Jennifer chang is an actress, known for the death and return of superman 2011, friends with benefits 2011 and terminator. Boston guzheng ensemble the only guzheng ensemble in new. Author of three souls and dragon springs road, historical novels set in preworld war china. She is the author of a hybrid chapbook, invocation. Currency all prices are in aud currency all prices are in aud. The guzheng is the modern westernized descendant of an ancient traditional instrument which was the ancestor of the japanese koto, the mongolian yatga, the korean gayageum. Guzheng classes taught by professionals in hacienda heights, ca. A respected performer of the shanxi zheng genre, zhou wang is a professor of guzheng at the central conservatory of music, beijing, and director of the conservatorys chinese music department. Chang jung, born march 25, 1952 in yibin, sichuan is a chineseborn british writer now living in london, best known for her family autobiography wild swans, selling over 10 million copies worldwide but banned in mainland china. She earned a ba from the university of chicago in 1998, and an mfa from university of virginia in 2002, where she returned to pursue a phd and received her degree in 2017. Guzheng breathing by chang jing contemporary traditional. The soundboard has a doubletop design consisting of two super thin layers of spruce or cedar, with a nomex honeycombed structure between the tops giving this guitar amazing. Guzheng soloist introduction video for the youtube symphony orchestra 2011 sydney, australia. Flute, woodwind quintet, woodwind choir or ensemble, guitar, banjo, harp, solo guzheng or any plucked instrument, solo flute, woodwind quintet, woodwind choir or ensemble, for flute choir, 3 c flutes plus 1 alto g or bass flute early intermediate digital download composed by traditional.
Zeng was the prize winner of the sixth national violin competition in beijing, china and the semifinalist of the novosibirsk international violin competition in russia at age of 15. A lonely guzheng playing a solo processed by a long evolving reverb. It regularly performs chinese music in public institutions and private parties in the bay area. Jennifer studied traditional chinese music and gu zheng performance with grand masters in china. Learn to play the majestic sounds of the guzheng chinese harp. Chang has performed as guzheng soloist with the north carolina. Ji wei, guzheng yu hongmei, erhu zhang qiang, pipa. Buy concert level nanmu guzheng instrument chinese zither gu. She works as a parttime administrative assistant in the nordling lab. He began his piano lessons at the age of 8 and debuted in taiwan at 12. Sound of china guzheng ensemble album melodies of zheng.
The empress dowager cixi is the most important woman. She has captivated audiences worldwide with her mastery of her instrument which produces a melancholic sound that is both hauntingly beautiful and stirring. Jennifer chang was once asked to submit a summertime poem to the new york. The top countries of suppliers are china, hong kong s. China guzheng grade exam songbook grade 1 to 10, two books by shanghai guzheng society this set of two songbooks contain the largest song selections from many popular folk and classical guzheng repertoire. This composition is inspired by the magnificent sight of west lake in hangzhou, with light breeze blowing over the water, and landscape dotted with gardens, bridges and willows, under the infinite clear blue sky, filling the soul of serenity and content. Jennifer chang, guzheng master, in an evening of music from china, 8 p. Very touching solo performance which can be used for documentaries and modern chinarelated movies but also as background music for all kinds of purposes. Xiaochun qi is an erhu soloist and shen yun orchestra. Chang paints a deft portrait of the three famous women on a rare night out at a hong kong nightclub in 1940. Changs lyrical poems often explore the shifting boundaries between the outer world and the self. He has been trained in traditional ways, yet he produces his music. Work from first first books by some of todays most innovative and interesting poets. China, golden age of changan in amazing bible timeline.
Huichen jennifer chang is an undergraduate student at the department of foreign languages and literature at the national cheng kung university in tainan, taiwan and she double majors in environmental engineering at the same university. China guzheng grade exam songbook grade 1 to 10, two books by shanghai guzheng society. An online arts journal in north carolina saint marys. Classical music performances in the traingle for fall 2016. Jan 20, 2016 guzheng music isnt written in regular western music notation. Guzheng music cds, videos and books chinese culture. Evening songs on the fishing boat was created by lou shuhua between 19381939. Zeng began playing the violin at age four and was accepted as the top violin student into the sichuan conservatory of music at age 11. Center for chinese studies, university of michigan, 1971. Introduction of guzheng chinese edition chinese paperback january 8, 2011 by gao yan author. The 27yearold guzheng performer yuan sha has a classical stylebeauty.
