Bard Chinese Ensemble Spring Concert

Thursday, May 27, 2021
8:00 PM 9:30 PM 20:00 21:30

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The Ensemble dress rehearsal at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, May 2021. Conductor Chen Tao is appearing via livestream from New York on the screen at right.

Celebrate a year of hard work, patience, and creativity with the Bard Chinese Ensemble! This online concert, recorded live at the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) in Beijing, features members of the Ensemble currently studying at CCOM due to travel restrictions, as well as guest performers from CCOM. Conducted by ensemble director Chen Tao remotely from New York, the ensemble will perform a varied selection of traditional and contemporary pieces for Chinese and Western instruments. Ensemble members who are not studying in Beijing will present solo performances during the concert.

Livestream starting at 8:00pm EDT on Thursday, May 27 below.

Or watch on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/Jh8Z1NmMRIE

Read the full concert program HERE.

the program

Purple Bamboo 紫竹调
JiangNan Silk & Bamboo music, arr. Chen Tao

Little Boat 小行舟
Folk tune, arr. Chen Tao

Sadness of Chang Men Palace 长门怨
Traditional, arr. Zhu Yi
Qi Miao, An Qizhi, guqin
Liu Chang, Lin Chenxiehang, erhu

Three-Six 三六
Gu Guan-Ren, arr. Chen Tao

Mihu Tune 迷胡调
Lu Ri-Rong
Beitong Liu, erhu

Northwest Rain 西北雨
Taiwanese folk tune, arr. Chen Tao

Happy Life 幸福的日子
Folk tune, arr. Chen Tao
Sun Dunlong, trumpet

Jasmine Flower茉莉花
Folk tune, arr. Chen Tao

Song of Joy 欢乐歌
JiangNan Silk & Bamboo music

Jackdaw Splashing in Water 寒鸦戏水
Trad. Chaozhou tune
Yixin Wang, guzheng

A Beautiful Place 美丽的地方
Folk tune, arr. Chen Tao
Sun Dunlong, trumpet

Night of Frontier Village 边寨之夜
Wang Zhi-Xin, arr. Chen Tao

The Performers (in alphabetical order)

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Qizhi An

Qizhi enrolled in the undergraduate double-degree program at the Bard College Conservatory of Music in the Fall of 2020 to study guqin performance.
Through Bard’s partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, she studies guqin under CCOM Professor Zhao Jiazhen.

Chang TingHsuan

Chang TingHsuan is a second-year cello graduate student in the Orchestra Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, where she studies under Professor Lim HeeYoung.

Danni Chen

Danni enrolled in the double-degree program at the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music in the Fall of 2020 to study guqin performance. Through Bard’s partnership with CCOM, she studies under CCOM Professor Zhao Jiazhen.

Xiqiao Chen

Xiqiao Chen is a first-year guqin student at the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Prior to coming to Bard she studied guqin at the Attached Middle School of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music. Xiqiao studied the violin and painting since childhood, and began learning the guqin at the age of 9.

JinOu Dong

JinOu started at Bard in the Fall of 2019. As a student of the double-degree program at the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, Jinou is majoring in pipa performance and global and international studes. Through Bard’s partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, JinOu studies under the guidance of CCOM Professor Zhang Qiang.

Monika Dziubelski

Monika Dziubelski is a third-year student at Bard College and Conservatory, where she is pursuing degrees in chemistry and flute performance, studying with Dr. Tara O’Connor. She has participated in multiple youth orchestras, most notably Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra, winning their concerto competition in 2018, and the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra, with whom she made her Carnegie Hall debut, as well as recorded a studio album under conductor Michael Repper and with producer Judith Sherman. With composer and conductor Tan Dun and the Bard Philharmonic Orchestra, Monika traveled to Haikou in Hainan Province, China, at the end of 2019 to open the Haikou Bay Performing Arts Center. Monika has had the opportunity to learn from Dr. Tara Helen O’Connor, Linda Chesis, and Jeffery Zook through masterclasses and seminars, as well as perform and discuss music virtually with Echo: Musicians Connect. She is Bard College’s Alexander Borodin Scholar of 2021.

