Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with musicians from the Canadian Chinese Chamber Music EnsembleHosted by the Richmond Hill Public Library, you can enjoy a free online Traditional Chinese Music workshop with musicians from the Canadian Chinese Chamber Music Ensemble! Following the workshop, you will enjoy a special performance from Amely Zhou on Erhu, a two-string fiddle, and Lipeng Wu on Dizi, a transverse bamboo flute. Date and Time Sat, May 8th, 2021 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM EDT Online Event *This is a Family Friendly program. Registration is required to access the workshop link.

Mission Statement Chinese chamber music is a musical genre that comes in a diversity of forms. In recent years, many domestic and foreign musicians have engaged in Chinese chamber music and have made explorations and contributions to it through the creation of new works and arrangement of existing repertoire. Many great works have emerged which have promoted the development of Chinese chamber music. In order to solicit new works from both domestic and foreign composers, Dunhuang Award committee has invited professional organizations and launched an international competition and performance of new works for Chinese chamber music in 2021.  The competition will base on the principles of fairness, impartiality and openness to promote outstanding Chinese chamber music works, which have cultural and artistic aesthetic values, innovative spirit of the times, and are suitable for promotion by grassroots arts organizations. Submission Guidelines 1. Submitted works should be playable [...]

Title “CONFLUENCE” 融 Time October 17, 2020 7:00pm Ticket Price: General: $10 Streaming Platform: YouTube Live Stream Canadian Chinese Orchestra presents our first-ever virtual fundraising concert - “CONFLUENCE 融” on October 17, 2020 at 7:00 pm. “Confluence” means merging and rejoining, representing the welcoming and inclusive theme of the concert as well as the aim of reuniting through these distant times. Ticket raffle will be drawn during the intermission, two lucky audiences will have the chance to receive special gift sets from CCO, and audiences will have an opportunity to ask any Chinese music-related and orchestra-related questions during the Q&A session at the end of the concert. Make sure you can access the YouTube website and the chat box if you would like to connect with us! Some of the featured performances includes Autumn Moon over a Calm Lake (平湖秋月）, The Ballad of Lan Huahua (兰花花叙事曲), and [...]

Canadian Youth Chinese Orchestra members, Sky Yang and Tony Tong are on TVOkids! Check out the new TVOkids program Backyard Beats in introducing different instruments, and DIY your own instrument at home! Two young members from CYCO have been invited to tell you more about their instruments and musical journeys on TVOkids. Tune in to tvokids.com online or TVOkids youtube channel to watch the episodes on making your own DIY Erhu and DIY Dizi! Wednesday August 5th at 3:45pm on TVOkids. There is a live stream available on the TVOkids YouTube channel as well. Some episodes are starting before schedule, so I recommend tuning in 5 mins before. It will also replay Friday at 5:50pm and Saturday 10:50am. You will find links to the episodes on tvokids.com and the TVOkids YouTube player after it has gone to air. Monday July 6th at 6.00 pm on TVOkids. Some episodes are starting in advance schedule, so [...]

Erhu Classes Message from Amely Zhou Erhu is a two-stringed traditional Chinese fiddle. Played with the instrument resting on the left lap, some prefer to think of it as the “Chinese Violin” for it’s a bowed instrument. The Erhu appeared in China in the Tang Dynasty, many experts believe the instrument originated from a northern tribe of China. Since then, erhu has been a very popular folk instrument and was played in tea houses, parks, and gatherings. Nowadays, erhu has developed its own stream of repertoires and is also performed in ensembles and orchestras. Erhu has a special attraction to people because of its melancholy sound similar to human voices. Some of the famous repertoires of erhu are Moon Reflected on Erquan Lake, Birds in Desolated Mountains, and Crying River. Apart from traditional music, erhu is also played in contemporary arrangements such as modern jazz, pop and rock music. [...]

Each year during CYCO auditions, panels of adjudicators will select the best players of CYCO to collaborate and perform traditional Chinese musical works with the Canadian Sinfonnieta Youth Orchestra. This year the adjudicators have selected Jade Fang, Sky Yang, Kimberly Yang and Sophie Du to represent CYCO to collaborate with the CSYO. Sky Yang and Jade Fang will be playing a erhu piece racing horses with the CSYO. Kimberly Yang(Zhongruan) and Sophie Du on(dizi) will be performing Pickig tea from the Mountain of Lugu. This collaboration and project helps encourage the learning of Chinese instruments and getting a closer look at Chinese culture through musical exchange. The CYCO is a proud sponsor and supporter of CSYO activities. Date: June 8, 2019 Location: Markham Peoples Community Church 22 Esna Park Drive. Markham, Ontario Time: 8:00-10:00pm Sophie Du Hello! My name is Sophie Du [...]