In the past three years, the choir has won prizes at national competitions. Peng said singing brings those village children out of home, and to a much bigger stage, and it surely has happened to many youngsters in remote, destitute places.
The experiences with Midu, meanwhile, motivated Peng to produce a children's musical, Singing Changes Life, focusing on the roles of music, and art education, could better the minds and hearts of the younger generation and also, the adults, a vision that was proposed and promoted by Cai Yuanpei, the prominent educator and reformer of modern China.