Program (Each title is clickable and will link to videos or papers)
First Hour
1, Andrea Lioy – Dòngtíng Qiūsī 洞庭秋思 and thoughts
3, Esmeralda Herrero – Yù Lóu Chūn Xiǎo 玉樓春曉
Second Hour:
4, Juni Yeung 楊雪亭 shares her student Beatrice Marks’ letter about learning the qin
Or you can read Beatrice’s writing.
Beatrice Marks’ qin playing of Gǔfēng cāo 古風操
Juni’s qin playing of Liu Shui 流水 and talk about self-learning in an Internet age.
Developing Standards of the Guqin: Towards a critical pedagogy of the instrument, musicology, and its culture by Juni Yeung
5, 西域之歌 Chant de la Sérinde by Akira Ifukube, transcribed from koto to qin by Peiyou Chang 張培幼 , upon a suggestion by Yves Seban.
Peiyou’s notes about her arrangement
6, Yves talks about his study of Sérinde and the music of Chant de la Sérinde.
(Thanks Ralph for providing this link with some info about Ifukube’s Chant de la Serinde https://www.komuso.com/pieces/pieces.pl?piece=1787)
Marilyn gives the background of Sérinde and more discussion
7, Announcement of the September (Antique Qin and celebrate Mid Autumn Full Moon Festival) yaji.
8, Free discussion – Traditional Vs. Modern
Jim Binkley’s comment regarding the discussion of traditional vs. modern: One of the things I love about traditional guqin pieces is that they can have a rich Chinese cultural background with Daoism at the fore or in some cases allusions to Chinese poetry and painting (gaoshan liushui, lisao, chu ge, many examples). I studied classical guitar for many years and one of the reasons I gave it up was that western classical music seemed pale in comparison.
Meeting finished around 17:45
Bin Li’s Qin pieces from Shilin Guangji 事林廣記 & thoughts will postpone to October yaji.
Attendance
Ralph Knag, John Thompson, Juni Yeung, Marilyn Wong Gleysteen, Peiyou Chang,
Esmie(Ana Herrero), James Binkley, Joao Oliverira, Matthew Flannery,
Yuki Leach, Andre Ribeiro, Yves Seban, Mandy S, Andrea Lioy, Mingmei Yip