There are a number of Chinese music ensembles in the United States, performing Chinese music on traditional instruments. The earliest such ensembles (which included instrumental groups as well as Cantonese opera troupes) appeared on the West Coast following large-scale immigration from China in the second half of the 19th century. Since the 1960s Chinese ensembles comprising both Chinese and non-Chinese members have also been formed at universities throughout the country, and over the course of the last quarter of the 20th century expatriate musicians from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore have established amateur and professional ensembles in many major cities and at least 21 states.
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- Summer Thunder Chinese Music Ensemble (1999-present)
- Director: Ashley Dacey; former directors: Janet Sturman (1999-2005), Paul Amiel (2005-2007) and Andrew Wilt (2007-2008)
. http://www.cfa.arizona.edu/purplebambooensemble (2009-present). Academic advisor: Dr. Janet Sturman (2009-present); Current Artistic Director (Guest from CIUA): Dongxiao Zhang; Former Artistic director: Professor Huiqing Cheng (2012); Dr. Shuching Cheng(2009 to 2011): Current President: Zuoming Shi (2013-present); Former Presidents: Charles Zoll (2010 to 2013), April Trinidad (2009 to 2010).
- Los Angeles Chinese Orchestra (c. 1997-present; formerly known as Chinese Classical Music Ensemble)
- Director: Zhiming Han
- Los Angeles Classical Chinese Orchestra (1989-present)
- Director: Shufeng He
- Music of China Ensemble (UCLA)
- Director: Li Chi
- California Chinese Orchestra (c. 1996-present)
- Great Wall Youth Orchestra (Laney College )[1]
- Purple Bamboo Orchestra
- PCC Chinese Music Ensemble (Pasadena City College, 1997-present)[2][3]
- Director: Cynthia Hsiang
- Gold Mountain Music Ensemble
- Musicians: Valerie Samson
- Flowing Stream Ensemble (c. 1972-present)
- Artistic Director: Betty Wong, Co-manager: Shirley Wong-Frentzel
- Jumping Buddha Ensemble (1996-present)
- Artistic Director: Michael Santoro
- Members: Zhang Xiao-Feng (erhu), Fred Fung (yangqin), Michael Santoro (xiao, xun, and bawu)
- Melody of China (1993-present)
- Co-directors: Hong Wang and Yangqin Zhao
- Music Gathering (Cantonese music, 1998-present)
- Director: Lawrence Lui
- San Francisco Gu-Zheng Music Society (1982-present)
- Director: Weishan Liu
- Firebird Chinese Youth Orchestra (2000-present)
- Founder: Gordon Lee
- Sinitic Ensemble (c. 1962-c. 1974)[4]
- Members: Lou Harrison, Richard Dee, William Colvig, Lily Chin, Kenneth Rexroth (poetry)
- California Youth Chinese Symphony
- Music Director and conductor: Jian Ding, Executive Director: Yongping Tian, Artistic Director: Phil Young, Deputy Executive Director: Zhang Yu
- Wesleyan Chinese Music Ensemble (Wesleyan University, c. 1980-present)[5]
- Director: Joy Lu; former director: Wang Guowei
- Florida State University Chinese Music Ensemble (1990-present)
- Director: Haiqiong Deng; former directors: Yi Yi Wang, Li Ming, Cynthia Po-Man Wong
- Chinese Music Ensemble of Atlanta (affiliated with Spring Music School) (2002-present)
- Director: Spring Yang
- University of Hawaii Chinese Ensemble
- Director: Frederick Lau
- NIU Chinese Orchestra (Northern Illinois University, 1975-2003; part of the Asian Music Ensemble)[6]
- Director: Han Kuo-Huang
- The Chinese Classical Orchestra (c. 1985-present)
- Director: Shen Sin-yan
- Silk & Bamboo Ensemble (c. 1975-present)
- Director: Shen Sin-yan
- University of Kentucky Chinese Ensemble (c. 2004-c. 2008)
