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| Summer Thunder is taking a short hiatus as our newest Thunderbolt is welcomed to the world. |
| Past Events | |
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| 04/09/2011 |
We decided we'd like to do a Summer Thunder-only concert. At this concert, we are going to play much of our repertoire. The theme of the concert will be the seasons of China. We will be playing various pieces that express the seasons in China. If you'd like to come to the show, let us know so we have an accurate count of the people attending.
It was a great concert. Thank you all for coming. If you would like to see the program, you can find it here. If you missed the concert and would like to see some pictures, you can find them in our Gallery.
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| 02/01/2011 | We are going to be performing at 7:30pm at the Arizona Senior Academy. |
| 01/30/2011 | We will be performing at Centennial Hall as part of the Chinese New Year concert. |
| 01/29/2011 | We will be back at our most supportive venue, 17th Street Market from 10-12pm, playing new and old pieces. |
| 09/13/2010 | The ensemble is back from summer break, rehearsing again. We are working on new pieces now, Gu Xiang Xing, Gu Xiang Qing, and Yao Zu Wu Qu. |
| 05/01/2010 | Tucson Taste of Asia performance. Pictures. |
| 03/22/2010 |
Our first CD is finally ready and available for sale. We'll bring a few to each event we play if you would like to purchase one. Here is a preview of the cover of the CD.
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| 02/13/2010 | Chinese New Year celebration at the 17th Street Farmer's Market. |
| 01/31/2010 |
Chinese New Year concert at Centennial Hall The Tucson Sino Choir and the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center have been working on putting together a Chinese New Year concert to ring in the Year of the Tiger. They've invited groups not only from Tucson, but from Las Vegas and China as well. They've invited a Chinese ensemble from Henan province to come play, and we are going to join up with them, combining ensembles to play two pieces, Zi Zhu Diao and Xi Yang Yang. We are really excited to meet these people and play with them. The Concert is at 2pm at Centennial Hall on the UofA campus. Tickets can be bought at their box office, or at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center. It looks to be an amazing show. Pictures with the He Nan professors can be found here. |
| 12/16/2009 | We've been working on recording our repertoire for our first CD. We were able to finish all the recording before Ashley left. Now on to creating the actual CD. Stay tuned... |
| 11/04/2009 | Paul and Andrew are providing background music for Oriental Cooking demonstrations at the 17th Street Farmer's Market. |
| 10/10/2009 | Performance at Tucson Meet Yourself: 2:00 pm |
| 10/04/2009 | Performance at 17th Street Farmer's Market for the Chinese Mid Autumn Festival. 12:00-2:00. |
| 10/03/2009 | We were invited to participate in the "Phoenix Night", '09 Chinese Moon Festival. We played two of our favorite pieces, Gan Hui and Yi Zhi Mei. |
| 08/30/2009 | The Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine invited us back to play for their graduation. |
| 07/23/2009 | The Tucson Botanical Gardens invited us to come play as part of their Thursday evening music series. |
| 03/14/2009 | Performance as part of the first annual Tucson Festival of Books. (More info as it becomes available.) |
| 12/06/2008 | Performance for the Tucson Early Music Society in their Hausmusik series. This performance should be a special one in that it will feature solo performances on the Yang Qin, Gu Qin, and Er Hu in addition to the ensemble music that we normally perform. |
| 11/15/2008 | Playing for the Story Town event at the Main Library. 11:30am. Library staff and folks from Make Way For Books (a local non-profit) are teaming up to present storytelling in front of life-sized scenery, art activities, and music for the whole family. |
| 11/06/2008 | World Music Concert in Crowder Hall at the University of Arizona. Begins at 7:30pm. |
| 10/11/2008 | Performance at Tucson Meet Yourself at 2pm |
| 09/23/2008 | Concert at the UofA's Crowder Hall with Summer Thunder and visiting Guzheng Professor, Wang Yue at 7:30 pm |
| 09/15/2008 | Performance at the Himmel Park Branch Library for their Harvest Moon Festival from 6:00pm to 8:00pm |
| 08/24/2008 | We will providing music before and after the graduation ceremony of the Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine starting at 1:45. |
| 06/13/2008 | We have been invited to play for some students at Dodge Middle school as an end to their study of Chinese culture and history. Even though the entire group is not in town, we've still managed to get some pieces together so that the students at least have a taste of Chinese Traditional music and instruments. |
| 04/22/2008 | 15 minute Performance as part of the University of Arizona World Music Gang in Crowder Hall at 7:30pm. |
| 03/02/2008 |
Performance for the Archaeology Expo at the Arizona State Museum in honor of the Chinese community that existed early in Tucson's history. 1:30-2:15pm.
You can find a few pictures in our gallery. |
| 02/16/2008 | Performance/talk for the Southern Arizona Families with Children from China - Flyer. 10:30am at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center. |
| 02/16/2008 |
Performance for the Pan Asian Lunary New Year Celebration at the Dragon's View Restaurant at 6:45pm.
