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VASCAM CONCERT 2018

Thị Kính (Tiểu Kính Tâm), Thị Mầu and her friend

Of Times and Perspectives

Sunday, March 25, 2018 - 4 PM


Musco Center for the Arts 

Orange, CA


After a massive success last year, VASCAM is back to Musco Center for the Arts in Orange city, CA., to open its third year of activity on Sunday March 25, 2018 with a concert at 4pm. As one of six artistic affiliates at Musco, including LA Opera and Philharmonic Society of Orange County, VASCAM promises a beautiful concert: *Of Times and Perspectives*. 


The concert portrays a journey of five living Vietnamese overseas composers spanning five different generations. From self-taught to formally trained, the composers exhibit compelling and diverse musical expressions which allow each and everyone in the audience to find some liking to their taste and relevancy to their life. Starting with solo clarinet, symphonic songs, and a percussion concerto, a large part of the show climaxes in dramatic scenes of Thị Kính, Thị Mầu and Mẹ Mõ—the iconic female characters in the opera The Tale of Lady Thị Kính by P. Q. Phan. In turn, our characters represent kindness, love and wisdom. 


More details of what to expect at VASCAM concert 2018 *Of Times and Perspectives* at Musco Center for the Arts are a humorous Mãng Ông, a high-spirited Thị Mầu, a word play between Lý Trưởng and Mẹ Mõ, Sư Cụ’s debate on rules and a second chance, and contemplation of life and humanity by Thị Kính. It is a story that makes you cry, laugh, and ponder all at the same time via memorable characters. 


*Of Times and Perspectives* is a large production with participation of professional artists flying in from all over the country. Of the 10 soloists, a clarinetist arrives from Boston (Massachusetts), a coloratura-soprano is based in Baylor University (Texas), a mezzo-soprano from San Jose (California), a tenor and a bass-baritone from the University of North Carolina (Charlotte, NC), and five others live in Southern California—a percussionist, two versatile opera singers, a dramatic-soprano, and a lyrical-soprano. On top of that, there will be a 10-piece VASCAM Ensemble, 15 plus-piece Ngàn Khơi Chorus, a conductor from the University of Redlands, and five composers—a Philadelphian, a Texan, a Hoosier, a French, and a Californian. 


VASCAM aims to maintain its artistic vision while bringing home to the audience an experience both unique and relevant—one that is shared among and a talk of communities. 


* VASCAM offers discount tickets to group purchase. Contact info@vascam.org for more information. VASCAM also provides press tickets. Please email if interested. 

Video excerpts

Việt Cường: Thu Điếu, excerpt

Thu Điếu / Fishing in Autumn by Việt Cường (Viet Cuong) is set to a Vietnamese poem by the same title that is well-known among the Vietnamese and written by one of their beloved poets of classic literature, Nguyễn Khuyến (1835-1909). 

Vocal: Bích Vân, soprano 

Conductor: Bội Cơ Nguyễn 

VASCAM Ensemble 2018

Live recording @ Musco Center for the Arts 

Tôn-Thất Tiết: Bao La, excerpt

37 seconds of nostalgia.   

Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet

Live recording @ Musco Center for the Arts

Thị Mầu & Nô Duet

The Tale of Lady Thị Kính by P.Q. Phan

Act I Scene 5

Thị Mầu’s Affair With Her Servant Nô,  excerpt.  

Angela Yoon (Thị Mầu), Brian Arreola (Nô) 

Background artworks by Hùng Việt Nguyễn   

Conductor: Bội Cơ Nguyễn 

VASCAM Ensemble 2018

Live recording @ Musco Center for the Arts  

Khôi Đặng: Sky Nocturne, excerpt

60 seconds of night sky soundscape. Accompanied by Đà Lạt Trăng Mờ by Hàn Mạc Tử—the poet’s most quoted poem about the moon.  

Bích Vân, Narrator 

Gleb Kanasevich, Clarinet 

Đà Lạt trăng mờ, Hàn Mạc Tử 

Backdrop photo: Todd Yampol

Live recording @ Musco Center for the Arts.

A VASCAM production: 49 seconds of the wedding

The Tale of Lady Thị Kính by P.Q. Phan

Act I Scene 1

The Wedding,  excerpt

Veronica Jensen (Thị Kính, Tiểu Kính Tâm), Brian Arreola (Thiện Sĩ, Nô), Carl DuPont (Mãng Ông, Sư Cụ, Lý Trưởng), Bích Vân (Sùng Bà, Mẹ Mõ), Sean Buhr (Sùng Ông), Ngàn Khơi Chorus (villagers)  

Conductor: Bội Cơ Nguyễn 

VASCAM Ensemble 2018

Live recording @ Musco Center for the Arts.


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