Ms. LaCaille, an internationally renowned principal clarinetist, attends Shen Yun Performing Arts in The Paramount Theatre. (NTDTV)
After seeing the show, Ms. LaCaille, a renowned principal clarinet player with a North-Western U.S. symphony orchestra, was full of praise for Shen Yun’s performance.
“My overall impression is simply amazing. The costumes are sumptuous, the dancers are amazing, the music is elaborate,” she said. “It was just so delightful to see it all in ravishing color and the stage presence of all the dancers.”
Ms. LaCaille has performed for a number of symphony orchestras in different regions around the globe including Hong Kong, Europe, and New Zealand. She has also toured with prominent Broadway shows throughout Europe.
Commending Shen Yun’s live orchestra, Ms. LaCaille said, “Being a clarinet player myself, I understand that the sonorities blended with the strings, and the overall general appearance of everything really has a lot of a major impact on the audience appeal,” she said.
“They offer a melding and a blending of the cultures and bringing the Western civilization to the Eastern influence, and the blending of the different instruments.”
The Shen Yun orchestra, which features renowned performers and composers from around the world, consists of classical Western instruments as its foundation complemented with traditional Chinese instruments.
Ms. LaCaille said Shen Yun is different from the shows she has seen throughout her career.
“I think the dynamics were very good and they blended well with the choreography on stage.”
Ms. LaCaille also teaches music and offered some inspirational advice to students. “I hope that all the students in Seattle and around the world take away the impression that there is a lot in music that you can learn and the goals that you set, please work hard to achieve all of them, and you will, your dreams will come true.”
Ms. LaCaille was impressed by the talent of the vocalists and said she learned a lot about ancient Chinese culture after watching the show.
“I never knew about the Mongolian history, and just the different ways the people dance and the costumes and everything, that was really fabulous,” she said.
Shen Yun will be holding one more show in Seattle on Saturday May 23 before moving on to San Diego on Tuesday May 26, where it will hold four shows until May 28.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts Spring Tour 2009. For more information please visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org .
