Faculty of the VCA and Music School of Music (Parkville)

Chinese Music Ensemble

Learn to play chinese music for your breadth study! Musical Director Dr Wang Zheng Ting (Founder and Director, Australian Chinese Music Ensemble; master musician of the sheng).

This ensemble is open to all students. It is not auditioned, but students need to have some instrumental skills in Chinese and/or Western instruments.

You will play traditional, folk, and contemporary Chinese music.  The group will mainly be based on the silk-bamboo (strings and wind) ensemble in China, with the following instruments taught:  dizi, sheng, yangqin, erhu,zhonghu, zhongruan, daruan, and some percussion.  Instruments are supplied.

More information for this subject is available in the Course and Subject Handbook.

 

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