North American Guqin Association |
Chinese poetry through the guqin:a practical tool to learn Chinese language and culture
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Class A and Class D pieces |
Class B, class C and Class D pieces |
长相思 (C mode, 唐 冯延巳) or 春光好(五代和凝) |
子夜吴歌(李白) (C) or 黄莺吟 (P) |
送孟浩然之廣陵(唐 李白) or 竹枝词(唐刘禹锡) |
渔歌调(唐柳宗元) (C) or 长相思 (F mode, 唐 白居易) (P) |
暗香(宋姜夔) Secret Fragrance by Jiang Kui |
古怨(宋姜夔) (C) or春光好(五代和凝) (P) |
凤凰台上忆吹箫 (宋 李清照) Memories of Playing a Xiao on the |
八声甘州(宋柳永) (C) or凤凰台上忆吹箫(宋 李清照) (P) |
胡笳十八拍(第一拍) (汉 蔡文姬) Eighteen Stanzas on the Barbarian Reedpipe (first section) by Cai Wenji |
胡笳十八拍(第二拍) (C) ((第一拍) (P) |
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 10 weeks duration of the course or purchased from the teacher. NAGA class sponsor Chinese music specialist Beijingers.com will provide discounts for students enrolled in the 10 week class, with prices of guqins starting from only $399 (please see the description of each model recommended for students enrolled in this class) (pdf format). 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 master 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 kwan@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
Please click here for registration form:
http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/newsletters/09nagaevents/09nagaclassregisterform.doc
For details of any of these classes and to enroll, please email kwan@guqin.org or call 1-866-841-9139 ext.1555.
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