让音乐之声在大山深处响起

陈宇浩

立秋刚过，首届汤公音乐节在浙江遂昌举行。开幕式的谢幕曲，定格在了这样一个画面：

2008年北京奥运会音乐总监陈其钢、女高音陈小朵、女声歌手喻越越、男声歌手李炜鹏、古琴演奏家陈雷激、京剧花脸李梦熊、古筝演奏家常静、琵琶演奏家李佳、歌手常石磊、女高音孟萌……

这些名家在2008年北京奥运会开幕式上，或是惊艳出演、或是幕后功臣，这次在国乐与弦乐、美声与戏曲的混搭中，衬托出了一群来自山水间的孩子——高海心15岁，来自妙高街道庄山村；李佳怡13岁，来自坑口村；祝袁舒心9岁，来自姚埠村；傅佳艺8岁，来自黄泥岭村……

他们都是遂昌躬耕书院音乐筑梦班的学生。

这场音乐会的背后，有两种关于音乐在乡村中的文化实验，以及实验衍生出的诸多可能性。

一个看似偶然的想法：不如先教孩子音乐吧

高海心终于不用担心自己跟不上交响乐团的节奏了。

当小提琴和大提琴铺陈进来的一刹那，这位站在后排中间的15岁姑娘下意识地闭了一下眼睛，似乎在找准那种“跳跃进去”的感觉。

歌声响起，远处的山间扑腾起一群鸟，很快在晚霞中融成一幅画。同样美丽的，还有定格在孩子们脸上的笑容。

这一天，距汤公音乐节开幕还有三天，来自遂昌躬耕书院音乐筑梦班的48个孩子，他们的暑期集训也进入到了第六天，他们和来自世界各地最具才华的青年艺术家们一起，排练了四首歌，这一首叫《遂昌赋》。

交响乐中混搭古琴并不多见，但当古琴声扬起，便更有了些遂昌的味道。

弹古琴的姑娘叫曾佳慧，是躬耕书院第一期音乐暑期夏令营中的一员。

北京到龙游要乘6个小时高铁，再坐1个小时大巴到遂昌县，再开车1个小时转乡道、村道，过不知几个弯的山路，才能到红星坪村。

这里三面环山，仅靠一条4米多宽的水泥路跟外面的世界联结，时不时有鸡、鸭、土狗大摇大摆在眼前走过。站到稍微高一点的坡上远眺，可以望见乌溪江水库的一角。

这是曾佳慧再熟悉不过的路线——七年前，她就是从这条路走出村子，到北京，然后，成为红星坪村第一个被首都高等音乐学府录取的娃。

這七年每年的寒暑假、小长假，曾佳慧会风雨无阻地沿着这条路，定期回到位于红星坪村的琴圩书斋，给音乐筑梦班的学弟学妹们上课。

对于刚满20岁的曾佳慧来说，这更像是一种习惯。回到自己音乐之路的起点，回到一草一木都再熟悉不过的家乡，这种说不清算不算是使命感的情愫，一直根植于她的心底。

回到2011年，当时杭州龙井草堂的创始人戴建军，因为“寻找好食材”偶然来到遂昌黄泥岭村。

“九山半水半分田”的自然禀赋，把戴建军镇住了。他决定在此地动土，一开始不过是想做个纯粹的食材基地。但跟国学大家杜道生的一次对话，让戴建军重新思考自己要做的事。杜道生说，中国人一直讲究耕读并举，“如果在这里做一个书院，还可以尽教育的责任”。

3个月后，躬耕书院成立了。

后来，在邀请指挥家、小泽征尔的爱徒陈琳以及古琴演奏家陈雷激来山里吃土鸡的餐桌上，几个人萌生出一个共同想法——教育从哪里做起？不如先试着教这些大山里的孩子音乐吧。

听起来，这只是一个偶然的想法。

走出大山的女孩：假期回来教更小的孩子

2011年，躬耕书院第一期音乐暑期夏令营（这也被看作是音乐筑梦班的前身）在当地招生。那次，总共来了十几个晒得黑黝黝的孩子，他们半天不说一句话，更不用说有什么音乐素养了。当时13岁的曾佳慧，就站在他们中间。

对这些山里的孩子来说，命运轮盘上的选项并不多。如果当时没有走上音乐之路，曾佳慧应该会上一所普通的学校，或者就直接外出打工贴补家用。学音乐所需的费用，也通常会让这些家庭望而却步。

