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Arts in Education Grant—Spring 2014-15 McDougle Elementary School PTA <br /> 7 Resumes of Key Artists and Administrators Involved in Grant Funded <br /> Programs <br /> Orchid Ensemble <br /> Lan Tung <br /> Crossing between Canada's new music, improvised music and world music scenes, Lan is the <br /> artistic director of the Orchid Ensemble, and at the same time a composer and concert <br /> producer. Originally from Taiwan and trained extensively in Chinese music, Lan enjoys taking <br /> culturally specific materials outside its context, fusing together various styles. Trained at <br /> Taiwan's Chinese Cultural University, Lan went on to study with erhu virtuosi Jiebing Chen in <br /> San Francisco and Zhang Funming in Beijing, Hindustani violinist Kala Ramnath in Bombay. <br /> Egyptian violinist Dr. Alfred Gamil in Cairo, and Uyghur fiddle music with Abdukerim Osman in <br /> western China in Urumqi. Lan has studied graphic score with Barry Guy in Switzerland and <br /> improvisation with Mary Oliver in Amsterdam. At the Vancouver Creative Music Institute (2007. <br /> 2009), she has studied and performed with such luminaries as Han Bennink (Holland), Earry <br /> Guy, Evan Parker, John Butcher (UK), Francois Houle, Paul Plimley (Canada). <br /> Lan has premiered numerous contemporary works and performed as a soloist with Orchestre <br /> Metropolitain, Symphony Nova Scotia, Turning Point Ensemble, Atlas Ensemble, Little Giant <br /> Chinese Chamber Orchestra, Nanjing Jazz Festival Orchestra at prestigious venues such as <br /> Sibelius Academy Concert Hall (Helsinki), Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam), Place des Arts <br /> (Montreal), the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (Vancouver), and National Concert Hall <br /> (Taipei). Lan has performed with Magpie Music & Dance Company in Amsterdam, Xu Fengxia <br /> in Germany, Hossam Shaker in Egypt, and appeared as a guest with Huun Huur Tu (Tuva). <br /> Baka Beyond (UK), Khac Chi Ensemble (Vietnam) and Bill Bourne at festivals across Canada. <br /> Lan also performs Proliferasian, Tandava, Birds of Paradox, Mozaico Flamenco Dance Theatre, <br /> and the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra. <br /> Yu-Chen Wang <br /> Yu-Chen graduated from Taiwan's Tainan National University of the Arts, where she studied the <br /> zheng with Dong-He Ling and Hao-Yin Huang and composition with Siao-Wun Jhuang and <br /> Chao-Ming Tung. Performing with precision and astonishing technique, Yu-Chen has premiered <br /> numerous contemporary works by many ground breaking composers in Asia and North <br /> America. Her own compositions blend western classical and Chinese traditional music and <br /> place the zheng in combinations of unconventional instrumentations. <br /> Yu-Chen has appeared as a soloist with the National Chinese Orchestra, the Kaohsiung City <br /> Chinese Orchestra, and the Tainan National University Chinese Orchestra. She has performed <br /> many solo recitals and has toured in Germany with the Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra. <br /> Yu-Chen was recently a guest artist with Kansas City's newEar contemporary chamber <br /> ensemble, UMKC Music Nova. She is a member of Compost Q, which performs improvised <br /> music across the U.S. <br /> Yu-Chen has won numerous awards: the Gold Prize at the "Golden Lotus" International Youth <br /> Music Competition in Macau, a three-time First Prize winner at the Taiwan National Music <br /> Competition, First Prize at the Chinese Musical Instrument Association's Competition, and the <br /> winner of the Taiwan Young Concert Artist Competition. <br /> Jonathan Bernard <br /> Jonathan combines his background in Western percussion with a fascination for Asian traditions <br /> to create a unique sound palette, incorporating a myriad of instruments, techniques and styles. <br /> His interests span from orchestral music to contemporary chamber music to World Music. <br /> Page 8 of 23 <br />