Duan Zhiyi

Duan Zhiyi is a freshman majoring in percussion at the Central Conservatory of Music. She studies with CCOM Professor Jia Qiao.

Lin Baicun

Lin Baicun is a sophomore majoring in banhu at the Central Conservatory of Music. He is studying under CCOM Professor Yu Hu.

Kendall Griffith

Kendall Griffith joined the Bard Conservatory in the Fall of 2022 with a major in pipa performance. Originally from Boston, she has been studying pipa for several years, as well as the Chinese language. At Bard she is studying with master teacher Zhang Hongyan, the head of the Traditional Instruments Department at the Central Conservatory of Music.

Isabel Chin Garita

Violinist Isabel Chin Garita is in her first year at Bard Conservatory studying with Professors Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony. She started playing the violin at age 5 and has studied at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, Project Step (String Training Education Program, 2013-2019) and Project BEAM (Bridge to Equity and Achievement in Music). Her teachers have included Magdalena Richter and Jin Kyung-Joen. She is the recipient of the Eleanor L. Campbell Scholarship and the George James Webb Scholarship, sponsored by the Boston Society of New Jerusalem. As a soloist, she has performed with several orchestras including the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Costa Rican National String Orchestra, New England Youth Repertory Orchestra, Rivers Conservatory Ensemble, and Nashua Chamber Orchestra. In addition to solo performances, Chin enjoys chamber music and collaborating with other musicians. She performed as the Chin Duo with her brother on From The Top, a live broadcast radio station featuring promising young musicians. She also spent many years as part of Project STEP’s Honors Quartet. For the past few summers, she has attended the Bowdoin International Music Festival, studying with Almita Vamos, Robin Scott, and Mikhail Kopelman. Her music has taken her to worldwide concert halls in Boston, Costa Rica, Spain, Czech Republic, and Hungary.

Lin Chenxiehang

Lin Chenxiehang is a second year graduate student at the Central Conservatory of Music, where she studies erhu with Professor Yu Hongmei. During the 2020-21 academic year she has served as a US-China Music Fellow at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, where she teaches erhu and provides support for the Chinese Ensemble.

Shutong Li

Shutong Li, from Inner Mongolia, China, recently graduated from the Bard graduate conducting program. Although originally trained as an industrial engineer, he came to the US in 2013 to pursue his music dream. In 2017, he founded an orchestra under the name “Musicians For Musicians” and has organized and conducted 19 concert projects with 34 concerts, which also hosted over 40 young opera artists and instrumental soloists. Shutong believes the world of music is an organic ecosystem, and musicians especially need to support each other. This Spring, Shutong is very honored to be the assistant conductor at Bard US-China Music Institute.

Yifan Lin

Yifan started at Bard in the Fall of 2020, enrolling in the double-degree program at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, where he studies dizi with Professor Chen Tao.

Beitong Liu

Beitong enrolled in the first year of the Chinese instrument double-degree program at the Bard Conservatory in the Fall of 2018 to study erhu. Through Bard’s partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, she studies with CCOM Professor Yu Hongmei. Her second major is global and international studies.

Lucina Yue

Lucina Yue is a candidate for the Master of Arts in Chinese Music and Culture at the Bard College Conservatory of Music. She is focusing on guzheng performance. She is also an accomplished player of the konghuo, a form of Chinese harp.

Chang Liu

Chang enrolled in the first year of the double-degree program in Chinese instruments at the Bard College Conservatory of Music to study erhu. Through Bard’s partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, she studies erhu with CCOM Professor Yu Hongmei.

Liu Yiqiu

Liu Yiqiu is a second-year graduate student at the Central Conservatory of Music, where she studies pipa with Professor Zhang Qiang. During the 2020-21 academic year, she has served as a US-China Music Fellow in the Bard Conservatory, teaching pipa and supporting the Bard Chinese Ensemble.

