Min Xiao-Fen is a Chinese American multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer. This conversation explores her fascinating musical journey as a traditional musician moving from China to the United States. We discuss…
May 31, 2021 Learn about Canadian composer Alice Ho's passion for creating music, her advice to young composers, and her upcoming projects! Alice Ho's website: https://alicepyho.com For more information about…
Dr. Chih-Sheng Chen is the Centre for Music Innovations' Artistic Advisor. I had first met him in 2008 and he has become a good friend and Chinese music mentor.…
Patty Chan from Centre for Music Innovations speaks with Canadian composer and producer Mark Armanini about the development of intercultural music in Vancouver and his experiences writing and working with…
This is a beautiful work for guzheng and string quartet. You can follow along on John Oliver's score for this excerpt and see how the instrument sounds are layered to…
John Oliver John Oliver's “wonderfully, creative music” (Fanfare) displays “a delicate yet often complex sense of beauty” (Musicworks). Winner of the Classical Composition of the Year Award at the 2013 Western…
This article was written by Zhuomin Zang and translated by Chenwei Wang. This is the second of three articles on Chinese orchestral music presented by Chenwei Wang.
This article was written by Teck Seng Ng and translated by Chenwei Wang. It is a subject we should explore further with more dialogue. This is the first of three…
Some interesting events happening in Taiwan coming up! If you are in Taipei, hope you can attend! I have known the award-winning Canadian composer Alice Ho for about 30 years(!) now -…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o2bES0mwrY Have you ever wondered about the composer behind the music? Who is he? Why did he write this piece? Check out my first interview with Vancouver based composer, John Oliver,…
