music lessons?

[Halle]

Someone might have made a thread about this already; I don't know.

Anyway, is there any way of finding out if there are Chinese music teachers near where you live? I'm going away for about two months (taking my dizi with me, though I don't know how much time I'll actually have to practice), but maybe when I get back...?

[ziman]

Hmm... where are you located? If you live in the US or Canada, the "Chinese Music in North America" Facebook page has a list of Chinese music groups/ensembles in North America: www.facebook.com/chinesemusicinnorthamerica?ref=ts&fref=ts

Go to its "About" page and you'll see the list.

[Halle]

I live in Illinois, but my university is in Wisconsin. I live at school, and come home during breaks.

[davidmdahl]

Jun 8, 2014 21:59:39 GMT Halle said:

I live in Illinois, but my university is in Wisconsin. I live at school, and come home during breaks.

I know of an erhu player/teacher in the Chicago area by the name of Betti Xiang. She might know of a dizi teacher in the area. I don't know about Wisconsin though. Look for Chinese cultural organizations, and ask around. As I mentioned before, you can get some general flute help from a teacher of the Western (Boehm) flute, or even Irish flute, which would be yet closer to the dizi in playing technique. There are certainly more than a few Irish flute players in the Chicago area.

Best wishes,

David

[Halle]

I'll email her. I won't be in town for long (I leave on Tuesday and I won't be back until August 11, before returning to school on August 23), so if I can even just get some general assistance with playing technique, that would be great.