Wenjun Lu

Wenjun Lu (Jessy) is a pipa major in the Bard College Conservatory of Music. She attended the Affiliated Secondary School of Nanjin University of The Arts to learn pipa. Later, she studied with Professor Zhao Jie of the Central Conservatory of Music. Her master teacher at Bard is CCOM Professor Zhang Qiang.

Xiaoyan Luo

Xiaoyan has shown a strong interest in music since her childhood. She started to learn pipa from a professional pipa teacher at the age of eight. After graduation from primary school, she was admitted to the Affiliated Middle School of Guangxi Art University. She takes an active part in many national instrument competitions and all kinds of performances, and served as the leader of the school's Chinese orchestra and the school’s pipa group, which achieved results in many competitions. Xiaoyan was admitted to Bard Conservatory in 2020, where she studies under Central Conservatory of Music Professor Zhang Qiang.

Yuling Nan

Yuling is majoring in ruan in the double-degree program at the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Through Bard’s partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, she studies with CCOM Professor Xu Yang. Her second major is Chinese studies.

Qi Miao

Qi Miao is a first year graduate student at the Central Conservatory of Music, where she studies guqin under Professor Zhao Jiazhen. During the 2020-21 academic year, she has served as a US-China Music Fellow for the Bard College Conservatory of Music, providing teaching for Bard’s undergraduate guqin majors and supporting the Bard Chinese Ensemble.

Wenrui Shi

Wenrui Shi is a candidate for the Master of Arts in Chinese Music and Culture at the Bard Conservatory. Wenrui studies Guqin with master teacher Zhao Jiazhen of the Central Conservatory of Music.

Sun Dunlong

Sun Dunlong is a junior majoring in trumpet at the Central Conservatory of Music. He is studying under CCOM Professor Chen Guang.

Sun Waiki

Sun Waiki is a first-year graduate student at the Central Conservatory of Music, where she studies ruan with Professor Xu Yang. During the 2020-21 academic year, she has served as a US-China Music Fellow at the Bard Conservatory, providing ruan teaching and support for the Bard Chinese Ensemble.

Sun Yue

Sun Yue is a second-year graduate student at the Central Conservatory of Music, where she studies percussion with Professor Wang Jianhua.

Tai Yixiao

Tai Yixiao is a sophomore at the Central Conservatory of Music, where she studies erhu with Professor Huang Sun.

Chen Wang

Chen Wang came to Bard to study erhu in the Fall of 2019. Her master teacher is Professor Chen Wang of the Central Conservatory of Music.

Kehan Wang

Wang Kehan (Eric) is majoring in guqin performance in the Bard College Conservatory of Music. He studies with Professor Zhao Jiazhen of the Central Conservatory of Music, and has performed with her many times. He won the gold award in the China Instrumental Music Competition held by Eastman Conservatory of Music in 2018 and the Hongqin Cup Gold Award twice in 2019.

Sibei "Betty" Wang

Betty enrolled in the first year of the Chinese instruments double-degree program at the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music in the Fall of 2018. Betty studies guzheng under Professor Zhou Wang of the Central Conservatory of Music. Her second major is art history.

About the Music Director and Arranger

Chen Tao is a Visiting Professor of Chinese Music at the Bard College Conservatory of Music. He is an internationally acclaimed Chinese flutist, music educator, composer, and conductor of Chinese orchestra; founder and director of Melody of Dragon, Inc., and of Melody of Dragon & the Youth; artistic director and conductor of the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York and conductor of New Jersey Buddha’s Light Youth Chinese Orchestra; director of New York Guqin Association; and executive chairman of the New York Chinese Music Instruments International Competition since 2015. He is also a 27th-generation musician of Zhi-Hua Buddhism music. On the faculty of Bard’s US-China Music Institute, Chen Tao teaches dizi and directs the Bard Chinese Ensemble. Read his full biography on the Melody of Dragon website, HERE.

For more information about the Bard Chinese Ensemble visit barduschinamusic.org/chinese-ensemble.

Bard Chinese Ensemble Spring Concert

the program

The Performers (in alphabetical order)

About the Music Director and Arranger

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