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It is with great pleasure that we can announce Jay, Year 12 from Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong, won the prestigious 2019 Karl Jenkins Composition Award with his piece titledWest Lake Pavilion.

The Jenkins Award is open to participating schools in the International Schools Choral Music Society. It challenges students to bring together many cultures with diverse backgrounds to foster a global music experience.

Jay's piece was performed by the combined ISCMS choir and orchestra at the gala concert in the Shanghai Symphony Concert Hall on February23along with performances from 26 International Schools, with close to 100 students from 7 Dulwich College International schools participating.

 

Jay wrote the following as a backgroundto his composition:?

"The West Lake in Hangzhou is renowned as one of the most beautiful natural lakes in China, with countless poems reciting its beauty across the ages. The lyrics in this piece are inspired by a poem by Liu Yong, a poet from the Song dynasty, as he was traveling around the country.Dong Nan Xing Shengliterally means the South-East (where Hangzhou is located) is a prime location and Liu Yong elaborates on this by commenting on the splendor and beauty of both the city and the natural scenery.The use of melisma reflects the natural stress and emphasis of Song Dynasty poetry, such as the poem by Liu Yong on which this piece is composed. Throughout the piece, melodies are echoed across all four vocal registers, resembling almost a canonical competition between four voices."The judging panel highly praised Jay's entry, writing:"It shows a good sense of musical structure. Its material is apt for its expressive purposes, and its melodic and harmonic ideas are distinctive. "We congratulate Jay for his amazing achievement.

我們很榮幸宣布，上海德威外籍人員子女學校（浦東）12年級的Jay Y在著名的Karl Jenkins作曲大賽中憑借作品《西湖亭閣》（West Lake Pavilion）榮獲2019年度Karl Jenkins作曲大獎。

Jenkins大獎面向所有參與國際學校合唱協會（ISCMS）的學校。ISCMS鼓勵學生將眾多不同背景的文化匯集在一起, 以形成一種全球化音樂的體驗。

2月23日，ISCMS合唱團和管弦樂隊在上海交響音樂廳的演奏會上奏響了Jay的作品。來自全球26所國際學校的學生將在演奏會上帶來了精彩演出，其中包括來自7所德威國際學校的100多名學生。

Jay描述了他的創作背景

“杭州西湖是中國最美麗的天然湖泊之一，古往今來，西湖的美麗被寫進無數的詩詞歌賦中。這首作品的靈感來源于宋代詞人柳永在周游各地時創作的詞作《東南形勝》，題目的字面意思是東南（杭州所在地）的地理位置優越。柳永在詞作中描述了瑰麗多姿的城市和自然風光。運用裝飾音能體現宋詞的特色，而這首曲子的靈感來源正是宋代詞人柳永。在這首作品中，旋律在全部四個聲部中回響，交相輝映。評審團高度評價了Jay的作品：“作品的音樂結構清晰準確，題材切合表達目的，而旋律與和音樂的創意也獨具特色。”

我們祝賀Jay所取得的優異成績。