Who are Performing at Mua Thu Cho Em Concert?

It has been fifteen years since VNHELP has been organizing this cultural concert with proceeds going to help needy children and educational programs in Vietnam. I recall attending one of my first concerts in Mountain View many years ago. It was smaller at the time with concert Pianist. The program has grown since those days now with a cast of singers is performed both Southern California and Bay Area. This year, it is scheduled to be at two locations:

• Star Performing Arts Center
  Fountain Valey, CA
  September 12, 2009
• Santa Clara Convention Center Theater
  Santa Clara, CA
  September 19, 2009

I always enjoy listening to a wide variety of artist ranging from newer performers who are up and coming or stars of today along with performers who have a rich cultural heritage dating before the pivotal 1975.

I have to admit, that I came to the states in 75 and as a young child, I developed a passion for American pop music and know very little of Vietnamese music. Since my Vietnamese is not fluent and the poetic lyrics of this music with its eloquent symbolic references made it difficult for me to fully appreciate at first. As I get more exposure to these artists and their music, I begin to see how the melancholy sounds does represent the Vietnamese American experience and I do have a connection with it. I can only recall vaguely when I was very young growing up in Saigon when my mom would have this reel to reel player playing during all the hours of the day these wonderful music. I remember trying to decipher its meaning and asking my mom why one song the woman sings about wanting to see her lover while the next song she sings about never wanting to seeing him again. It was this naïve view of human relations that I perceived the music from a 6 year old view that I am once again being re-introduced to this music.

When I saw the list of artist being performed, I started to search to see what their music sounded like. I am searching by their names and I am realizing sometimes there may multiple artists with the same or similar names. I am going to check with some of my Vietnamese friends who are true aficionados to confirm but here is my first playlist which I put together which you can listen to at: http://www.playlist.com/playlist/17675125259

I performed further research finding the artist biographies and pictures which I will share with you below.

Tuyet Minh

Duc Huy

• Duc Huy Home Page
• Wikipedia (Vietnamese)

Duc Tuan

• Pop star goes Broadway
• Dreaming to Perform Internationally

Ngoc Anh

• Biography
• Thong Tin Nghe Sy Ngoc Anh

Khanh Ly

• Wikipedia Biography
• Viet Scape Biography

I have documented this on my page at: http://meta-x.com/mtce/artists.html. I hope this interesting. If you wish to join me at the concert, you can contact VNHELP or reserve the tickets from me below and I will save a good seat for you. I am requesting for seating charts but currently, I just know there are four sections with the prices as noted in the button below.

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(1) One MTCE 2009 - Santa Clara Ticket Seating Section 1 $35.00Seating Section 2 $50.00Seating Section 3 $75.00Seating Section 4 $100.00

(2) Two MTCE 2009 - Santa Clara Tickets Seating Section 1 $70.00Seating Section 2 $100.00Seating Section 3 $150.00Seating Section 4 $200.00

(4) Four MTCE 2009 - Santa Clara Tickets Seating Section 1 $180.00Seating Section 2 $200.00Seating Section 3 $300.00Seating Section 4 $400.00