Composer : Hung Ping, Chang

Conductor : Professor Jonathan Haas

Percussionists: 
Timpani: Adam Holmes
Water, Scarf: Sara Barsky
Chinese Bass Drum, Water: Will Marinelli
Vibraphone, Water: Chia Ling, Yu/ Boya Shi
Water, Stones: Tyler Mashek
Water, Stones, Woodblocks, Suspended Cymbal: Andrew Adams
Conga, Scarf: Indigo Cook/Sean Milman/ Sarah Bennett
Chinese Bass Drum, Scarf, Bamboo: Carime Santa Coloma
Tam Tam, Scarf, Stones, Triangle: Nicholas Hall
Gong, Scarf, Stones, Bells: Christian Melhado

2015/10/26 
New York University, Loewe Theater

Wild Cursive_For Percussion Ensemble

Shall We Dance

Passion

Blossom Tale

The Cloud Dance

Music, Conducting/Hung Ping Chang張紅蘋;
Lyrics/張紅蘋Hung Ping Chang, Janet Noh; 
Aboriginal lyrics原住民語/王琦Joy Wang, Hung Ping Chang
Claire/Soprano; Roger Yeh/Tenor;
Andy Lin/二胡Erhu, Viola;何翊雯Amber Ho/Cello;
王琦Joy Wang/Piano;林孟萱Meng Hsuan Lin/Percussion

"Thank you MTA, thank you from Taiwan" is commissioned by  TECO(Taipei Economic Cultural Office in New York)for the concert "Thank you MTA" that Taiwanese government showed appreciation to MTA for their greetings to Taipei Metro 20-years anniversary.

Special thanks to Andy Lin, Iris Hung(the founder of this event), and special thanks to the vice president, Mr. Fong Yu, Chen, and the executive, Daniel Tsai

"Thank you MTA, thank you from Taiwan" 

i la Oh, oh ho yan,
Yi la da se na-i, Yo Oh Yan,
ta ka re de de le mwa ka vai Yi la,
Yi yo yin ho yan!
Yi la oh, wu wa la yi yi yo oh hei,
hei hei hei ya yi a oh hai ya!
Wu wa la yi yo yi yo hei, yi ye yi yan,
oh ho hai ya!
Ya ho, yi ye yi yan oh hai yan!

 火車行到伊都阿莫伊都丟哎喲磅砊內
(The train is traveling through the tunnel)
磅砊的水伊都丟丟銅仔伊都阿莫伊都丟仔伊都滴落來
(As the train pass by, the water in the tunnel drips)

Train! Train! Train!
Crossing the cities and the memories!
Train! Train! Train! Train cross by Yi Ya Hei!
Run! Run! Run! Hei!
Crossing the mountain Hei,
over the river Hei,
Hei, through the grand plain E YA Hei;
Dance with the stars and moon, Hei,
Tell the history and the story Yi Ya Ho Hei!

Train! Train! Train!
丟丟銅仔伊都阿莫伊都丟仔伊都滴落來
(The train is traveling through the tunnel)
Yes! The train running from the sunrise til the sunset
without stopping, keep on moving,
Train! Cross the city and memory,
A new journey!

Yes! Time flies! Think high, fly high, dream high,
Yes! Here is New York! Yes! The center of the world!
American dream! Hei!

Traffic! Hurry! Traffic! Hei!

Work, study, live (in New York City),
we take the bus, train, subway every day,
Twenty-four hours’ service,
yes, it’s the only one in history!

Over four hundred sixty-nine stations,
more than six thousand four hundred trains.
It’s crossed over eight hundred forty-two miles,
since eighteen sixty-three,
it is the oldest public transportation!

And more than five million passengers,
take the MTA every day,
Yes, the MTA runs day by day year by year,
so whether there’s heavy rain or snow have no fear,
to Long Island, New Jersey,
to the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn!

We want to say thank you MTA,
you take us everywhere,
so no matter how far my dream,
I know that I’ll get there!

We want to say thank you MTA,
you bring us a whole new page,
So from the bottom of our hopeful hearts,
we say Thank You MTA!

Sometimes we forget that,
there are people behind the machine,
though you may not notice,
there’s a story to every scene.
Every construction, every checking;
every fixing is to make sure people’s safety,

Yes, we may not know their names,
they don’t work while seeking fame,
They are heroes who are never seen.

After two thousand twelve’s, Sandy attack,
in one week they revived new tracks;
After the nine one one scare, New York cried,
they recovered tracks saved people’s smile!

And the subway, not just the subway,
it’s where people make new friends, dance, and sing!
Yes, the subway’s not just the subway,
it leads us to our dream!

Music! Finance! Engineering, in the train,
we work study hard every minute!
Law! Fashion! (every opportunity) Medical study,
The trains help us pursue our dream!
They (the trains) lead us to the American dream!

We want to say thank you MTA,
you take us everywhere,
So no matter how far my dream,
I know that I’ll get there!

We want to say thank you MTA,
you bring us a whole new page,
So from the bottom of our hopeful hearts,
we say Thank you from Taiwan,
We want to thank you from Taiwan!
That we’ll share with you/
we’ll share our thanks from Taiwan!

For every subway, bus and train,
gotta say, have to say, we must say,
Thank you, MTA!

Apple Chang