以曾佳慧弹的古琴为例，最普通的一架也要万把块钱，“当时我爸妈都在外打工，如果没有筑梦班，以他们的收入，肯定无法支持我学音乐。”曾佳慧说。

第一期音乐暑期夏令营仅有十天，这个姑娘以自己的认真，打动了所有老师。

有一天，陈雷激上完古琴课，就对孩子们说，“你们在这练琴，到了吃饭时间我来叫你们”。

结果，跟几个老朋友吃饭聊得开心，陈雷激把这事给忘了。到了晚上八九点钟，陈雷激路过琴房，发现里面还有声音，推门进去一看，其他孩子都走了，只有曾佳慧一个人还在练。陈雷激问，“你怎么还在啊？”曾佳慧说，“老师，你不是说一直练到吃饭来叫我们吗？”

十天后，老师们做了一个重大决定，带曾佳慧去北京，先去中国音乐学院跟读一年，后面能不能考上，就看孩子自己的造化了。曾佳慧家里不用出一分钱，开饭店的戴建军负责学费，指挥家陈琳负责生活费。

曾佳慧很争气，苦读一年后，第二年通过了附中的全国校考，又从附中一路考进中国音乐学院古琴专业，今年读大二。

一回到音乐筑梦班，曾佳慧还是和孩子们同吃同睡在一起，不厌其烦地教孩子们识谱，一遍遍为孩子们弹着古琴伴奏……曾佳慧现在所做的一切，正是七年前陈琳、陈雷激这些艺术家们在她身上所付出的投射与复刻。

这个年纪的年轻人，对未来已有了自己的打算，“不管以后在哪里工作，我每年还是会回来继续（音乐筑梦班）这件事。”姑娘语气中有不容置疑的坚定。

六七年的时间：音乐在山村成了一件自然的事

沿着红星坪村的坡道往上走，路过一大片茂盛的荷花池，就到了音乐筑梦班的大本营琴圩书斋。

早上9点，太阳还没从远山的云雾中挣脱开来，清澈的童声合唱，就已经从布满爬山虎的白墙后徐徐传出。

“真的，孩子们的歌声，会赋予这个地方灵性。”只要筑梦班的孩子一练歌，在田间地头干活的村民们，都会直起腰，出神地听上几分钟。戴建军看得真切，“他们不懂音乐，但都说很好听。”

从2013年算起，筑梦班已经走入第六个年头。每年夏天，躬耕书院都会面向整个遂昌招生，条件只有两个：1.遂昌本地人；2.年龄在小学二年级至四年级之间。

只要通过最终面试，每年寒暑假、小长假，以及固定的周末，都可以参加筑梦班的集训和学习，整个学习过程，家长不需要花一分钱。

来自三仁乡坑口村的李佳怡，从二年级就开始参加面试，直到四年级的那个夏天，终于被录取。虽然，那个时候，她依然连哆来咪发嗦啦西都唱不准。

“我们村里就我一个！”在筑梦班的两年里，李佳怡先后去了杭州、苏州演出。李佳怡记得，去苏州演出那次，因为主办方压缩时间，准备了三首歌的筑梦班，只唱了两首。在后台的走廊里，孩子们都有些沮丧，这时陈琳提议，“没唱的那首歌，我们就在这里唱吧”，歌声响彻后台，每个人看到了彼此眼中的泪光。

在音乐筑梦班这个大家庭中，孩子们学会了唱歌，也收获了人生道路上的自信。筑梦班的辅导员杨崴宁，之前收到一封感谢信，来自已经结业的一位男生。

这位叫周俊的男生，刚来的时候蔫蔫的，跟人说话都不敢抬头。跟着筑梦班出去演出几次后，整个人明显开朗自信了很多，在信里他说，“班里的女生知道我去过杭州了，都很羡慕，现在他们都叫我俊哥。谢谢老师们！”

音乐给予孩子们的，不仅仅是音乐本身。

郑建斌是躬耕书院的大厨，自从8月初筑梦班开课后，他每天都犯愁到哪里去抓土鸡。

黄泥岭的土鸡，尝过的人都“魂牵梦萦”，据说当初陈其钢、陈琳、陈雷激这些大咖，都是被这里的土鸡拴住了胃，被这里的山水拴住了腿，从而心甘情愿来到这里，为当地音乐文化的普及不遗余力。

今年筑梦班刚开始的几天里，就已经先后有钢琴家杜宁武、小提琴家朱丽亚、大提琴家沈泽洵等名师来给孩子们上过课，“让他们多尝尝土鸡，以后可以多来啊。”这是郑建斌质朴的愿望。

