Trade Winds from China

13 Feb 2011
00:00:00 - 00:00:00

Settlement Music School - Mary Louise Curtis Branch

Sunday, February 13, 2011

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Network for New Music
416 Queen Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

When the refined delicacy of Chinese performance practice joins with the traditions of European art music, the result is an exquisite blend of the familiar and the unexpected. The beautiful harmonies and intricate rhythms of aboriginal Formosan folk tunes inspire a major new work by Shih-Hui Chen, while the multi-layered cultures of China and its peoples are re-imagined in dazzling new music by Chou Wen-Chung, Bright Sheng, and Huang Ruo.

in advance: $20 regular admission
$15 seniors
$10 students (full-time with ID)
All tickets $5 more at the door

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