Fall Concert 2009
Featuring new compositions by
Rui Shi Zhuo
Featuring new compositions by
Rui Shi Zhuo
Date: TBA
November 2009 at 8:00pm
Norman Rothstein Theatre
950 West 41st Ave, Vancouver
$20 / $15 (Students and Seniors)
The new composition is called Sound, Light, Water with Bamboo, Silk strings and Wood. This piece attempts to reconcile silk instruments in a contemporary soundscape depicting the Canadian landscape.
This concert will incorporate multi-media projections by contemporary film artist Ken Smith, displaying a collection of picturesque visuals depicting Canadian imagery overlain with Chinese ideographs. The images combine ideals of the romanticized Chinese calligraphy culture and picturesque qualities with regard to a semiotic aesthetic to address aspects of human activity, immigration and expansion through a developmental viewpoint.
The characters chosen are symbols for both object and sounds, and through a combination of signs depict a lithe thought-picture that is not only called up by these images, but also a vivid soundscape played by the ensemble.
The work aims to challenge the assumptions of word – image dialectics through the incorporation and comparison of Chinese ideographs.
Spring Concert 2010 featuring a contemporary rendition of Wuxi Opera : “Meeting at the Monastery”
In a collaboration with Contemporary Film Artist Brian Johnson, Jirong Huang, artistic director of the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble retells an age old wuxi tale of misfortune, love and fate – performed by guest actress Lily Lau and Willy Miles of Vancouver Opera.
Musical Dimensions
May 6 2009: 6:30pm
VPL @ the Alice Mackay Room
2010年5月6日，星期四，下午六點半
温哥华中央图书馆
免费入场
A free workshop by Alan Leung with live Chinese opera and music performed by the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble. This workshop will focus on the development of Chinese opera, which also reflects the ongoing collaborations between the Ensemble and local opera groups. Taking advantage of the talent within Vancouver’s Chinese community, two opera performers will be invited to demonstrate different regional styles, ranging from kunqu (a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage), Beijing Opera, Cantonese Opera, and modern Shanghainese operas.
The birth of Chinese opera which was catalyzed by Mongolian influences during the 12th Century, as well as the famous “battle” between kunqu and Beijing Opera in the late 18th Century, will be traced through interactive storytelling and musical demonstrations.
