Lunar New Year Concert

Join us for The Sound Ensemble's first annual Lunar New Year Concert. This event will be a multi-cultural opportunity to celebrate the incredible musical skill, artistry and heritage of our rich Asian American community. In order to serve our diverse community, each year we will perform music from leading composers of the countries that celebrate. This year we are featuring the incredible skills of piano soloist Yi-Chih LU, Erhu soloist Warren CHANG, members of the Seattle Chinese Orchestra and students from the Bellevue Youth Symphony.

Tagney Jones Hall
363 Mercer St
Seattle, WA 98109

7:30pm

Program:

Join us for The Sound Ensemble's first annual Lunar New Year Concert. This event will be a multi-cultural opportunity to celebrate the incredible musical skill, artistry and heritage of our rich Asian American community. In order to serve our diverse community, each year we will perform music from leading composers of the countries that celebrate. This year we are featuring the incredible skills of piano soloist Yi-Chih LU, Erhu soloist Warren CHANG, members of the Seattle Chinese Orchestra and students from the Bellevue Youth Symphony.

Program:

Messages from the Patty Field (10’)
       Ming-Hsiu YEN

Tao of Meinon (15’)
       Yuan-Chen LI

Taitung Blue for Chamber Orchestra (10’)
       Ming-Hsiu YEN

       Intermission

Spring Wishes (4’)
       arr. Yi-Chih LU/Zhenlun LI
Chrysanthemum Terrace (4’)
       Jay Chou/arr. Zhenlun Li/Daixuan Ai
       Erhu soloist: Warren CHANG
       Cello soloist: Mary Riles
       Piano soloist: Yi-Chih LU

Piano Concerto No. 1 “Plowing Song” (14’)
       Composer and Piano Soloist: Yi-Chih LU
       In collaboration with Seattle Chinese Orchestra
       Side-by-Side performance with students from Bellevue Youth Symphony