Her poems consider the intersections of history and the environmental imagination and experiment with ephemeral forms like conversations, letters, and fragments. Jennifer chang, who is an accomplished soloist on traditional chinese instruments such as the guzheng, leads dukes. Bing xia is a wellknown guzheng soloist and a guzheng teacher in china and the washington dc area. Three daughters of china, mao and empress dowager cixi. We are musicians ourselves and share your passion for making it. Pipa and guzheng shi juan and yuan sha duet yue er gao part 1 duration. Professor chang is a poet, essayist, and scholar of modern and contemporary poetry and poetics. She earned her mfa and phd from the university of virginia and teaches at george washington university. Sound of china guzheng basic tutorial in english by carol chang this is the first comprehensive guzheng textbook in english, teaching you how to play chinese zither instrument. Jon halliday wild swans author jung chang on restoring the status of the most important woman in chinese history.
Ku tapped jennifer chang, a chinese music virtuoso who has long lived in the triangle, to lead the ensemble. How to change a string on your guzheng wonderhowto. Jin loh professional music is founded in 1999 by miss jin loh. The wellknown guzheng music yu zhou chang wan english name. It is a music place for students to learn music and receive proper music education by professional musician. The piece of music opened a new era of guzheng music.
Chinas 1st major musical an extraordinary story based on real events surrounding yang guifei. This series was presented biannually from 20032015. Books from jung chang the international bestselling author of wild swans. Guzheng was popular as early as in the warring states 475221 bc, especially in the state of qin in west china. The original instrument was believed to have silk strings, and as time goes, it increased to 21 strings, some of them are 25 and the strings are made of steel. Founded in 2002 by director shinyi yang, the boston guzheng ensemble has been the only guzheng ensemble in new england and received music awards including three times youth poetry in silk and bamboo, and fidelity young artists competition at the boston pops grand prize winner. Chinese instruments, each performed by renowned and influential soloists. Oct 02, 2014 soundofchina guzheng 3,739,922 views 5. In addition to solo appearances in japan, korea, taiwan, and hong kong, she has performed as the soloist for the emperor of japan and for former president bill clinton. The guzheng became very popular in the imperial court and among the common people.
Guzheng instruments on sale sound of mountain music. She also serves as vice president of the china guzheng society. Chenchen lu moon of jianchang chinese guzheng music youtube. Wang yong laughingly describes himself as a hybrid. Jennifer changs profile, publications, research topics, and coauthors. It vividly depicts the pleasant lake and mountain view in the sunset and the scene of fishermen rushing to home while singing beautiful songs on. Classical music performances in the traingle for fall 2016 raleigh. Stanislaw tichonow, where he already graduated from his 1st diploma with honors.
Sacrifice of yang guifei the story of sacrifice a new. The little orchestra returns with singer china forbes for favorites from around the. Historical records from ancient books and scholarly writings give vivid accounts of the instrument and its music. Jennifer chang soloist independent musician linkedin. Dancers stole glances at them to check it really was the three sisters, speculating in. This is another in the enterprising series of recordings of 21stcentury. Jennifer chang is the author of the history of anonymity university of georgia press, 2008. Sound of mountain 21 string black sandalwood guzheng. Chinese guzheng soloists bring cultures together with. Shanghai guzhengs, represented by the dunhuang brand and its affilia.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover jennifers. Top 10 traditional chinese guzheng music china whisper. She is the author of two books of poetry, the history of anonymity and some say the lark. Some of her more notable roles in television series include. In addition to editing and contributing to three dining guides with hungry city, ghost writing numerous titles and proposed titles with such celebrities as classic television starlet maila nurmi vampira and olympic gold medalist kerri walsh, and publishing several books in china with golden peach publishing, she recently co. Poet jennifer chang reads again a solstice weve been asking poets to tell us about their summers by reading us poems. Jennifer chang jennifer chang is using prezi to create and share presentations online. Liu fang, soloist for pipa chinese 4stringed lute and.
She publishes a list of teachers around the country and world. If there is no string to begin with then loosen the tuning first before fitting a new string. Jung chang reveals the truth of another chapter in chinese. Chang has performed as guzheng soloist with the north carolina symphony and led her own. The exotic east immediately envelopes the audience when jennifer chang and her gu zheng, the 21string chinese zither, take the stage. Chang said one reason cixi modernised china so dramatically was because she was a woman, a leader forced to rule in the background because of her sex. Currently there are four major areas of guzheng production in china.
