In mid-July of this year, at the vocal competition of the National Higher Arts School of the Third China Vocal Peacock Award held by Guangzhou Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Lu Guowen, Niu Yuemin and Sheng Yuanyuan, the first students of our School of Music and Recording Arts, participated in the competition for the first time. Students performed well, achieved good results.

(Photo: Lu Guowen teacher Niu Yuemin, Sheng Yuanyuan students at the competition site)

The competition is sponsored by China Vocalists Association, Xi'an Conservatory of Music, Wuhan Conservatory of Music, Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Nanjing Normal University Conservatory of Music and Liaoning Normal University Conservatory of Music. More than 100 colleges and universities of higher learning jointly run the competition with 500 contestants As many as a Chinese vocal singing competition, a grand gathering of exchange. The division is divided into teacher group, graduate group and undergraduate group, which respectively participate in the competition of the four singing styles of the United States, the nation, the folk and the popular. Judges by the major music, art academy famous singer, vocal music professor. Strict competition requirements, all participants with the piano accompaniment, singing can not use the microphone sound, can be described as a player individual abilities, the overall strength of the team a high level of competition. After the semifinals and finals two rounds of competition, Lu Guowen teacher to the third place results to obtain the bronze medal of teachers, second grade vocal performance Niu Yuemin student ethnic singing more than 150 players stand out to rank eleven outstanding results Won the Outstanding Award, with classmate Sheng Yuanyuan is also the student beauty group play excellent win the winning prize, won the honor for the Communication University of China.

(Figure: Niu Yue-min students won the Excellence Award)

By participating in this "Peacock Award" vocal competition, our vocal music teachers and students have gained training, increased their knowledge and enhanced their confidence in learning to sing vocally. At the same time, they also understand the current situation of the development of vocal music in China and recognize that I Vocal professional education advantages and disadvantages, to further clarify the future direction of vocal singing teaching. (Text: Lu Guowen)