寒山冰絃雅集 Ice string in Han Mountain Guqin Yaji

Time: 11/22/2014, 2pm - 5pm

Place: 中道堂 in Swan lake NY

Participants: 趙逸宣 Yixuan Zhao, Ralph Knag and wife, 宋人傑 Renjie Song, 張培幼 Peiyou Chang, 韓潤伊 Yuni Han.

此次雅集沒有一張鋼絃琴, 所有的琴上的都是絲絃, 清明絲絃(中清與加重), 今吳, 丸三, 雷氏. This was a totally silk string qin gathering, no metal or nylon string at all. There were Qing Ming silk string, Jinwu, Marusan Hashimoto, and Lai silk string.

Music pieces:

烏夜啼T he Midnight Ravent -- Peiyou

秋塞吟 Song Of The Autumn Frontier -- Yuni

泛滄浪 Boating on Azure Wave -- Ralph

山居吟 Song of Dwell in Mountain -- Renjie

孔子讀易 Confucius Study Yijing -- Yixuan

寒山僧蹤 Han Shan (cold mountain, or Han mountain) monk track. 

-- Qin (Peiyou) Xiao (Renjie) Duet

陽關三疊 Departing from the Yang Guan Gate -- Ralph

列子御風 Liezi Rides on Wind -- Peiyou

Everyone stayed at Zhong Dao Tang over night to aviod black ice. The reward was delicious shabu shabu prepared by Yuni.

This yaji was one of the Zhong Dao Tang 中道堂 guqin yaji organized by Yuni for Master Yuan's students and qin friends. The purpose of this gathering is 3Es: to encourage, to exchange and of course, to enjoy our guqin playing.

The annual plan for year 2015 is as following:

- April 4, 2015

- June 27, 2015

- August 29, 2015

6.08.2014 qin yaji at Weehawken NJ

John talked and played Ming Dynasty qin melodies: 胡笳十八拍, 瀟湘水雲, 欸乃, 鶴鳴九皋, 列子御風, 陽關三疊

Ralph's wife took this group photo.

Long time so see Alan from Philadelphia. 

Peiyou played 列子御風 (from zi yuan tang qin pu 自遠堂琴譜)

Fan played 極樂引, before Fan was Jason palying 長門怨, sorry missing Jason's playing photo

Stephen played 憶故人

5.31.2014 Zhong Dao Tang qin with archery yaji

Yuni played Qiu Sai Yin 秋塞吟, and Shi Shang Liu Quan 石上流泉

Renjie played Innocent Seagulls 鷗鷺忘機

Ralph played Boating on Azure Waves, 泛滄浪, and the 2nd run, he played Yiang Guan San Die 陽關三疊

Mo Li from Ohio Kent State University, played Song of Autumn Wind 秋風辭, and the drunken one, 酒狂.

Professional photographer and Archery coach, Henry Chen and his wife.

 Peiyou played Liezi Rides the Wind. 列子御風. and the 2nd run, played Spring Water Flowing Over Pebbles 石上流泉

Renjie introduced his new qin xiao that he got from Taiwan several weeks ago from the top one xiao maker in Taiwan, Mr. Liao Jing Dong 廖錦棟先生

April 7th 2014, qin lecture and playing at Kean University

The mission is successfully completed -- Spreading the Guqin seeds to Kean University, students of World Music Culture. Thanks dean Arasimowicz, and Prof. James Musto for making this performance and talk possible. Thanks my honey for always be there with me, always.  The students are very sweet. Their smiles warmed my heart.

With Prof. James and one of his student Alex, who has heard Guan Ping-hu's Liu Shui (flowing water) and did his home work before the class.  Bravo!

Celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year Qin Performance and Introduction