2014-363 Arts - McDougle Elementary School PTA for Spring 2014 Arts Grant Agreement $1,000

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Arts in Education Grant—Spring 2014-15 McDougle Elementary School PTA L3n Tungerhu&WiCC Crossing between many genres,Lan has performed with Huun Huur Tu(Tuva),Bake Beyond(UK), and Hossam Shaker(Egypt).She is a member of Tandava(India),Mozaico Flamenco,Dance Theatre, and Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra.She has studied with improvisortviolinist Mary Oliver in Amsterdam,with erhu virtuosi Jiebing Chen in San Francisco and Zhang Funming in Beijing, with Hindustani violinist Kala Ramnath in Bombay and Egyptian violinist Dr.Alfred Gamil in Cairo. Lan has premiered numerous works by Canadian composers.The various influences are evident in Lan's compositions and improvisation.Lan is also active as a concert producer and arts administrator,serving as the vice president of the Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra. Erhu Introduced to China around 1000 years ago,the erhu is a two-string stick fiddle that is played while held on the lap.The strings are tuned to a fifth,with the bow placed between them.The erhu has no finger board and is usually made of sandalwood or red wood,with a snake skin resonator.The folk versions use various materials in different sizes.A popular instrument in solo and ensemble music,the erhu's Yu- e W k n an h A Yu-Chen graduated from Taiwan's Tainan National University of the Arts,where she studied both the zheng and composition.Performing with precision and astoning technique,she has premiered numerous works and was a soloist with the National Chinese Orchestra,the Kaohsiung City Chinese Orchestra,and the Lift Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra.She has toured in Germany and the US,with Compost 0 and chamber ensembles such as Kansas City's newEar UMKC Must Nova.Yu-Chen has won numerous awards:the Gold Prize at the'Golden Lotus'International Youth Music Competn in Macau,a three-time First Prize winner at the Taiwan National Music Competition,First Prize at the Chinese Musical Instrument Association's Competition,and the winter of the Taiwan Young Concert Artist Competition. Zheng The zheng's popularity can be traced back 2500 years in China.It is a plucked,haff-tube wood zither with movable bridges,over which a number of strings are stretched.In the Tang Dynasty(618-907 AD),the zheng was introduced to Japan and Korea,where the ancient forms of the zheng had been preserved.The modern zheng usually has 21 strings made of steel wound with nylon.The zheng is traditionaly tuned to a pentatonic scale. Modem tuning has many variations. Jonatkan E)ernardl rcussian Jonathan performs in a wide range of genres from Orchestral,to New Music and World Music, The principal percussionist with the Vancouver Island Symphony,he performs with the Vancouver, Victoria.Vancouver Opera,CBC Radio and Vancouver Intercultual Orchestras.With Ensemble Symposium,Fringe Group,4 Gallon Drum and Vancouver New Music,Jonathan has premiered over 60 chamber works-Jonathan has performed Javanese and Balinese music and won awards from the Canada Council and BC Arts Council to study traditional percussion styles in India,China and Egypt.He has toured throughout North America,Europe and Japan. Marimba The marimba is a wooden,mallet keyboard,percussion instrument with a chromatic tuning system. Having roots in Africa,the marimba now an orchestral instrument that is also played solo and within a variety of ensembles throughout the Americas„Europe and Asia. Other percussion instruments used are dumbek,frame drum,woodblock shakers sbells. Chinese opera gongs and cymbals,crotales,Indian,Tibetan and Turkish Page 17 of 23