of joy and harmony, and share in the love for life through music.

 

Program

Melodies of Love by Joseph Martin
⁠All things bright and beautiful by John Rutter
⁠Hail holy queen by Marc Shaiman
鄧麗君組曲(ladies chorus) by 高竹嵐 Chu-Lan Kao
夜來香 by 黎錦光 Jin-Guang Li
彎彎的月亮 by李海鷹 Hai-Ying Li
思念 by 谷建芬 Jian-Fen Gu
⁠Home on the range
⁠If ever I would leave you by Frederick Loewe
⁠Mary Ann
Who will buy by Lionel Bart
Connected by Brian Tate
⁠Family Life by Paul McCartney
⁠I love life by Mana- Zucca Cassell

Directed by Ms Stephanie Chan

With the conclusion of Voices of the Valley’s 20th Anniversary concert last year, where we selected some of the most memorable music from the past, this year, we are starting our 2019-20 season with a program featuring a refreshing combination of modern and classics choral works that pay tribute to the great masters. We are also very excited to be part of the Foothill Presbyterian Church concert series this year; and we look forward to turning a new page with you.

Chinese American composer Chen Yi, a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, is best known for weaving western and eastern influences into her compositions. In Riding on a Mule 趕牲靈, the composer puts a modern twist to the pentatonic ShanXi 山西folk tune with the percussive sounds of spoken syllables. Under the Mid-Autumn Moon 水調歌頭 and Reminisce of the Battle of Red Cliffs 念奴嬌 赤壁懷古 are both by contemporary Hong Kong composers. The former is a quiet toast to the moon, a well-wishing to the beloved ones afar bathed under the very same silvery beams; the latter is an epic account of ancient battle, fought in the raging waters of the ChangJiang against the dramatic backdrop of the red cliffs. The mood of the two songs cannot be more different, yet they both contemplate the impermanence of life, with its joy and sorrow, triumph and losses.

There are much more hidden gems to be found in the program notes, so be sure to come early and pick up a copy!

We welcome you to check out our concert and should you find the music inspiring and would like to join, check out our audition page at http://www.voicesofthevalley.org/join-vov.

Voices of the Valley will be performing at the Rossmoor Event Center for their Spring Concert. There will be exciting familiar favorites and some new musical pieces.

Do come and share this wonderful afternoon spring concert with us!

Please note that this is a private event. If you are interested in attending, do contact us at [email protected] for additional information.

Voices of the Valley is celebrating our 20th Anniversary!!!

We will be presenting a delightful and exciting program, including the U.S. premiere of House Rules and What If The World Lost Its Voice (假如世界沒有聲音) by Warren Lee, and a selection of our all-time favorites from the VOV repertoire.


清韻合唱團將會在我們的二十週年音樂會上重溫過往演出過的一些經典作品，包括英文清唱劇紅樓夢，木蘭從軍和日落大道 (Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber) 等等。

我們將呈現一個令人愉快和興奮的節目，包括把香港作曲家 Warren Lee 美國首演的 音樂廳的規則 (House Rules) 和 假如世界沒有聲音 (What If The World Lost Its Voice) 帶給大家。

我們期待著您的光臨！