May, NJ

[sleepy]

My teacher is organizing a guzheng concert this May in memorial of her teacher the late Prof. Qiu Dacheng. His widow, Prof. Xu Xiaolin, composer of many contemporary guzheng pieces such as "Qianzhong Fu", will also travel all the way from Beijing to the U.S. to join in this concert.

No details of the event has been released yet but I'll try to post updates as soon as the info is confirmed.

[carol]

Hi Sleepy:

Thanks for posting this information.
It seems NY has a lot more Chinese music activities than west coast.

[sleepy]

I'm guessing it's due the locations of chinese communities in the Tri-State area which are more focused, but spread out in the West Coast, that might give you the impression that we have more activities.

[sleepy]

OK, here's some info:

Concert: 3pm—5pm, May 27, 2006
Reception: 5:30pm—7:30pm
Bristol Chapel, Westminster Conservatory, Princeton, NJ
(Direction: www.rider.edu/864_1625.htm)

First half of the program will be performed by student enselmbles, second half mainly solos by my teacher Ms Yang Yi, with a guest Pipa performer playing the duet version of "Chun Jiang Hua Yue Ye". Other pieces include "Mei Hua San Nong", "Kong Que Dong Nan Fei", "Shu Xiang Feng Qing Suites", etc.

Tickets: by donation only. Anyone who would like to reserve seats please message me in this forum.

[carol]

Sigh, I wish I could go if NJ is not 2000 miles away. I've never seen "Shu Xiang Feng Qing Suites" played live.

[sleepy]

carol said:

Sigh, I wish I could go if NJ is not 2000 miles away. I've never seen "Shu Xiang Feng Qing Suites" played live.

Only 3 out of the 5 pieces from the Suite were performed, which were rearranged to be accompanied by Yangqin, Pipa & Percussion, just for the concert. Guess which 3?

Here's a report in Chinese on the concert, in a local NJ paper:
www.worldjournal.com/wj-nj-news.php?nt_seq_id=1366246

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