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Post by davidmdahl on Jan 26, 2009 3:39:43 GMT
January 26, 2009 is New Year's Day for the Chinese and Vietnamese, so Happy New Year! On Saturday, there were celebrations by both communities in seperate rooms at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. I played at both, and am still recovering. A large room filled with hundreds of people is not the best venue for traditional Asian music, but we had fun. There are plans and "what actually happens". As usual the New Year celebrations falls into the "what actually happens" category. It is a lot more fun if I don't allow myself to be annoyed by all of the change-ups and snafus.
On Tuesday, I will join my teacher's ensemble at a library in Portland for a smaller New Year celebration, and next weekend there will be more gigs for my Vietnamese group at Mt. Angel and Salem.
How are you celebrating?
Best wishes,
David
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Post by andrewwilt on Jan 27, 2009 4:40:55 GMT
Man, I'm sorry I missed seeing this post. Here in Tucson, the Chinese community put on a bit New Year's concert at a local venue downtown, with Singing, Dancing, etc. I got talked into playing Liang
Xiao and Sai Ma. It went pretty well and I wasn't too embarrassed to play. It really was nice to see the Chinese community come together to put on a great show. (Not quite as fancy as the Chinese CCTV 4 New Year's show, but nice all the same.)
Anyway, that's awesome that you played some. There really isn't enough erhu playing in the states. It's good to contribute what we can.
Andrew
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Post by davidbadagnani on Jan 27, 2009 7:17:19 GMT
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Post by davidbadagnani on Jan 27, 2009 7:19:59 GMT
I should mention that, at the university new year event, as David D. said, "what actually happened" wasn't very close to what was planned. Haha, it's funny to hear that's the case everywhere.
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Post by davidbadagnani on Jan 27, 2009 7:22:41 GMT
Andrew, can you tell us about "Liang Xiao"? I looked at the score on your group's website but I'm not familiar with this piece. Man, I'm sorry I missed seeing this post. Here in Tucson, the Chinese community put on a bit New Year's concert at a local venue downtown, with Singing, Dancing, etc. I got talked into playing Liang Xiao and Sai Ma. It went pretty well and I wasn't too embarrassed to play. It really was nice to see the Chinese community come together to put on a great show. (Not quite as fancy as the Chinese CCTV 4 New Year's show, but nice all the same.) Anyway, that's awesome that you played some. There really isn't enough erhu playing in the states. It's good to contribute what we can. Andrew |
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Post by davidmdahl on Jan 27, 2009 8:52:33 GMT
Andrew, can you tell us about "Liang Xiao"? I looked at the score on your group's website but I'm not familiar with this piece. If you are not familiar with Liang Xiao, you are in for a real treat. This is one of the great tunes for erhu, and is one of my favorites of any sort of music. For me it is up there with Erquan Yinyue (Reflection of the Moon on the Second Spring, and Autumn Moon over Tranquil Lake. Liang Xiao (Beautiful Evening) was composed in the late 1920's by Liu TianHua, and is a popular tune for Chinese New Year's Eve. If I remember my teacher's stories correctly, one of the radio or TV stations in China signed off in the evening to Liang Xiao. I will have to ask him about that. Best wishes, David |
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Post by calden on Jan 31, 2009 14:13:01 GMT
David: You're the MAN! Excellent sheng work! Great ensemble stuff. You are so lucky to have a group of people nearby as dedicated to this music as you are. I loved Purple Bamboo. Well done! I've got a sheng I bought in 1987 that is just collecting dust. I ought to fire it up. Our local Chinese Association only did a dinner this year - no big productions. However I was asked (again!) to play for our local group of families who have adoped Chinese kids, and it turned into a "let's go look at the weird instrument" lecture-demo. I used to be an adoption social worker, so this group of families is very important to me. 新年快乐！ 老外先生    |
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Post by Charlie Huang on Feb 8, 2009 12:16:07 GMT
Well done David and Carlos!
I also did a short qin recital on my local radio; BBC WM. No recording I'm afraid expect a cassette recording by my colleague.
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Post by diamond on Jun 7, 2010 9:10:22 GMT
That is Lunar Tet and it would be celebrated warmly
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Post by davidmdahl on Jun 7, 2010 16:05:46 GMT
I missed celebrating Tet and Chinese New Year in 2010 due to my injury. Lately I have been taking the erhu down and playing a little. I don't have much endurance yet, and I don't really have the okay from the doctor to play erhu. I hope to get going on physical therapy soon, so maybe I can work the erhu in with the therapy.
It is fun to play a few old tunes, badly even. <g>
Best wishes,
David
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Post by hippocampus on Oct 19, 2010 10:09:21 GMT
hi, will there be any such day this year??? It's seemed great. ______________________ Web Development |
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Post by davidmdahl on Oct 19, 2010 15:38:43 GMT
Welcome to the forum, hippocampus.
In the Portland, Oregon area, the Asian community celebrates Chinese New Year/Tet around the end of January or beginning of February, and the Autumn Moon Festival in the latter part of September. I don't know the dates for 2011 yet.
How are these festivals celebrated in your area?
Best wishes,
David
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