Mike Foley
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BYUH Concert Choir Starts Tour in Far-West China
URUMQI, Xinjiang, China — Following a 26-hour transit that started early morning May 7 on campus, the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir group arrived in the wee hours of a very cold, rainy May 9 in this far-western China city to begin a three-week tour that will include performances here, in Xi'an, Beijing, Tianjin and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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Assessment Program Honors Six Departments, Professor
At its second annual best practices and awards luncheon on April 30, the BYU-Hawaii assessment program recognized six academic and support departments, and presented a Mahalo Nui Award to one individual, who have identified target objectives, measured outcomes and made follow-up improvements.
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BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir Tours China
Mike Foley | University Advancement | May 2007
During three weeks in May 2007 the 64-voice Brigham Young University Hawaii Concert Choir will perform in Urumqi, Xian, Tianjin and Beijing, People’s Republic of China. (choir performance schedule )
In Beijing, under the direction of BYU-Hawaii music director Professor Michael Belnap — who has studied in Italy with world-renowned tenor Luciano Pavarotti, the choir will appear in the Forbidden City Concert Hall, participate in the “Meet in Beijing” Music Festival, and sing at the Great Wall of China.
The BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir has previously performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Metropolitan Opera City Concert Hall in Tokyo, and the Seoul Arts Center in South Korea.
In Beijing, under the direction of BYU-Hawaii music director Professor Michael Belnap — who has studied in Italy with world-renowned tenor Luciano Pavarotti, the choir will appear in the Forbidden City Concert Hall, participate in the “Meet in Beijing” Music Festival, and sing at the Great Wall of China.
The BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir has previously performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Metropolitan Opera City Concert Hall in Tokyo, and the Seoul Arts Center in South Korea.
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Missionary Explains Book of Mormon 'Wordprints'
Elder Gale Bryce, a volunteer service missionary at the Polynesian Cultural Center, explained in the heavily attended April 17 School of Computing InForm meeting how two former colleagues used "wordprint" statistical analyses to authenticate Book of Mormon authorship.
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BYUH, Yamagata Foundation Sponsor 2nd Japan Competition
The BYU-Hawaii Mark and Laura Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship and the Gene and Allyson Yamagata Foundation recently sponsored the second annual Japan Business Plan Competition, which drew 29 teams, and are planning to extend the program to several other Asian countries.
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BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir Tours Mongolia
Mike Foley |University Advancement | May 2007
The 64-voice Brigham Young University Hawaii Concert Choir will perform in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Friday, 25 May in a joint concert with the Mongolian College of Music & Dance in the Opera Theatre at Sukhbaatar Square and Saturday, 26 May, in the Cultural Palace, following a three-week tour in China. (choir performance schedule )
The BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir has previously performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Metropolitan Opera City Concert Hall in Tokyo, and the Seoul Arts Center in South Korea.
The 64-voice Brigham Young University Hawaii Concert Choir will perform in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Friday, 25 May in a joint concert with the Mongolian College of Music & Dance in the Opera Theatre at Sukhbaatar Square and Saturday, 26 May, in the Cultural Palace, following a three-week tour in China. (choir performance schedule )
The BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir has previously performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Metropolitan Opera City Concert Hall in Tokyo, and the Seoul Arts Center in South Korea.
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BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir: Related Facts & Story Ideas
Mike Foley | University Advancement | May 2007
• The 64 student members of the Concert Choir come from 13 different countries, including: USA, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand
• Two of the choir members come from China: Ning Sun (Frank), Shanghai; and Lau Kit Ming (Hong Kong)
• Four of the choir members come Mongolia: Dashdavaa Bayarma, Enkhbaatar Narangarvuu, Purevsuren Enkhtugs and Purevsuren Erdenebileg.
• 16 or about one-fourth of the choir members speak English as a foreign language
• The 64 student members of the Concert Choir come from 13 different countries, including: USA, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand
• Two of the choir members come from China: Ning Sun (Frank), Shanghai; and Lau Kit Ming (Hong Kong)
• Four of the choir members come Mongolia: Dashdavaa Bayarma, Enkhbaatar Narangarvuu, Purevsuren Enkhtugs and Purevsuren Erdenebileg.
• 16 or about one-fourth of the choir members speak English as a foreign language
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Hawaiian Studies Faculty Report on Historic Sailing Voyage
Two BYUH Hawaiian Studies faculty members recently participated in the open-ocean journey of two traditionally designed voyaging canoes from Hawaii to Micronesia. The journey's purpose was to present one of the vessels to the man responsible for restoring non-instrument wayfinding or navigation to Hawaiians and other Polynesians over the past 30-plus years.
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