Jennifer chang jennifer chang biography poem hunter. The guzheng should not be confused with the guqin, a chinese zither with 7 strings played without movable bridges. It was during the neolithic era that some people dwelled in this ancient capital, which also resulted to the establishment of the yangshao culture in banpo. She started her guzheng lessons when she was 8 years old. This guzheng adopts black sandalwood, paulownia wood, pine wood and solid wood as the main material. Performing with hossein behroozinia, behnam samani and saba alizadeh. She is the founder and proprietor of the sound of china guzheng music promotion center in hacienda heights, california. The san francisco guzheng music society was formed in 1982 to promote and share the rich chinese heritage through traditional, classical, folk, and contemporary music. Classical concert series an afternoon at the opera, 3 p.
Pinghu qiuyue autumn moon over the calm waters of the lake cantonese music by lu wencheng. Bei beis easiest guzheng course book 1 by bei bei he this book is designed for absolute beginners. Cheng holds an mfa in nonfiction from the university of iowa and an mfa in poetry from san francisco state university. A wide variety of guzheng options are available to you, there are 456 suppliers who sells guzheng on, mainly located in asia. As a guzheng soloist and master, jennifer chang is in demand around the world as a teacher and performer. She majored in guzheng performance at nanjing normal university, and learned guzheng from virtuoso, professor yan aihua. Each area has its unique production method and produces guzhengs with quite distinctive sounds. Sound of china guzheng ensemble 2019 annual concert dances with guzheng will be held on spetember 15th more alice guzheng ensemble 2018 annual performance music from the far east on 1103 more around the world with guzheng music sound of china guzheng ensemble annual concert is on september 23rd more pcc chines. Huihui cheng, composer born in 1985 in wu chang, province of heilongjiang, northeastern china started to play the piano at a very young age and wrote her first compositions at the age of nine. The process is well described in the video with each and every steps clearly. As a gu zheng soloist, she is in demand around the world as a teacher and performer. Shu chang born 1 december 1987 in baishan, jilin, china is a chinese actress, singer, and television host. Music publishing, a music publisher and promoter with a difference. The thing that is to be done is loosen the peg in a an anticlockwise direction using a tuning tool to remove the string.
It will teach you all the basics while you learn many fun songs and drills. View jennifer changs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. This set of two songbooks contain the largest song selections from many popular folk and classical guzheng repertoire. So many people owe their awareness and appreciation of the guzheng here in america to carol chang. Xiaochun qi is an erhu soloist and shen yun orchestra member. The dots above or below a number show what octave the note is in. In 2005, he was accepted by joseph haydn konservatorium eisenstadt and studied piano with prof. As a gu zheng soloist, she is in demand around the world as a teacher and.
Thomann is the largest online and mail order retailer for musical instruments, light and sound equipment worldwide, having about 10m customers in 120 countries and 80,000 products on offer. Songs taught in the book has videos listed on youtube played by the author. Duke arts impact report, 20182019 by dukearts issuu. She is a henry hoyns fellow at the university of virginia, where she is a phd candidate. Awardwinning composer chang pings oriental wash painting is a set of four.
Chang also rearranges musical selections in order to be played by an ensemble, which. China, golden age of changan in changan, which is presently known as xian, refers to the capital of ten dynasties in ancient china. Miss jin loh holds a bachelor degree hons in professional music uk. Guzheng guzheng accessories sound of mountain music. Presiding over the ensemble is jennifer chang, a compact, energetic. The guzheng, also spelled gu zheng or gu zheng chinese. Accompanied by instructional photos and commentaries. Poet and scholar jennifer chang was born in new jersey. Hossein alizadeh, iranian composer, instrumentalist and conductor performing new interpretations of classical persian music.
Changs debut poetry collection, the history of anonymity 2008, was selected for the. Sisters helped changed the course of chinese history. Gu zheng soloist the exotic east immediately envelopes the audience when jennifer chang and her guzheng, the 21string chinese zither, take the stage. It belongs to the zither family of string instruments.
Jennifer chang account manager choice lithographics. It comes with 2 cds that play all the songs in this book. Artist marketing, classical artist management, classical concert management, artist management services. Guzheng players often wear fingerpicks on one or both hands. Year galas in the triangle and charlotte, an annual concert series at unc, etc. Guzheng music, music licensing, world music, music for video. Shop guzheng onlinehacienda music the guzheng shop. The soloist model comes with your choice of a spruce or cedar top and is made from the highest quality, master grade woods. Rhythm is shown with lines and dots similar to western notation. Zhou wang, guzheng uschina music institute at the bard. This video explains how to change a string of guzheng. Its the driving force behind a chinese exchange program that hopes to bring together cultures through music.
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