{"id":2480697,"date":"2026-06-29T16:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2480697"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:41:36","slug":"go-music-trio-highlights-water-as-central-theme-in-beal-botanical-gardens-music-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/go-music-trio-highlights-water-as-central-theme-in-beal-botanical-gardens-music-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Music Trio highlights water as central theme in Beal Botanical Garden&#8217;s music series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">The Beal Botanical Garden\u2019s Go Music Trio concert was nestled between the Main Library and the IM Circle, showcasing a part of the garden\u2019s four-part series: air, water, fire and earth.<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:20:54 PM\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">This year\u2019s event highlighted water to encourage the audience to think about ways they can \u201cactivate\u201d water, \u201cclean\u201d water, take care of themselves and connect with nature.<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:20:58 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">Attendees observed the garden replete with plants and trees. Different pop-ups were featured, such as a poetry reading station, mini umbrella-making, arts-and-crafts bugs, swamp milkweed, rocks and refreshments for the hot weather.<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:21:09 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-media embedded-image mb-3\" style=\"            width: px;&#10;    \">\n        <\/p>\n<aside class=\"photo bg-white border\"><figcaption class=\"photo-caption p-2\">\n<p>Music and the Garden attendees talk with a MidMichigan Environmental Action Council volunteer in the W.J. Beal Botanical Garden in East Lansing, Mich., on June 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"font-weight-bold d-block text-right\">\n                                \u2014 Photo by<br \/>\n                                <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/statenews.com\/staff\/cooper-schwartz\">Cooper Schwartz<\/a><br \/>\n                                                                | The State News<br \/>\n                            <\/aside>\n<\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Attendees Karen and Jerry Jennings walked around the garden observing the plants and taking photos.\u00a0<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:21:19 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love free concerts in the garden,&#8221; Karen said. &#8220;We come to the Carillon concerts in July, and we just try to take advantage of this offer.&#8221;<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:21:22 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>For Jerry, the concert was a \u201creally peaceful hour.\u201d<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:21:24 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">\u201cThe musical productions that come out of this university are wonderful. Whether it\u2019s something massive like this or small in the chapel, it\u2019s something worth going to,&#8221; Jerry said.\u00a0<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:21:31 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">The concert opened with an introduction from Soprano Zimo Chen, a member of the Go Music Trio. Four songs were sung in German, Russian, French and Chinese, which she said were \u201call connected by water, nature and love.\u201d<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:21:36 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-media embedded-image mb-3\" style=\"            width: px;&#10;    \">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snworksceo.imgix.net\/tsn\/1c0afc66-ebf7-429f-99da-89b1fcd60aa6.sized-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"20260628-music-gardens-cs-17\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/>    <\/p>\n<aside class=\"photo bg-white border\"><figcaption class=\"photo-caption p-2\">\n<p>An MSU Go Music Trio member Zimo Chen talks to crowd about the music they will perform during the Music and the Garden event in East Lansing, Mich., on June 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"font-weight-bold d-block text-right\">\n                                \u2014 Photo by<br \/>\n                                <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/statenews.com\/staff\/cooper-schwartz\">Cooper Schwartz<\/a><br \/>\n                                                                | The State News<br \/>\n                            <\/aside>\n<\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<\/figure>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">Chen sang Schumann\u2019s \u201cDie Lotosblume\u201d, which is about a lotus that hides from the sun, then slowly opens its petals in the night when the moon is out.<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:21:43 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you ever had a crush and spent three hours deciding whether to send a text message, you already understand the song. The lotus is really a person: shy, reserved and secretly in love,\u201d she said.<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:21:47 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Then she sang Rachmaninoff\u2019s \u201cLilacs\u201d, which takes place early in the morning, \u201cwhere you can feel the singer walks through the fields of blooming lilacs, searching for happiness.\u201d<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:21:53 PM\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">\u201cI love these two songs because nothing dramatic happens. There are no storms, no heartbreaks, no tragic endings. Very peaceful and just flowers, fresh air and the hope that happiness might be waiting around the next corner. Maybe that\u2019s a beautiful reminder,&#8221; Chen said. &#8220;Sometimes happiness isn\u2019t something we find. Sometimes it\u2019s just simply a morning walk, a cup of nice tea, sleeping during rainstorms, but not today, which feels especially appropriate for today.&#8221;<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:22:04 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">Pianist Dailin Zeng, a member of the Go Music Trio, played Maurice Ravel\u2019s Ondine as part of Gaspard de la Nuit. The song tells the story of a mythical water spirit who sings to a traveler and invites him into her mysterious underwater world.