The fourth Bard Chinese Ensemble concert of this academic year will be the best one yet! Don’t miss this exciting program of arrangements by conductor Shutong Li, including concertos for erhu, konghou, Chinese and Western percussion.
FREE and open to the public.
Featured soloists (L to R): Beitong Liu, erhu; Yining Zhu, Chinese percussion; Kexilin Ke, konghou; Jaelyn Quilizapa, percussion.
This concert will also be live-streamed. The link will be posted here prior to May 5.
program
Wang Yunfei
Spring Flowers and Autumn Fruits 春华秋实
Li Bochan
True Heart 初心 erhu concerto
Beitong Liu ‘23, CMC ‘24, erhu
Guan Naizhong
The Age of the Dragon - The Sun 太阳 double percussion concerto
Jaelyn Quilizapa ‘25 and Yining Zhu ‘25, percussion
Wang Danhong
Music of Kucha 龟兹乐鸣 konghou concerto
Kexilin Ke ‘28, konghou
Wu Zhuoxian (Ng Cheuk-yin)
Tang Resonating 唐響
bard Chinese ensemble
Shutong Li, conductor
Suona / Guanzi
Hui Man Chan
Konghou
Kexilin Ke
Jiayi Sun
Pipa
Xi Lu
Jinou Dong
Xiaoyan Luo
Wenjun Lu
Kendall Griffith
Ruan / Zhongruan
Yuling Nan
Yijie Yin
Guzheng
Lucina Yue
Yixin Wang
Sunnie Ling
Percussion
Yining Zhu
Bryan Wang
Wenrui Shi
Danni Chen
Erhu
Beitong Liu
About the ensemble
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.