- Director: Han Kuo-Huang
- Alice Guzheng Ensemble (2002-present)
- Director: Alice Kan
- Boston Silk Bamboo Music School (2004-present)
- Directors: Ching-San Cheung and Elisa Cheung (residents of Newton, Massachusetts)
- Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association Chinese Music Ensemble (1984-present)
- Director: Tai-Chun Pan, Conductor: Chi-Sun Chan
- XiYangYang Music Ensemble (1999-present)
- Harvard Chinese Music Ensemble (Harvard University, 2005-present)
- Ann Arbor Chinese Traditional Music Ensemble[7] (2004-present)
- Founder: Shu-Lan Hung; director: Eric Lin
- Spring Bamboo Ensemble (University of Michigan) (2005)
- Founder: Mei Han
- Kalamazoo Chinese Music Ensemble (2008-present)
- Founder and director: Xiaochun Lu
- Minnesota Chinese Music Ensemble (1987-present)
- Director: Carleton Macy
- The Spirit of Nature (1997-present)
- Founder: Gao Hong; members: Chen Tao, Gao Hong, Liu Li, Wang Hong, Yang Yi, and Zhao Yangqin
- Carleton College Chinese Silk and Bamboo Music Ensemble (2003-present)
- Director: Gao Hong
- MSU Chinese Ensemble (Missouri State University, 2007-present)
- Director: John Prescott
- Zizhu Ensemble (2006-present)
- Director: Yang Yi
- Bard College Chinese Ensemble (c. 2008-present)[8]
- Director: Mercedes DuJunco
- Ba Ban Chinese Music Society of New York (1999-present)
- Cornell Chinese Music Ensemble (Cornell University, beginning in 2009)
- Director: Yen-Chu Chen
- Chinese Music Ensemble of New York (1961-present)
- Director: Jing-qiang Guo; former director: Tsuan-nien Chang (founder)
- Chinese Performing Arts of North America
- President: Hu Jianbing; Artistic Director: Bao Jian
- Melody of Dragon (1998-present)
- Music From China (1984-present)
- Executive Director: Susan Cheng, Artistic Director: Wang Guowei, Music Director: Zhou Long
- NYU Chinese Music Ensemble (New York University, c. 2005-2008)
- Director: Wang Guowei
- NC-RTP Chinese Traditional Instrument Ensemble (2002-present)
- Director: Jiuping Pan; former directors: Xiaochun Lu, Aiguo Hu, and Anru Zhou (founder)
- Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble (2008-present)
- Director: David Badagnani; former co-director: Rosa Lee
- Five-Lake Chinese Music Orchestra (1989-1993)
- Director: Rongchun Zhao
- Kent State University Chinese Ensemble (c. 1985-c. 2003)
- Director: Terry E. Miller (with co-directors Chia-chun Chu, Lu Guang, Luo Qin, and Lu Guang)
- Portland Orchids and Bamboo Chinese Ensemble[9](2007-present)
- Director: Jiyu Yang
- Peter Tang's Chinese Ensemble (2002-present)
- New Moon Orchestra[10] (2004-present)
- Artistic/Executive Director: Colin O'Donohoe, Managing Director: Bill Updegraff
- University of Pittsburgh Chinese Music Ensemble (c. 1994; no longer active)
- Chinese Music Society (University of Pennsylvania, 2003-present)
- Founder: Yiguang Zhang
- Four Seasons Chinese Orchestra (2002-present)
- Director: Zixia Feng
- Dallas Chinese Music Society (c. 1995-present)
- Director: Joanne Chen; founder and former director: Cheng-Hua Sun
- Houston Chinese Orchestra
- Director: Changlu Wu
- Northwest Chinese Gu-Zheng Orchestra (2006-present)
- Director: Buyun Zhao
- Seattle Chinese Orchestra (1986-present)
- Director: Warren Chang
- US China Music Ensemble (formerly known as the Warren Chang Music Ensemble, 1989-present)
- Director: Warren Chang
- Washington Chinese Youth Orchestra (1993-present)
- Music Director: Warren Chang; Director: Buyun Zhao
See also
editChinese Chinese music ensembles Category:Chinese musical groups