Dear Qin Friends,
The guqin is a unique Chinese musical instrument with many playing techniques that need to be taught orally by masters. Unfortunately, there are very few guqin teachers in the United States. More and more people are people are becoming fascinated by the guqin but cannot find a qualified teacher. Even self-teach is very difficult because there is no English instructional material.
NAGA is planning a 4 week intensive workshop starting Feb 26th, 2012.
The goal of this workshop is to enable students to experience what the guqin is, and learn authentic guqin playing in a very intensive period with a master. The course will concentrate on the major left and right hand techniques. Students will meet others with the same interest from different areas and make qin friends.
On the evening of Feb 5th, NAGA will organize a guqin gathering with Professor Zhao Jiazhen, at which students will experience listening to live guqin performances by different qin players from different schools and teachers as well as discover other art forms such as xiao, dizi, taichi, poetry recitation, and opera, and share each other’s insights.
Local students can continue their guqin study by joining the upcoming advanced guqin class “Chinese poetry through the guqin: a practical tool to learn Chinese language and culture”, and learn traditional guqin pieces. This course starts April 1st. For details, please visit http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/newsletters/09nagaevents/poetryclass.htm
Non-local students can teach themselves by following NAGA’s instructional material set (book, video, Chinese English dictionary of guqin terms, etc).
Sundays, 1 to 4pm, starts Feb 26
$400 for 4 weeks
Union City, CA. Address to be announced after registration. Accessible by public transportation.
Because we intend to run a beginner-friendly group using a traditional teaching style, one student per guqin, space is limited.
Instruments can be either rented for the full 4 weeks duration of the course (rental can be credited towards the purchase of a qin) or purchased from the teacher.
Chinese music specialist and NAGA class sponsor Beijingers.com will provide discounts for students enrolled in the 4 week class, with prices of guqins starting from only $199 (please see the description of each model recommended for students enrolled in this class).
Good guqins will be provided for use during the classes, one for each student. Students do not need to bring their own instruments.
Classes will be led by NAGA Director and China Guqin Committee Council member Wang Fei. Wang Fei has a background in classical Chinese literature and guqin music as and has been a Mandarin news host and producer at China National Radio. She studied guqin under Professor Li Xiangting, one of the great guqin masters of this century, since 1985. She has inherited the traditions, styles, concepts and masterpieces of her “grand teachers” Zha Fuxi, Wu Jinglue and Guan Pinghu, the three greatest guqin masters of the last century, and transmits them through her guqin teaching, performance and promotion in the western world. Wang Fei is one of the few guqin teachers who offer guqin lessons in traditional form, covering both guqin playing and guqin study. She has won several awards for Chinese music, has toured internationally and has given speeches, lectures, workshops and seminars on the guqin at many prestigious universities including Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA and the Central Conservatory of Music. She has also given presentations on Chinese culture to many Fortune 500 companies.
The number of places is limited, and space is available on a first-come-first-served basis, so please register now! Email registration is highly recommended! Please email your registration form to info@guqin.org.
Your reservation is not confirmed until NAGA staff contact you and your registration is fully paid. No refunds or exchanges once payment is received. Tuition is non-transferable.
Fill out the registration below and print out along with your payment send to:
North American Guqin Association
PO BOX 7113
Fremont, CA 94537-7113
Please
click here for registration form:
http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/newsletters/12nagaevents/12nagaclassregisterform.doc
For details of any of these classes and to enroll, please email info@guqin.org or call 1-866-841-9139 ext.1555.
The North American Guqin Association (NAGA) is a nonprofit cultural arts organization dedicated to the public presentation and preservation of the art of the guqin, spreading community appreciation of Chinese culture through the traditional art of the guqin and building a bridge for cultural exchange and mutual understanding between the Chinese and American communities. NAGA offers guqin classes, performances, recordings, workshops etc.
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