Thursday, December 22, 2011

Our Future Performances in 2012

Time is flying! In 2012, we will be quiet busy. The future performances are below:
1/15/12, Sunday - 7 pm CSSA Spring Gala
1/22/12, Sunday - 3 pm at Whole Food Market on Eisenhower Rd.
1/28/12, Saturday - 3 pm for AACCOM Chinese New Year Party at WCC
1/29/12, Sunday - 5 pm EMU Spring Gala at EMU
- 2/3/2012 (Friday) - DCBA Chinese New Year Dinner at Dearborn
- 4/28 (Sunday) - at Midland to play with the Midland/Saignaw Chinese Music Group.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

2011 AACCOM Chinese New Year Party (2-5-2011)

We have been performed for AACCOM Chinese New Year Party since 2008. This year we were very glad to invite Pipa Master, Kevin Liu, playing with us. Mr. Liu showed us very impressive Pipa sole, Dragon Boat! The performance was on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, 2:00 pm at Clague Middle School.


Programs:

1. Lohan Teasing Lion (羅漢戲獅)


2. Jiang Bo Wu Ying (江波舞影)


3. Dragon Boat (龍船) - Pipa Sole by Kevin Liu


Performers :

Dizi (Chinese transverse flute, 笛子)
Xia Xi, Kerby Shedden, Kevin Cheng
Erhu (Chinese fiddle, 胡琴)
Yueyang Zhong, Gwo-Ching Shyu, Danming Tang, Mou-Chi Cheng, I-Ning Hu
GuZheng (Chinese Zither, 箏)
Yizhou Zhou
Liuqin (Soprano chinese lute, 柳琴)
Chien Sze
Ruan (Chinese guitar, 阮)
Jin-Gwo Lin, Shelly Chang
Pipa (Chinese lute, 琵琶)
Shu-Lan Hung
Percussion
Yen-Ling von Meister

Special Event at St. Paul school (2-4-2011)

One parent from St. Paul school invited us to perform "LIVE" Chinese music on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 at Fine Arts room in St. Paul school. It was very exciting to introduce Chinese traditional music to families who never hear "LIVE" Chinese traditional music before.

Programs:

1. Jiang Bo Wu Ying (江波舞影)

2. Tao Hua Guo Du (桃花過渡)

Performers :

Dizi (Chinese transverse flute, 笛子) : Xia Xi, Kerby Shedden
Erhu (Chinese fiddle, 胡琴) : Gwo-Ching Shyu, Danming Tang, Mou-Chi Cheng, I-Ning Hu
GuZheng (Chinese Zither, 箏): Yizhou Zhou
Liuqin (Soprano chinese lute, 柳琴) : Chien Sze
Ruan (Chinese guitar, 阮) : Jin-Gwo Lin
Pipa (Chinese lute, 琵琶) : Shu-Lan Hung
Percussion : Yen-Ling von Meister

Chinese Spring Festival Gala performance (1-30-2011)

Thanks to Yen-Ling von Meister to invite us to perform for Chinese Spring Festival Gala performance hosted by EMU, Student Center Auditorium, 5-6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.

Programs:

1. Tao Hua Guo Du (桃花過渡)

2. Happy Song (歡樂歌)

3. Fisherman's Song fo The East China Sea (東海漁歌)- GuZheng Sole by YiZhou Zhou


Performers :
  • Dizi (Chinese transverse flute, 笛子) : Xia Xi, Kerby Shedden
  • Erhu (Chinese fiddle, 胡琴) : Gwo-Ching Shyu, Danming Tang, Yen-Ling von Meister, Mou-Chi Cheng, I-Ning Hu
  • GuZheng (Chinese Zither, 箏): Yizhou Zhou
  • Liuqin (Soprano chinese lute, 柳琴) : Chien Sze
  • Ruan (Chinese guitar, 阮) : Jin-Gwo Lin, Wenbing Hu
  • Percussion : Chi-Mei Liu

Friday, February 11, 2011

2011 UM-CSSA Chinese New Year Gala (1-16-2011)

This is the first annual show on 2011 UM-CSSA Chinese New Year Gala hosted by UM Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) on Sunday, Jan. 16th, 2011, 7:00PM at the Power Center for Performing Arts (121 Fletcher St., Ann Arbor MI 48109). We were very glad to played Tai Mi Mi revised by Kevin Liu, Pipa Master, and performed with him!

Music:

1. Tian Mi Mi (甜蜜蜜)



2. Tao Hua Guo Du (桃花過渡)



Performers:

Pipa (Chinese lute, 琵琶) : Kevin Liu, Shu-Lan Hung
Dizi (Chinese transverse flute, 笛子) : Kerby Shedden, Xia Xi
Erhu (Chinese fiddle, 胡琴) : Yueyang Zhong, Gwo-Ching Shyu, Yen-ling von Meister, Danming Tang, Mou-Chi Cheng, I-Ning Hu
GuZheng (Chinese Zither, 箏) : Yizhou Zhou
Liuqin (Soprano chinese lute, 柳琴) : Chien Sze
Ruan (Chinese guitar, 阮) : Jin-Gwo Lin, Shelly Chang, Wenbing Hu
Percussion: Mou-Chi Cheng, Chi-Mei Liu

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The big shows for 2011 Chinese New Year

Happy Holidays! The annual big show is coming again! We will attend 2011 UM-CSSA Chinese New Year Gala hosted by UM Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) on Sunday, Jan. 16th, 2011, 7:00PM at the Power Center for Performing Arts (121 Fletcher St., Ann Arbor MI 48109). Kevin Liu, Pipa Master, revised Tai Mi Mi and played it with us!

The second show is Chinese Spring Festival Gala performance hosted by EMU, Student Center Auditorium, 5-6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. Thanks to Yen-Ling von Meister!

Next, St. Paul school invited us to show "LIVE" Chinese music to all families who never hear "LIVE" Chinese traditional music ever. It will be very exciting to introduce Chinese traditional music to people. The show will be on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 at Fine Arts room in St. Paul school (495 Earhart Road, Ann Arbor).

The last one is also our annual show for AACCOM. Especially, Kevin Liu, Pipa Master,will play with our ensemble this year! The performance will be on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, 2:00 pm at Clague Middle School (2616 Nixon Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105).

Monday, November 22, 2010

Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council (10-05-2010)


We were invited to perform before Awards Presentation of Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council at Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO)/Max Fisher Center, October 5, 2010. It was the first time to perform at the professional theater, Max Fisher Center. All of us had very exciting experience!

Music: Happy Song
Performers:
  • Dizi (Chinese transverse flute, 笛子) : Wan-Thai Hsu
  • Erhu (Chinese fiddle, 胡琴) : Fei Chen, Mou-Chi Cheng, Yen-ling von Meister, Danming Tang, Gwo-Ching Shyu, Xinyu Zhang
  • Liuqin (Soprano chinese lute, 柳琴) : Chien Sze
  • Ruan (Chinese guitar, 阮) : Jin-Gwo Lin, Hsueh-Ling Chang
  • Percussion: Xia Xi