Bard Chinese Ensemble performs a festive concert for the year’s end spotlighting diverse Chinese instruments. The program includes a guzheng trio, three concertos for pipa, guanzi, and guqin, plus large-scale Chinese orchestral masterworks performed by a mixed ensemble of Eastern and Western instruments. 

FREE and open to the public.

This concert will also be live-streamed on YouTube. youtube.com/live/JQcoQmzh8us

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program

The North-easterly Wind《东北⻛》by Sui Lijun

Spring Blossoms on a Moonlit River《春江花月夜》Traditional
Arr. by Qin Pengzhang, Luo Zhongrong

Silk Road Fantasia Guanzi Concerto Mov. 2, 5《丝绸之路幻想曲》by Zhao Jiping
Andrew Chan, guanzi

INTERMISSION

Drunk in Great Peace and Prosperity Guzheng Trio《醉太平》by Liu Le

Picture of Autumn Cattail and Hibiscus Guqin Concerto 《秋蒲蓉宾图》by Li Yuejin
Wenrui Shi, guqin

Transporting Goods to and from the Mountain《挑山》by Wang Danhong

Stepping Across the River《踏江》by Wang Danhong

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bard Chinese ensemble

Shutong Li, conductor

Flute
Elizabeth Bennett
Liliána Sokol

Clarinet
Jalen Mims

Bassoon
Chloe Brill
Katriel Kirk

Suona/Guanzi 
Hiu Man Chan

Pipa 
Xi Lu
Jinou Dong
Xiaoyan Luo
Wenjun Lu 

Zhongruan 
Yuling Nan

Guzheng 
Yixin Wang
Sunnie Ling
Lucina Yue (guzheng trio)

Timpani
Jaelyn Quilizapa

Chinese Percussion 
Yining Zhu 
Bryan Wang
Wenrui Shi
Danni Chen
Logan Rishard

Erhu 
Beitong Liu 

Konghou
Kexilin Ke 
Jiayi Sun

Violin 
Noa Doucette
Yida An
Mingyue Xia

Viola 
Chloe Slane

Cello 
Abby Wolf

Bass 
Njya Lubang 

Piano
Neo Neo Chen

Guqin (soloist)
Wenrui Shi

The Bard Chinese Ensemble is comprised of the Conservatory’s Chinese instrument majors, along with various students of Western instruments joining each semester to create a unique new sound for traditional and new Chinese repertoire. With increased enrollment in Chinese instrument majors each year since 2018, the Ensemble is composed of over 20 musicians from both the undergraduate double-degree program and the master of arts in Chinese music and culture.