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ʫٸٻChinese poetry through the guqin: a practical tool to learn Chinese language and culture
Dear Qin Friends, Confucius said: “To educate somebody, you should start with poetry, emphasize ritual, and finish with music”. NAGA has developed a series new class 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. It is designed for complete beginners and experienced players alike. It will start Sunday, Septermber 14, 2014 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Space is limited so please register now. http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/newsletters/14nagaevents/14guqinpoetryclassregisterform.docx 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. About 3000 pieces of guqin music have been handed down from past dynasties, of which about a third contain lyrics. However because the guqin has become an endangered instrument, they are unknown to most people. This course therefore also aims to preserve and promote guqin music and the singing of guqin songs. 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:
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 schedulesPlease select the appropriate options from the schedule below. Time: Sundays 1:00pm to 3:30pm, 9/14/14,10/5/14,10/12/14,10/19/14 Fee: $150(one session)or $480(4 sessions)
Poems and songsStudents will learn one piece each session pieces for example but not limited.
Venue
Class sizeBecause we intend to run a beginner-friendly group using a traditional teaching style, one student per guqin, space is limited.
Instruments
Instruments can be rented for the full 4 days duration of the course which they can take home to practice with(normal cost $50). Rental can be credited towards the purchase of a qin purchased from the teacher. Chinese music specialist and NAGA class sponsor Beijingers.com will provide discounts for students enrolled in the class, with prices of guqins starting from only $199 (please see the description of each model recommended for students enrolled in this class). Instructor
Classes 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 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 masters 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. For a brief introduction to the guqin in English,please see Please follow Wang Fei on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/wangfeimusic, youtube:http://www.youtube.com/wangfeimusic RegistrationThe number of places is limited, and space is available on a first-come-first-served basis, so please register now! Immediate registration by email is highly recommended! Please email your registration form to yaji@guqin.org and pay online at http://naga4dayguqinclass.eventbee.com or send your payment along with the registration form to: North American Guqin Association PO BOX 232 Fremont,
CA 94537-0232 For details of any of these classes and to enroll, please email yaji@guqin.org or call 1-415-857-3918.
About NAGA
The North American Guqin Association (NAGA) is a nonprofit cultural arts organization dedicated to the public presentation and preservation of the art of the guqin, spreading community appreciation of Chinese culture through the traditional art of the guqin and building a bridge for cultural exchange and mutual understanding between the Chinese and American communities. NAGA offers guqin classes, performances, recordings, workshops etc.
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