Boston Eastern Heritage Chorus

Boston Eastern Heritage Chorus

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

The Boston Eastern Heritage Chorus (BEHC, https://www.behc-chorus.org) was established in 2000 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA by a group of choral music activists. BEHC is now a 70-member chorus with a diverse membership drawn from gifted vocalists from all walks of life.

Our mission is to showcase Chinese culture and choral arts, promote Chinese-Western cultural exchange, develop broader public knowledge and appreciation of fine Chinese and American vocal arts, all in the spirit of fun, cooperation, and harmony.

Under the inspiring leadership of our current Artistic/Music Director Ms. Ling Guo, a professionally trained musical artist and event producer, BEHC has performed frequently in concerts and charity activities in the Greater Boston area. BEHC has also attended many international festivals and competitions, including The 6th China International Choral Festival (2002), The 4th Idaho International Choral Festival (2004), Mondial Choral de Laval – Festival international de choeurs (2005), The 4th World Choir Games (2006), Vermont International Choral Festival (2008), Fundy Sound Choral Festival (2016), Budapest Music Festival (2018).

Participated In Mondial Choral Loto-Québec World Choral Competition (2009), BEHC won one gold award ( Laureate – Super-Category Adult female choir ) and two silver awards ( Laureate Second Place – Super-Category Major mixed voice choir and Laureate Second Place – Super-Category Multicultural choir). And also competing in the World Choral Festival of Adults and Seniors in Vienna (2012), BEHC took home Gold Award among 14 participating choruses.

During the height of the Covid Pandemic in 2021, BEHC produced three cloud singing events online featuring mixed voice pieces “The Moon Represents My Heart” and “The Joy of Snowflakes” as well as female voice piece “Velvet Flower” and male voice piece “Falling Leaves”. It was a unique experience when the individual recordings were synchronized/integrated digitally together with music and video and the final products were very impressive!

Not only BEHC joins music festivals around the world, it also plays key role in organizing performing art events. In 2010, BEHC successfully presented the first Greater Boston Community Choral Festival (GBCCF), a choral singing event participated by nine local American, Chinese, Japanese and Jewish choruses. GBCCF promotes diversity, supports local community and greatly enhances the cultural exchange between western and Chinese societies.

Ms. Guo Ling, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Boston Eastern Heritage Chorus (BEHC)

Ms. Guo is a versatile artist, a pianist, conductor, music teacher and music judge. As a core member of several Boston area community choirs, his exceptional performance skills, inspiring teaching, and organizational leadership are widely known and highly regarded. In addition to her choral and pianistic performances, she has successfully collaborated with many outstanding musicians such as conductors Yan Liangkun and Craig H. Johnson, composer Wang Liping, singer Li Guyi and Gold Award winner Chopin piano competition, Rafal Blechacz. A member of several professional associations of pianists, choristers and teachers, Ms. Guo regularly acts as a judge at musical competitions.
With her extensive artistic experience and varied skills, she has won awards for solo and choral performances; she was chosen as co-organizer of major concerts of international impact; she was the sole pianist and musical director of the Boston Eastern Heritage Chorus when it won the Gold Prize at the 2012 World Choral Festival at the Golden Hall in Vienna. Most recently, she was selected as artistic director and conductor of the annual Boston Asian American Day Festival in 2022 and 2023 on Boston Common. As a former vice president of the Asian Performing Arts Association of North America, she has participated in or co-managed numerous benefit concerts and performances, such as Boston’s 2015 “Yellow River Cantata” concert series, the 2008 “Sichuan Earthquake Benefit Concert” and the “Concert for the 40th Anniversary of the Establishment of China-U.S. Diplomatic Relations” . In 2023 and 2024, Ms. Guo was widely acclaimed as choir director in “Interconnect” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and with “A Lunar New Year Celebration” at NewBridge on the Charles, as well as as a guest pianist at occur in China.
Formerly an in-demand piano teacher at the Hunan Normal University Conservatory of Music, his teaching has inspired many of his students to succeed on stage in the field of music and off stage in the field of arts management. Ms. Guo Ling received her artistic training at the Beijing Dance Academy, the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, and the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she earned a master’s degree in music.

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