"What we see is that the American people and the Chinese people that we work with get along just fine and it really has nothing to do with politics or economics. It has to do with sharing the arts and sharing culture and sharing the civilization," Doebler told Xinhua. "If everybody could act like that, we'd be in great shape."
Doebler, also director of music education and bands at Valparaiso University, held that music tours between China and the United States model kind of cooperation, kind of sharing that "we want to see in other places."
"Our tours may be just a tiny part of that, but if more people could do something similar or see what we've been doing over there, I think it could help in this world relations in all respects," he said.
Meng Jianyun, director of the Confucius Institute at Valparaiso University, has dedicated his whole life to music both in China and the United States. "As a Chinese American, I feel China and America just like our parents. We cannot live in peace unless the two countries can get along," Meng said.
Being a sponsor of the forum, Meng and the Valparaiso University have done a lot in the past five years to promote musical exchanges between China and the United States. They are hosting the annual "Great Lakes Confucius Institute Music Festival," an important showcase of Chinese music in America's heartland as well as a platform for the exchange of Chinese and American music; help open orchestras and classes of traditional Chinese instruments in nearby schools and communities; and help Chinese and U.S. orchestras and musicians visit each other and perform together in more shows.
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