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2004 Jan 20-23 Residency at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL Feb 16 Cornish College Seattle, WA Feb 18 Portland State University Think Lincoln Concert Series Noon Feb 19 University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA Feb 24 Rio Hondo College Whittier, CA 7:30 Concert Feb 26 Clarion Music Center San Francisco, CA Spring 2004 Tour, supported by the Canada Council for the Arts Apr 25 Acoustic Waves Concert Series Ottawa, ON Apr 27 Castleton State University, Castleton, VT Apr 29 Maison de Culture Rosemont Petite Patrie Montreal, Quebec May 2 Chamber Music at the Scarab Club Detroit, MI 7PM May 3-4 Residency at Lowell School District Lowell, MI May 7 Future Cities Space Hamilton, ON Presented by The Art Gallery of Hamilton May 8 Beaver Valley Concert Society Kimberley, ON Summer 2004 June 10 Van Dusen Garden Show ¡V Entertainment Stage 12:30-1:30pm & 2:30-3:30pm Vancouver, BC June 12 Van Dusen Garden Show ¡V Entertainment Stage 5-6pm Vancouver, BC June 18-20 North Country Fair Joussard, AB June 18- July 26 Lan and Jonathan on tour w/ Tandava Festivals and concerts in QC, ON, AB and BC June 22 Lan and Jonathan w/ Tandava at the Chan Centre 7:30pm Vancouver, BC June 27- July 10 Mei Han and Randy Raine Reusch on tour in Germany July 30 "Enchanted Evening", Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Classical Garden 7:30pm Vancouver, BC August 13-15 Whistler Summer Street Entertainment Program Whistler, BC Fall 2004 September 16 8PM Centre Pierre - Peladeau 300 boul. de Maisonneuve Est Montreal QC 514-987-4697; 514-987-6919 http://www.centrepierrepeladeau.com Oct 3- 22- Tour of New England Funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, which receives major support from the National Endowment for the Arts with additional support from the state arts agencies of New England and the Andrew W Mellon Foundation. October 3-8 Concerts, educational presentations and workshops (exact locations TBA) Presented by the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire October 12- Keene and Wilton, NH K-12 Educational presentations October 13-14- New London, NH Colby Sawyer College October15-16- Northfield, VT Norwich University October 17-19 ¡V Mansfield, PA Mansfield University October 20-21- Waltham, MA Brandeis University October 22- Londonderry, VT Catamount Arts Centre December 2004- January 2005 Lan Tung studied with Hindustani violinist Kala Ramnath in India, suported by the Canada Council for the Arts Special Events Jan 15, 2004 7:00pm Round Table Discussion with Composers and Musicians Alice MacKay Room, lower level, Vancouver Central Library 350 West Georgia Street (at Hamilton St.) Downtown, Vancouver Admission :Free Orchid Ensemble is hosting a round table discussion about the new musical genre, flourishing in Vancouver, that combines Western and Eastern musical traditions and instruments. Panel members will include Moshe Denburg (artistic director of Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra), Jin Zhang (conductor/composer), Ya-Wen Vivienne Wang (multi-faceted composer/pianist), Colin Miles (Western regional Director of the Canadian Music Center) as well as the ensemble's members Lan Tung (erhu), Mei Han (zheng) and Jonathan Bernard (percussionist). More guests may be confirmed later. Also many musicians and people working in this genre will be invited to the event. The panel members will share their experiences and ideas of working with western and eastern musical traditions and instruments, in compositions and performances. The audience is also welcome to express their opinions and ask questions. The musicians will demonstrate excerpts from their new repertoire. This event is intended to raise the public awareness of this exciting musical genre and to introduce the audience to the "behind the scene" creative process of the composers and musicians in an informal way. Co-presenters: Vancouver Public Library and Vancouver ProMusica Society. Sponsors: the Canada Council and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, ROC. Jan 17 8:00pm Orchid Ensemble in Concert World premiere and Canadian premiere of new works for the combination of Chinese and western instruments. Performance Centre, Roundhouse Community Centre 181 Roundhouse Mews Downtown, Vancouver 604.713-1800 Tickets: $15/$12 Program: Ya-Wen Vivienne Wang: Della's Different Train (World Premiere, electro-acoustic: BC Arts Council Commission) John Sharpley (2001): When Cranes Fly Home - A Concerto for Zheng (Canadian Premiere) Kuan Nai Chung: Erhu Concerto No. 1. (Canadian Premiere) Lan Tung (2003): Traveling with My Sixth Sense (World Premiere) Moshe Denburg (2001): The Road to Kashgar, The Endless Sands of Taklimakan, and The Winged Horses of Heaven (Canada Council Commission for the Orchid Ensemble) Jin Zhang (2000): No Rush (Canada Council Commission for the Orchid Ensemble) Lan Tung, Mei Han & Jonathan Bernard (2002): 401 (written for Atlantic Jazz Festival) Performers: Lan Tung (erhu-Chinese violin & percussion), Mei Han (zheng- Chinese zither & percussion) Jonathan Bernard (marimba & percussion) Ya-Wen Vivienne Wang (piano) * Guest Musician
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