Founded in 1984 by renowned tenor and conductor Chungmao Zhu, Haiyun Chorus is one of the oldest and longest-running Chinese-language choruses on the East Coast. This year, they have the pleasure of celebrating 40 years spanning hundreds of concerts serving New York and New Jersey, showcasing Chinese choral music, opera, orchestra, and diverse cultural performances.

For their 40th anniversary concert, under the leadership of conductor Shuang Guo and longtime accompanist Dihua Lin, they will be focusing on their beginnings as a vocal music group, performing notable Chinese folk songs and recognizable English songs such as Amazing Grace and New York, New York as a tribute to the multicultural identity of the city, with a special performance by Seattle chorus led by former founding Haiyun conductor Yayu Khoe.

Shuang Guo, conductor
Dihua Lin, pianist
Yayu Khoe, soloist
Xiaoming Tian, soloist

Amazing Grace (arr. Ivan Tomic)
WEISS, PERETTI, CREATORE – Can’t Help Falling In Love
KANDER/EBB – Theme from New York, New York (arr. Carl Strommen)
TUOGA/RONG XI – Father’s Land and Mother’s River (arr. Yingzhi Tao)
JIAN ChANG TAN – Drizzling in March
JIA XIU YIE – Grandma’s Penghu Bay (arr. Ping Qing)
SAYURI/HAI TAO WANG – World with Many People and Quet
JIAN FEN GU/YU QIAO – Miss My Friends
QING RU SHU/HUI MEI ZHANG – If Tomorrow is Next Life
SARAH QUARTEL/EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON – The Birds’ Lullaby