With guests sitting on the lawn with their picnic in a beautiful garden and with soft breeze and an orange colored sky, our magic madrigal evening starts. It might sound familar to you especially if you are a fan of movies and mini series based on Jane Austin’s novel. True, this cannot be more british. I am very lucky to attend such an activity last weekend at June 5th, not as an audience but as a madrigal singer. Madrigal concert is one the the IFC concerts every year, which is usually held in british ambassador’s residence.

I am always a fan of accapella, chorus without accompaniment, but I didn’t sing it before until this year’s madrigal concert. The repertoire is sort of miscellaneous,  british traditional songs mixed with a bit jazz. I have many favorites this year, including the Prince of sleep, Faries, I got rhythem, Miss otis regrets, Every time we say goodbye.

This year’s madrigal concert proves to be the best of this kind so far. Afterwards at the party, we basically did it again  just for our own sake of fun. Oh, i forget to mention that we had another madrigal concert the day before in Tianjing Concert Hall, and we sang together on the train on our way back. It was so much fun, though it seemed we annoyed some passengers on the same carriage. One of other things i need to mention is that the british ambassador was standing right besides me when he gave the opening speech of the evening.

IFC definitely rocked the audience last night  at the concert. I was very concerned about the orchestra, since the rehearsal was a disaster the day before the show. But everything was very good and the choir fitted into the tempo perfectly, which is all the effort made by our conductor, Nick.

My favorite part is the end of the act 1 when choir and the orchestra built a cresendo and the soprano came out. I think we did rock the audience at that moment.

I was very exciting at the end of the show when audience applaused and screamed for us and i really had a sense of achievement. Afterwards, one of our member told me we might be the best choir in Beijing. I am very proud of it, especially when friends came to told me that i am an excellent singer. : ) 

I just wish all my friends and people who love me were here and share the joy with me. My mom was there and she had fun

Joining IFC is definitely the most unique experience that I have so far. I consider it a good way to expand the social circle. Especially the diversity of the backgroud of our members coming from all over the world attracts me most. I did make some friends here and i did have a lot of fun. For a people who cherishes the unique life experience like me, it is absolutely a fortune in my life.