\u00a0<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:22:33 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-media embedded-image mb-3\" style=\"            width: px;&#10;    \">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snworksceo.imgix.net\/tsn\/1689abc2-0e3f-4fb3-97af-4a67944cc93f.sized-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"20260628-music-gardens-cs-8\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/>    <\/p>\n<aside class=\"photo bg-white border\"><figcaption class=\"photo-caption p-2\">\n<p>The crowd claps as the MSU Go Music Trio finishes a song during the Music and the Garden event in East Lansing, Mich., on June 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"font-weight-bold d-block text-right\">\n                                \u2014 Photo by<br \/>\n                                <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/statenews.com\/staff\/cooper-schwartz\">Cooper Schwartz<\/a><br \/>\n                                                                | The State News<br \/>\n                            <\/aside>\n<\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<\/figure>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">\u201cRavel really transformed the piano to water itself. Sometimes gentle, sometimes transparent. Sometimes mysterious, sometimes powerful,\u201d\u00a0 Zeng said.<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:22:42 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Sopranist Shuhan Zhang, a member of the Go Music Trio, sang \u201cGreen\u201d by Debussy, a song inspired by a poem by Paul Verlaine.<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:22:47 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">\u201cIn this poem, a lover arrives carrying gifts, not expensive gifts, but simple things from nature: fruits, flowers and leaves. It\u2019s a quiet and intimate way of saying, \u2018I\u2019m here, and I\u2019m offering you my heart,&#8217; Zhang said. &#8220;What I love about Debussy is that he rarely tells a story in a straightforward way. Instead, he creates an atmosphere. The piano doesn\u2019t simply accompany the singer; it breathes with the voice. Almost like light moving through leaves or a gentle breeze passing through a garden.&#8221;<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:23:40 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Although the song is not about water, she said it has \u201cthe same feeling of softness and flow.\u201d<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:23:43 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4 py-2 d-print-none\">\n<div class=\"row bg-white pt-3 pb-3 px-3\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 mb-md-0 \">\n                                        <strong class=\"d-block\">Support student media!<\/strong><br \/>\n                                        Please consider donating to The State News and help fund the future of journalism.\n                                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<figure class=\"embedded-media embedded-image mb-3\" style=\"            width: px;&#10;    \">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snworksceo.imgix.net\/tsn\/a064a9e1-05f7-4b69-ac68-4615dd491f64.sized-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"20260628-music-gardens-cs-10\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/>    <\/p>\n<aside class=\"photo bg-white border\"><figcaption class=\"photo-caption p-2\">\n<p>MSU Go Music Trio soprano Shuhan Zhang performs their song during the Music and the Garden event in East Lansing, Mich., on June 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"font-weight-bold d-block text-right\">\n                                \u2014 Photo by<br \/>\n                                <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/statenews.com\/staff\/cooper-schwartz\">Cooper Schwartz<\/a><br \/>\n                                                                | The State News<br \/>\n                            <\/aside>\n<\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe music never feels rigid; it moves naturally, almost like a stream changing direction as it finds its own path. As we sit to gather in this beautiful garden, I hope you simply let the music wash over you and enjoy its covers and its calm,\u201d Zhang said.<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:23:49 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">According to Zeng, the ensemble believes music \u201cis not only a sound, but it\u2019s a way of communicating beyond a language,&#8221; adding that the concert is a unique opportunity for people to listen to classical music and to \u201cfeel the power of music.\u201d<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:23:55 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">The setting is special for Zeng because she rarely performs outdoors, surrounded by nature. She said that being outside makes &#8220;the music feel more immersive.&#8221;<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:24:00 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<p spellcheck=\"false\">Other songs that were played include Chopin\u2019s \u201cBarcarolle,\u201d which captures the gentle movement of a boat on water; Franz Schubert\u2019s \u201cTrout,\u201d which celebrates the beauty of nature\u2019s energy; and Yu\u00e8r\u00e9n G\u0113, a famous ancient Chinese literature that tells a story set on a river.<span class=\"arx-snw-cqflag\" title=\"adora.gjoni@statenews.com at 6\/29\/2026, 12:24:09 PM\"\/> <\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4 py-2 d-print-none\">\n<p><h3 class=\"mb-0\">Discussion<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"row bg-white pt-3 pb-3 px-3\">\n<div class=\"d-flex flex-row\">\n<div class=\"pl-0 flex-grow-1\">\n<p>Share and discuss <em>\u201cGo Music Trio highlights water as central theme in Beal Botanical Garden&#8217;s music series\u201d<\/em> on social media.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source statenews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Beal Botanical Garden\u2019s Go Music Trio concert was nestled between the Main Library and the IM Circle, showcasing a part of the garden\u2019s four-part series: air, water, fire and earth. This year\u2019s event highlighted water to encourage the audience to think about ways they can \u201cactivate\u201d water, \u201cclean\u201d water, take care of themselves and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2480698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2480697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Go-Music-Trio-highlights-water-as-central-theme-in-Beal.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2480697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2480699,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480697\/revisions\/2480699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2480698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2480697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2480697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2480697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}