On May 29th, in the midst of the chaos and devastation that followed Cyclone Nargis, Gitameit celebrated a fund raising concert for Nargis victims by holding the Daffodil Song concert. Some highlights of the evening included Saw James conducting Attachment of Cloud, Htun Htun’s rendition of If I were a rich man, and Broadway Soloist Pyae Phyo Han. Here are some photos from the event.
In the spirit of Gitameit, the Yale Spizzwinks are working with the Gitameit Music Center in Rangoon, Burma to bring a choir to the United States in 2008. It will be the first ever visit of a Burmese choir to the US.
So far our major supporters are the Yale Spizzwinks and the Yale Spizzwinks Alumni Association, but we need your help too! We’ll need to purchase plane tickets, set up home-stays, find performance opportunities and secure visas for the performers.
The Chin So Mae - Gitameit Voices MTV Music Karaoke Video
On February 16, in Yangon, the Embassy of Japan hosted a concert of Japanese Music in coopearation with the Myanmar Association of Japan Alumni. In this concert the Choir of GITAMEIT MUSIC CENTER sang in total 19 Japanese songs from old folk music to some modern pop music. The variety in their repertoire fully displayed the richness in Japanese music. More than three hundred audience enjoyed this rare chance to listen to Japanese music by Myanmar young people. They were surprised how good their Japanese pronunciation. The members of the choir studied Japanese songs intensively and made rapid progress in a short time.
After the concert, the members of the choir made some comments about their experiences of singing in Japanese for the first time. They said that they liked the melodies of Japanese music and that through singing these Japanese songs they became interested in Japan itself. They also enjoyed wearing “Yukata” and “Happi”, Japanese traditional costumes.
The concert was a success in a sense that both the choir members and the audience not only enjoyed the beauty of Japanese music but also became interested in the background of the music , such as the beauty of Japanese nature, the Japanese way of thinking.
Concert at the German Ambassador’s residence with the girls a capella group Gitamay and a jazz trio (piano - Bosco, doublebass - Ko Myo, flute - Daphne)
Performance of Burmese Music - see photo above right.
On their 2007 world tour, the Spizzwinks(?) stopped in Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar) and worked with students at the Gitameit Music School. Together, they performed the Burmese poem, “Thekyin So Mei” (Let’s Sing Together) to the tune of the American Spiritual “Keep Your Lamps” from the Gitameit group’s repertoire.
Find out how you can help bring the Gitameit Voices Choir on a tour of the United States in 2008 by visiting Gitameit Voices Project.
On their 2007 world tour, the Spizzwinks(?) stopped in Yangon, Myanmar and worked with students at the Gitameit Music School. They performed this song from the Spizzwinks(?) repertoire together.
Gitameit Music Center
219, Kaya Thu Kha Lane
Kan Bu Da Yone Road
Yankin Township
Yangon, Myanmar
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