You can find a few pictures in our gallery. |
| 02/10/2008 |
Performance/talk for the U.S. China People's Friendship Organization. 2pm at the Wilmot Public Library.
You can find a few pictures in our gallery. |
| 02/09/2008 |
Chinese New Year Performance as part of the concert put on by the Tucson Sino Choir. 2:00-4:00 pm at the Catalina Foothills High School. Admission is free, but tickets need to be reserved at tcny08@yahoo.com Flyer.
You can find a few pictures in our gallery. |
| 02/09/2008 | Performance at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center for the Chinese New Year. 6:00-10:00 pm |
| 02/02/2008 |
Performance at 17th Street Farmer's Market for the Chinese New Year. 11:00-2:00.
There are a few pictures in our gallery. |
| 01/26/2008 |
Performance at Tucson Public Library's Main Branch. 11:00-12:00.
If you would like to see some pictures, you can find a few in our gallery . |
| 09/26/2007 |
Performance at the Himmel park library story hour for the Chinese Mid Autumn Festival. 6:00pm We will be demonstrating the Chinese
instruments to the children in honor of the Chinese mid-Autumn festival.
You can find a few pictures in our gallery. |
| 09/22/2007 |
Performance at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center for the Chinese Mid Autumn Festival. 6:30 pm
You can find a few pictures in our gallery. |
| 09/22/2007 |
Performance at 17th Street Farmer's Market for the Chinese Mid Autumn Festival. 11:00-2:00. The performance went well. There was a reporter from the Arizona Daily Star there taking pictures. The story in the paper can be found at: Caliente Section Story
You can find a few pictures in our gallery. |
| 08/26/2007 |
We will providing music for the graduation ceremony of the Arizona School of
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from 2-4 pm. Unity of Tucson, 3617 N. Camino Blanco |
| 05/12/2007 | Our club will be taking part in the Asian Pacific Heritage Festival being held at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center from 4-7pm. This event is intended to celebrate Asian Culture Month and will feature performances and interactive demonstrations from multiple groups including the Tucson Taiko drum group Odaiko Sonora, and others. |
| 03/29/2007-04/15/2007 |
A few members of the ensemble played preshow music for "The Good Woman of Setzuan", a play
put on by The Rogue Theatre in Tucson. We are excited
about this opportunity to play. It looks to be
a great time to introduce people to Chinese Traditional music.
It was an interesting 12 shows that we performed for. The intent of our preshow music was to provide background music and to set the mood of being in China for the play. We interacted with the audience, introducing the songs as well as instruments to them. We also talked about how music has traditionally been consumed in China in Tea Houses with people talking and the performance not being the focus, but rather part of the ambiance of the tea house. So we encouraged them to continue talking with their friends and with the cast members while we played. You can find a few pictures in our gallery. Also, you can find video of us playing in our videos page. |
| 03/29/2007 |
Our ensemble has been invited to play an orchestrated version of Cai Yun Zhui Yue with the
Harp Fusion
harp group as part of their Cosmos Concert. The concert starts at 7:30pm at Crowder Hall, School of Music at
the University of Arizona. The flyer with more information can be found here.
The performance went really well. I think the arrangement of Cai Yun Zhui Yue that Jennifer did for Harp and Chinese ensemble was very well done. She left the focus on the Chinese ensemble, with the harps somewhat in the background. Combined with having us in front of the harps, it all came together very nicely. You can find a few pictures in our gallery. |
| 03/27/2007 | Performance at the Tucson Botanical gardens for an event with the Cultural Exchange Council and the Sino Grace Dance Troupe. The event starts at 6:30 pm. The Tucson Botanical gardens are at 2150 N. Alvernon. |
| 03/03/2007 |
The Southern Arizona Families with Children from China
is having a Chinese New Year/Lantern Festival event at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center.
They've asked us to play for their kids to help give them a taste of Chinese culture and music. As
we always enjoy sharing Chinese music with anyone interested in hearing us, we are very excited to
be there.
Pictures of the event |
| 02/24/2007 |
The Chinese Student Association of the University of Arizona is having their Chinese
New Year party at around 6pm at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center. They have asked
us to play as part of their entertainment.
Pictures of the event |
| 02/17/2007 |
We are playing at 17th Street Farmer's Market
for Chinese New Year! This time, the Sino Grace Dance Troupe will also be there and dancing.
This new year will be the year of the Golden Pig.
Performance 12:00pm - 2:00pm. (810 East 17th Street, Tucson Arizona)
Then in the evening we will be performing at the
Tucson Chinese Cultural Center as part of their
Chinese New Year Celebration and Fundraiser. Time: 7:00-8:30 pm (1288 West River Road,
Tucson, Arizona)
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| 02/09/2007 |
The East Asian Studies Department at the University of Arizona had a Chinese New Year
party/celebration for their students and invited us to come and play for them. For many
students just starting to learn Chinese, this was the first time they ever came into
contact with Chinese traditional instruments. One student from China said, "This is so
weird. Weird but cool."
