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

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

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).

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

Detroit Mid-Autumn Festival (09-26-2010)

We were invited to perform with other 3 Chinese music groups at Ford Community & Performing Art Center, 5:00 – 8:00 pm, Sunday, September 26, 2010. This is a wonderful experience for all of us.

The video of Clouds Dancing with The Moon:


The video of Blooming Flowers and Full Moon:



Photos:

Rehearsal：

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jawa_photo/sets/72157625041996060/show/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jawa_photo/sets/72157625041996060/detail/

performance I:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jawa_photo/sets/72157625049634276/show/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jawa_photo/sets/72157625049634276/detail/

Performance II:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jawa_photo/sets/72157625057592468/show/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jawa_photo/sets/72157625057592468/detail/

After performance:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jawa_photo/sets/72157624925753519/show/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jawa_photo/sets/72157624925753519/detail/

Year of the Tiger at Detroit Tigers (04/10/2010)

We were invited to perform at Comerica Park - the home of Detroit Tigers for the year of tiger!!! The time was 4/10/10, Saturday at noon. It was a great success at Comerica Park. From the cameras around us I know we just build more culture bridges. We open a lot people's eyes and minds as they probably never heard live performed traditional Chinese Music before. How cool is that!!!

Music:

1. Lohan Teasing Lion (羅漢戲獅)
2. Golden Snake Dancing (金蛇狂舞)
3. Happy New Year (新年樂; 五聖佛)
4. Xi Yang Yang (Joyful Atmosphere,喜洋洋)
5. General's command (將軍令)
6. Fengyang Flower Drum (鳳陽花鼓)
7. Clouds Dancing with the Moon (彩雲追月)
8. Take me out to the ball game

Performers:

Dizi (Chinese transverse flute, 笛子) : Kerby Shedden, Xinyu Zhang, Xia Xi
Erhu (Chinese fiddle, 胡琴) : Gwo-Ching Shyu, Yen-ling von Meister, Danming Tang, Mou-Chi Cheng
GuZheng (Chinese Zither, 箏) : Yizhou Zhou
Liuqin (Soprano chinese lute, 柳琴) : Chien Sze
Ruan (Chinese guitar, 阮) : Jin-Gwo Lin, Lu Yan
Percussion: Xia Xi, Xiaomin Liang, Shuang Cai, Mou-Chi Cheng

Thanks again for letting more American people know how beautiful our culture is and how good we are as AACTME. This is truly a team effort. Check this website at Major League Baseball website: http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/photogallery/year_2010/month_04/day_10/cf9204280.html