来自偏远山区、刚刚识谱的小孩，给他们上课的，却都是来自茱莉亞音乐学院、中央音乐学院、星海音乐学院等国内外顶尖学府的老师。即使换作一线城市的孩子，也不可能有这样的配置。但这也是音乐筑梦班一直坚持的路子，“不求他们将来能成为音乐家，只希望能教给他们音乐中的美好。”

夜深了，站在琴圩书斋的围墙外，孩子们背诵歌词的零星声音渐渐停息。伴着蛙声一片、星子漫天，音乐筑梦的旅途，也在夜色里悄然开启。

（注：躬耕书院位于黄泥岭村，琴圩书斋是躬耕书院的组成部分，位于红星坪村，音乐筑梦班的大本营在琴圩书斋。）

Suichang， a rural county of mountains in central Zhejiang， wouldnt have had much to do with music at all， but for written by Tang Xianzu in Suichang in the five years he served as the county governor in the 1590s. is a representative play of Kunqu Opera， which is listed as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO since 2001.

Seven years ago， an entrepreneur and a group of top-class Chinese musicians set up a music education course in Suichang. Music education has made a difference in this remote region of mountains.

The entrepreneur is Dai Jianjun， a restaurateur in Hangzhou. In 2011， he visited the county in search of an ideal place to set up a vegetable farm to provide fresh supplies to the restaurant in Hangzhou. One day he came to Huangniling， a village surrounded by mountains. He didnt come alone. One of the fellow travelers was Du Daosheng， a scholar of traditional Chinese classics. They had a conversation during the trip. Du said a life of farming and education was a long Chinese tradition. “You can do your bit for education here，” advised the master.

Three months later， an education institute called Gonggeng Academy came into being at Huangniling.

Dai has a lot of musician friends. Once upon a time， he invited conductor Chen Lin and Guqin player Chen Leiji all the way to enjoy a chicken dinner at his farm at Huangniling. “What can we do about education here？” he put this question to his musician friends. At the dinner table， the idea of teaching music to village children was proposed. Everyone agreed it was a great idea.

The first music education course was offered in the summer of 2011 in the form of a summer camp. About a dozen children came. They were nervous and shy. They hardly spoke. Among them was a 13-year-old girl Zeng Jiahui. The summer camp lasted ten days. Guqin Master Chen Jilei gave children lectures and asked them to practice. One day， he asked them to practice and promised to tell them stop when it was supper time. However， Chen had so good a time with friends that he forgot to call his students off. When he finally passed the classroom at 8 oclock in the evening， he heard someone still practice in the classroom. He pushed the door open and found Zeng Jiahui there. Chen was touched by the girls determination.

Ten days later， the teachers made a decision. They decided to bring the girl to Beijing to take a crash course at the affiliated middle school of the China Conservative of Music for a year. A year later she would sit for the entrance examination of the middle school. Dai would pay for all the school tuition and fees and conductor Chen Lin would foot all the bills for everyday life.

A year later， Zeng passed the national examination and successfully enrolled herself into the middle school. Then she passed the national entrance examination and entered China Conservative of Music as a major of . In the past seven years， Zeng came back to the village during the summer and winter vacations. She has helped the music course at the village.

The training course was renamed Music Dream in 2013. It is in Hongxingping Village， just across the river from Huangniling where the academy is based. Every summer， the music training camp offered by Gonggeng Academy opens its door to children of Suichang： a successful applicant needs to satisfy two qualifications： a trainee must be a native of Suichang and must not be younger than second-grader or older than fourth grader. Those who pass the final interview receive music education free of charge in winter and summer vacations.

Young trainees get essential music education from top music teachers who are from elite music institutions such as Juilliard School， the Central Conservatory of Music， and the Xinghai Conservatory of Music. Music masters enjoy a chicken dish especially prepared by a chef at the academy. It is said that the chicken at the academy is as famous as the music education course at the village.

Music has changed the village kids. Music education they have received at the village has opened their eyes to a world that is far away， and given them a new perspective on life possibilities. Zeng Jiahui is now 20 years old. She has changed a lot. The village kids have traveled and sung their songs in cities such as Hangzhou and Suzhou. Zhou Jun， who has graduated from the training course， has changed a lot. He wrote a thank-you letter to Yang Weining， a volunteer assistant with the academy. Training and traveling and performing boosted his self-confidence. “The girls in my class have learned about my travel to Hangzhou and they are envious. Now they call me Brother Jun. Thank you， teachers，” wrote the boy in the letter.

Villagers like the singing of the children. When these kids sing， farmers working in farmlands stop what they are doing and listen for a while. They find the singing pleasant and beautiful.

In August 2018， Suichang held a Tang Xianzu Music Festival. Many top musicians came all the way from Beijing and performed. The kids from the summer camp performed with the masters.