Pictures of the party |
| 02/03/2007 |
We will be playing at 2:00 pm at the
Tucson Children's Museum
Chinese New Year Celebration. The Children's Museum will have all sorts of
Chinese related activites for kids to learn about. Time: 2:00 pm (200 South 6th Avenue,
Tucson, Arizona)
Pictures of the event |
| 12/18/2006 | New instruments ordered for the club! We decided to use some of the club money to purchase some new instruments for the club. We bought a Pipa, Sheng, and Erhu for use by club members. These instruments were ordered from eChinaville, an eBay store that is based in China. So look for these instruments to show up in our upcoming performances in 2007. |
| 12/10/2006 | Performance for a private party with a small subset of the Music Club. This performance was for a dinner party. We brought a Gu Qin, Di Zi, Yang Qin, and Erhu, and played several songs. We interacted a lot with the guests answering questions about Chinese music and helping them understand the origins and related aspects of Chinese music. |
| 12/02/2006 |
Performance for the Academic Decathalon students at Canyon Del Oro High School at 2:30-3:00pm. These
students have been studying about China and all aspects of its culture, history, and society.
Pictures After we finished playing, many of the students came up on stage and mobbed each of the players. They had all sorts of questions about the instruments. Previously, they had been studying the instruments only from pictures in books and the internet. They seemed to really enjoy being able to get up close and see the instruments in person. |
| 11/19/2006 |
Quick performance before Ma Li's solo performance with the Tucson Symphony.
She is playing in the "Legends and Heroes" concert. (Tucson Music Hall
260 South Church, Tucson Arizona) We will be playing from 12:45 to 1:45 before the Tucson Symphony concert.
Pictures We were well received by the Symphony patrons at each performance. It was a great opportunity to share Chinese music with the people from Tucson. Many of them had never heard Chinese traditional music before. We gave out flyers with information about each of the instruments we were playing. People were especially interested in the Chinese musical notation, as well as the different aspects of each of the instruments that we were playing. It seemed like people especially enjoyed being able to get up close and see the instruments that were making the music they heard. |
| 11/18/2006 |
17th Street Farmer's Market
Performance 12:00pm - 2:00pm. (810 East 17th Street, Tucson Arizona)
Pictures |
| 11/17/2006 |
Quick performance before Ma Li's solo performance with the Tucson Symphony.
She is playing in the "Legends and Heroes" concert. (Tucson Music Hall
260 South Church, Tucson Arizona) We will be playing at 6:45 to 7:45 before the Tucson Symphony concert.
Pictures |
| 11/16/2006 | Quick performance before Ma Li's solo performance with the Tucson Symphony. She is playing in the "Legends and Heroes" concert. (Tucson Music Hall 260 South Church, Tucson Arizona) We will be playing at 6:45 to 7:45 before the Tucson Symphony concert. |
| 11/15/2006 | Performance for Julie's East Asian languages and cultures class in Holsclaw hall at the University of Arizona. There were about 140 students taking this General Education Class at the University of Arizona who came to the performance and talk about Chinese Silk and Bamboo music. |
| 11/13/2006 | Reception for Ma Li (www.chineseguzheng.net) at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center. Music club members will be in different rooms of the center so that we can talk with people about our different instruments. (1288 West River Road, Tucson Arizona) at 5:00 pm |
| 11/05/2006 | Performance of several songs interspersed within the Unitarian Church service. They were having a service that centered around China and things Chinese. |
| 10/14/2006 |
Performance at Tucson Meet Yourself
Downtown Tucson at El Presidio Park, between the Old County Courthouse and City Hall. Performing for
20 minutes at 3pm on the main stage.
Pictures |
| 10/08/2006 |
Performance at Tucson Botanical Gardens
2150 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ from 4:45-5:30 pm for the opening of their new Japanese Gardens.
Pictures |
| 10/06/2006 |
Performance at the Tucson Chinese
Cultural Center for the Chinese Mid Autumn Festival.
(1288 West River Road, Tucson Arizona) at 7:30-8:00 pm Pictures |
| 06/27/2006 | Performance at the Tucson Botanical Gardens Pictures |
| 04/29/2006 | Performance at Satori School Culture Auction. Satori School at 5:00 pm Pictures |
| 04/15/2006 | Performance at 17th Street Farmer's Market. Lot's of people attended due to the newspaper article published earlier in the week. Pictures |
| 04/13/2006 | Newspaper story about the Summer Thunder Music Club in the Arizona Daily Star. Story |
| 02/04/2006 | Performance at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center for the Chinese New Year. Pictures |
| 01/21/2006 | First performance at 17th Street Farmer's Market. Pictures |
| 10/23/2005 | Club Members got to go see the 12 Girls Band in concert at Centennial Hall. Pic |
| 10/15/2005 | Summer Thunder Asian Music Club first meeting: Pictures |
