April 29, 2025 — Lecture and Qin Performance at UC Berkeley – New York Qin Society presents
April 29, 2025 | 9:15 am – 11:15 am
The C.V. Starr East Asian Library, UC Berkeley
The New York Qin Society will present:
Elegant Resonance of the Ming — A Concert of Guqin Music and Literati Thought from the Ming Dynasty
(「風雅明韻」— 明代古琴音樂與文人思想展演)
John Thompson, Peiyou Chang, Mark Johnson, and Alan Yip will join the New York Qin Society to present papers and perform at a special guqin event hosted by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at UC Berkeley. For more details please visit https://newyorkqin.com/elegant-resonance-of-the-ming/
2025! New officers and members
We are delighted to welcome Alan Yip as the new President, Juni Yeung as the new Vice President, and six new members to the New York Qin Society, marking an exciting milestone for our organization.
Our new members are:
- Nina Starostina (Moscow)
- Kathleen Su Weiting (Singapore)
- Jin Yong Derek Oh (Finland)
- Alexander Merck, Hippocrates Ching Nam Cheng, and Mark Johnson (United States)
To read the President’s message, please visit: https://newyorkqin.com/agreementc/
ON-LINE & PRIVATE YAJI SCHEDULE of 2025: 乙巳年雅集日程表
The 2025 Yaji will take place on the first Sunday of every even month.
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Qin Articles
Meaning and structure ‐ the case of Chinese qin (zither) music – Kouwenhoven, Frank