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Choir. The main performance formats are albums and theatrical music were
quartet choir singing, male-female duet produced for instance ‘The Story of
singing, and solo singing. The musical Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’, ‘Medicine
style tends to align to classical and those Buddha The Musical’, and ‘Di Zang The
music are played using piano and guitar. Musical’. Bodhi Buddhist Fellowship
Recently, Taiping Buddhist Society formed Malaysia also produced ‘Action’ concert.
a children’s choir who also took part in the YBAM is also in the midst of producing
performance. their third ‘Melody of Truth and Beauty’
album in conjunction with their 50th year
活
To date, ‘Hai Chao Hui’ has been anniversary celebration.
organised 14 times. There are two unique
features about ‘Hai Chao Hui’: Firstly, Malaysia has been a blessed land for
Buddhist hymns have always been related the development of Buddhist hymns.
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to young people. However, majority of the The development of Buddhist hymns
members of the ‘Hai Chao Hui’ are middle- continues to evolve and the future is still
aged adults. ‘Hai Chao Hui’ provides unpredictable in the digital era. When
a platform for this group of members to physical album is out of favour and PRESENTATION
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showcase their talents. Buddhist hymns people prefer to listen to music online,
are not just for young people! Secondly, how could we measure and analyse the
there are not many audiences who actual impact of Buddhist hymns towards
could appreciate quartet choir singing Buddhist disciples? How could we ensure
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compared to the normal Buddhist hymns. that Buddhist hymns are still easily
Hence, it is certainly not an easy feat that accessible via internet? How could we
‘Hai Chao Hui’ managed to continuously assist Buddhist organisations to recoup
perform quartet choir singing and should their investment so that they could use
definitely be encouraged! it for their subsequent Buddhist hymns
productions? We could only pray and hope
Buddhist hymns has now been stabilised for the best about all these uncertainties.
and only the presentation methods have Nevertheless, all the Buddhist hymns
evolved over time. We witness changes produced should never be deviated from
to the musical style and presentation in its core value ----- Dharma propagation!
the Buddhist hymns album.
In the large-scale concert, visual effect
has been enhanced though there are
no big changes in the musical style.
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Buddhist hymns development continues
to be rich and diverse, and many more
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