Chinese New Year with Music From China

The New York City-based ensemble Music From China will visit Portland to celebrate the Chinese New Year with a concert of traditional Chinese music. Led by Wang Guowei, a graduate from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and former concertmaster of the Shanghai Traditional Orchestra, the group will perform Chinese classical and folk music using traditional instruments.

WHEN	Monday, Feb. 26, 2007 -- 7pm
WHERE	Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Avenue
COST	$15, general admission. Tickets are required and available in advance. Seating is limited.
TICKETS	Available at the museum box offices, or by calling 503.226.0973

Music from China will also take part in the following activities:

Lecture and mini-concert on traditional Chinese instruments

• Saturday, Feb. 24, 1PM--Midland Library, 805 S.E.122nd Avenue, Portland
• Saturday, Feb. 24, 3 PM--Woodstock Library, 6008 S.E. 49th Avenue, Portland
• Sunday, Feb. 25, 2 PM—Central Library, US Bank Room, 801 S.W. 10th Avenue

Visit http://www.multcolib.org/reads/performances.html to learn about related China and Chinese New Year activities organized as part of the Multnomah County Library’s 2007 “Everybody Reads” program, featuring author Judy Fong Bates and many other lectures and literary events about China and the Chinese diaspora.

Lecture and musical demonstration of blended contemporary musical motifs with the ensemble and PSU professor of music Susan Chan on piano.

• Tuesday, February 27, noon—PSU, Lincoln Hall--1825 SW Broadway
Recital Hall, Lincoln Hall Room 75