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Guqin Music and Chinese Poetry ClassesDear Qin Friends, Swine flu, the economic recession that afflict the world may be beyond our control, but we can play the revered music of the guqin, recite ancient Chinese poems and sing to enrich our spiritual life and make ourselves, our friends and our families happy. NAGA has developed a new series of classes that will combine poetry and music with guqin study and aims to deepen the appreciation of Chinese poetry and guqin culture through the exploration of guqin songs. NAGA's first session of Guqin and Chinese poetry classes, which has just finished, was well received. The students will participate in the Chinese Cultural Heritage performance at the The 2nd session will start on Sunday, May 17th, 2009 in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you would like to experience these intercultural and fun classes, please join us and register now. http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/newsletters/09nagaevents/2ndguqinpoetryregisterform.doc Courses objectivesStudents will not only learn how to play the guqin and sing poems by famous poets from different Chinese dynasties, but also will learn standard Mandarin through these poems. This course will provide a practical, interdisciplinary approach to the study of Chinese language and culture. At the end of the course, students will be able to sing at least five famous Chinese poems while playing the guqin, and will have a broad appreciation of Chinese culture. Course descriptionTopics covered include: systematic coverage of guqin playing and performance techniques guqin history, tradition, theory, handbooks, and repertory the use of singing to enhance guqin playing and of guqin playing to enhance singing the historical background of the poems, authentic diction of the song texts, pronunciation of classical poetry, recitation and singing, and poetry translation the technique of traditional guqin songs following the method of guqin master Zha Fuxi, which is now almost lost The classes will consist of lectures and practical sessions, and will include PowerPoint presentations to explain guqin notation, to show music in guqin tablature and staff notation, and to show poems in Chinese characters, Pinyin with tone indications and English translation. Practical informationFees and schedulesSundays, 5 weeks learn 5 songs (5/17 to 6/14) 1-4 pm 15 hours: $400 Sundays, 10 weeks(after 6/21 TBA)
(first 5 weeks are fingering + 5 weeks learn 5 songs)
1-4 pm 30 hours: $680 Poems and songsStudents will learn one piece each week as shown in the table below. (P) indicates primary; (C) indicates alternative for continuing students.
VenueUnion City, CA. Address to be announced after registration. Accessible by public transportation. Class sizeBecause we intend to run a beginner-friendly group using a traditional teaching style, one student per guqin, space is limited. InstrumentsInstruments can be either rented for the full 10 weeks duration of the course or purchased from the teacher. NAGA class sponsor Chinese music specialist Beijingers.com will provide discounts for students enrolled in the 10 week class, with prices of guqins starting from only $399 (please see the description of each model recommended for students enrolled in this class) (pdf format). Good guqins will be provided for use during the classes, one for each student. Students do not need to bring their own instruments. InstructorClasses will be led by NAGA Director and China Guqin Committee Council member Wang Fei. Wang Fei has a background in classical Chinese literature and guqin music as and has been a Mandarin news host and producer at China National Radio. She studied guqin under Professor Li Xiangting, one of the great guqin master of this century, since 1985. She has inherited the traditions, styles, concepts and masterpieces of her “grand teachers” Zha Fuxi, Wu Jinglue and Guan Pinghu, the three greatest guqin masters of the last century, and transmits them through her guqin teaching, performance and promotion in the western world. Wang Fei is one of the few guqin teachers who offer guqin lessons in traditional form, covering both guqin playing and guqin study. She has won several awards for Chinese music, has toured internationally and has given speeches, lectures, workshops and seminars on the guqin at many prestigious universities including Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA and the Central Conservatory of Music. She has also given presentations on Chinese culture to many Fortune 500 companies. Your reservation is not confirmed until NAGA staff contact you and your registration is fully paid. No refunds or exchanges once payment is received. Tuition is non-transferable. Please click here for registration form http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/newsletters/09nagaevents/2ndguqinpoetryregisterform.doc Print it out and send it with your payment to: North American Guqin Association PO BOX 7113 Fremont, CA 94537-7113 The number of places is limited, and space is available on a first-come-first-served basis, so please register now! Email registration is highly recommended! Please email your registration form to info@guqin.org or call 1-866-841-9139 ext.1555. This course is sponsored by the North American Guqin Association |
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