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Kent State University at Trumbull's Concert Series presents
"The Musical Heritage of Cleveland, Ohio's Chinese Community"

企城唐人街歷史音樂會

Adding special historical resonance to this program, the ensemble's musicians (by the kind permission of Cleveland Chinatown Development LLC) will use several century-old musical instruments that have been preserved in the former headquarters of the Cleveland chapter of the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association in Cleveland's historic Rockwell Avenue Chinatown neighborhood, recreating the vibrant sound of early Cantonese opera that was so beloved by Cleveland's first Chinese settlers.
The 2014 book "AsiaTown Cleveland: From Tong Wars to Dim Sum," by Cleveland historian Alan F. Dutka--an invaluable resource on this subject--served as a great source of information and inspiration for this program. The historic photographs featured in the multimedia show are used courtesy of the Cleveland State University Archives Photo Collection and the Cleveland Public Library Photograph Collection.
The ensemble would like to extend its thanks to Mr. Shao-Jia Huang (President, Cleveland Chinatown Development, LLC) and Ms. Min-Hsin (Mia) Hung (Cultural Ambassador, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Society) for their unwavering support; without their invaluable assistance, this program would not have been possible.
Ensemble personnel:
● Jay Xiao - dizi (transverse bamboo flute), xiao (vertical bamboo flute), percussion
● David Badagnani - sheng (mouth organ), suona (shawm), erhu (fiddle), erxian (old-style high-pitched Cantonese opera fiddle), zhutiqin (old-style lower-pitched Cantonese opera fiddle), yueqin (short-necked moon lute), percussion
● Yan Ping Ye - pipa (pear-shaped lute), qinqin (long-necked lute with plum blossom-shaped body), yueqin, percussion
● Rob Hassing - percussion
● Mark Lee Pringle - percussion (guest artist)
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About the artists:
Formed in the fall of 2008 for the opening celebration of the University of Akron's Confucius Institute, the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble (克里夫蘭民族樂團) performs a wide variety of Chinese music, including both ancient and modern pieces, on traditional string, wind, and percussion instruments. Vocalists Xue Yu and Sandra Emmeline, pipa/zhongruan soloist Yang Jin, and martial arts experts Shifu Gary Harris and Sifu Mark Lee Pringle, among others, have frequently performed with the ensemble as guest artists over the years.
The ensemble also regularly presents educational workshops on Chinese music for all ages, as well as multimedia performances exploring the intersections between Chinese music and other traditional art forms such as poetry, calligraphy, painting, tea ceremony, tai chi, and wushu (kung fu), and cross-cultural performances combining Chinese music with American folk music, Irish music, and Jewish music.
The ensemble has performed at many area universities as well as at the Akron Civic Theatre, Akron Art Museum, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland Orchestra Gala, Kent State Folk Festival, Cleveland Asian Festival, Asian Festival (Columbus, Ohio), Cleveland Dragon Boat Festival, Asian Pacific American Federation Asian Heritage Month Celebration, Cleveland One World Festival, First Night Akron, Lakeside, Massillon Museum, and Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage. They have also been featured on WCPN 90.3 FM, WAPS 91.3 FM, WVIZ Channel 25, and Image TV Ohio.
Mark Lee Pringle (李馬克), being of Chinese-Scottish descent, has been training in kung fu and traditional Chinese culture for the last 48 years, and teaching for the last 28 years. Starting at the age of 17, and continuing for the next eleven years, he traveled on a regular basis to Cleveland, Chicago, and New York City to study with masters of the Chinese fighting arts, Chinese language, and Chinese opera.
Si-Fu Mark now runs his own kung fu school (Coiling Dragon Chinese Kung Fu Studio) in Girard, Ohio. His whole family, as well as his students, have been spreading Chinese culture and performing for local Chinese communities for the last 25 years, as well as in the Chinatowns of Chicago and New York City, the University of Akron's Confucius Institute, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and the China Pavilion at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park. Si-Fu Mark and his family reside in Girard, Ohio.
克里夫蘭中國民族樂團(Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble)簡介:

克里夫蘭中國民族樂團成立于2008年秋天,團長爲十分熱愛中國音樂的David Badagnani先生。樂隊用傳統的絃樂、管樂和打擊樂演奏各種各樣的中國音樂。
多年來,音樂家Xue Yu和Sandra Emmeline,琵琶/中阮獨奏家Yang Jin,以及武術專家Shifu Gary Harris和Sifu Mark Lee Pringle等人,都經常作爲該樂隊的客座藝術家參加演出。
Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble在David帶領下,在本地已家喩戶曉,像《喜洋洋》、《花好月圓》、《花兒與少年》等已經成爲樂團的經典曲目,同時他們也經常推出新曲目,給觀衆帶來新體驗。
樂團還定期舉辦有關各個年齡段的中國音樂敎育硏討會,以及多媒體表演,探索中國音樂與其他傳統藝術形式(例如詩歌、書法、繪畫、茶道、太極拳和武術)的關聯,以更好地瞭解和宣傳中國文化。多年來,樂隊還嘗試將中國音樂與美國民間音樂,愛爾蘭音樂以及猶太音樂結合起來的跨文化表演,讓觀衆耳目一新。
克利夫蘭中國民族樂團不僅大大豐富了克利夫蘭地區的文化生活,更爲宣傳中國文化做出了非常積極的貢獻。