{lang zh}中華民樂團蛇年鑼鼓拉開【擁抱春天】晚會大幕{/lang}{lang en}HCTMG’s ‘Golden Snake Dance’: Fanfare for Houston Chinese New Year Celebration{/lang}

{lang zh}倍可亲:四眼报道 2014新年民族音乐会:休斯敦最吸引人的地方是：美女如云{/lang}{lang en}Backchina.com:　HCTMG 2014 New Year Concert {/lang}

read more: http://www.backchina.com/blog/268649/article-193770.html#.UtTAq55dV8F

{lang zh}倍可亲网站记者四眼关于民乐团和国剧社2013【迷胡醉弦】音乐晚会排练和演出的综合报道:发烧友都是疯子{/lang}{lang en}A very good story about how the HCTMG and COCH’s 2013 Summer Concert   was prepared and performed: Crazy Music Lovers…{/lang}

http://my.backchina.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=268649&do=blog&id=183581#ixzz2Z8YIQJbU

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{lang zh}CulterMap Houston 网站近日发布: 休士顿民乐团将呈献《天弦》音乐会{/lang}

{lang en}CulterMap Houston recently posted HCTMG’s Spring Concert Heaven’s Medoly on its Event Calendar{/lang}

“Heaven’s Melody: Celebration of Buddhist Culture” presents the essence of Buddhist culture by playing famous hymns that enable listeners to explore deep feelings. Musical pieces like Precepts Concentration and Wisdom In Incense, Purifying Body of Budda and Temple’s Bell Soundhave been played for thousands of years and were recently arranged by famous modern composers including Wenjin Liu and Fuquan Zhang. Characterized by being soft, but not weak; pure, but not dry; still, but not sluggish; these tunes are said to be able to purify listeners’ minds.

In addition to Buddhist music, the concert encapsulates the finest Chinese folk music including Here Comes Spring, Never-ending Swirling Dance andSpring River. Some works describe the fieriest ethnic dances while others depict translucent rivers and beautiful country scenes.

The concert consists of solos, concertos and ensembles performed by 30 traditional Chinese instruments including guzheng, pipa, erhu and dizi — the Chinese versions of zither, lute, violin and flute, respectively — as well as western instruments like cello and piano.

Houston Chinese Traditional Music Group’s director, Xin Zhang, used to play in China’s army band and was also a music critic. Yang Wang, a Houston journalist and the group’s guzheng soloist, will be the master of ceremony.

{lang zh} 休士顿纪事报 5月19日报纸刊登消息介绍将于本周六下午7:00 在玉佛寺举行举行的《天弦》音乐会 {/lang} {lang en} Houston Chronicle May 17th newspaper publishes a news article announcing  the upcomnig  HCTMG Concert Heaven’s Melody at Jade Buddha Temple this Saturday 7:00 PM {/lang}

A group of Chinese musicians in Houston will perform thousand-year-old Buddhist hymns and Chinese folk tunes this weekend at the Jade Buddha Temple, located in the Chinatown area of Alief.

“Heaven’s Melody: A Celebration of Buddhist Culture,” the spring concert for the Houston Chinese Traditional Music Group, serves as both entertainment and spirituality, as the music aims to help listeners purify their minds, along with the teachings of Buddhism. Their sound combines a Chinese-style bell, drum, flute, violin, lute and zither with western cello and piano.