Ashley Dacey
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Pi Pa
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Ashley is a senior nursing major from Scottsdale, Arizona. She originally used to play
the cello and still does as a hobby. After graduating in December 2009, she plans to do
travel nursing. She is extremely interested in East Asian culture, foreign languages,
and especially the arts. Joined 1/15/2007.
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Yi Chen
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Singer, Yang Qin
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Yi is a wonderful singer and brings much authenticity to the songs she sings as she
studied Chinese literature in China before coming to the United States. She is currently
getting her Master's degree in Linguistics and Chinese at the University of Arizona.
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Jennifer Kubecka
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Erhu
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Her interest in Chinese music started after a tour to China with HarpFusion. Jennifer
is currently working on her Master’s degree in library sciences as well as a Master’s degree in harp
performance at the University of Arizona. She studies erhu under Andrew Wilt. Joined 10/10/2005.
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Yunchi Lee
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Di Zi
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Chenshuo Lu
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Er Hu
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Nan Lan
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Yang Qin
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Nan is a former Professor of Chinese and Foreign Literature in China. As a child she studied
the erhu, but switched to the yangqin which she has played for many years. Nan has performed on
the yangqin many times in China. In her spare time she also plays the piano. Joined 04/14/2008
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Ting-Hui Lee
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Gu Zheng
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Ting-Hui began studying the Gu Zheng in 2002. You can visit her homepage
at NOAO for more
information. Joined 8/23/2006.
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Liu
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Er Hu
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Liu had alsways wanted to learn the Erhu and being in the group gave him a chance to start down that path.
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Ma Yan
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Gu Zheng
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Ma Yan studied fine art in China, and began to study the Gu Zheng as an adult. She is mostly self-taught
but occasionally grabs a lesson when a teacher is around. Joined 10/15/2005.
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Daniel Morrow
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Shaku hachi, Dizi, Percussion
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Daniel is a man of many talents. He sometimes fills in
on percussion for various songs. He is a student at the University of Arizona and plays
the clarinet.
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Ning Hongmei
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Xiao
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Hongmei was one of the original club members. She played the Xiao beautifully and the group
strongly felt her loss when she and her husband moved to Boise, Idaho.
Joined 10/10/2005.
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Peng Mei
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Erhu
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Peng Mei studied Erhu in China. He joined the Asian Music Club while his parents worked for the
University of Arizona during 2005-2006. At the age of 12, he held the record for the
youngest member of the music club. Joined 01/15/2005.
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Shuxi Qiao
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Gu Zheng
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Martin Reinhold
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Dizi
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Originally from Germany, being an exchange student the first year, now decided to do his
Master's degree in trumpet performance, was physically forced into the group by a crazy globetrotter named
Paul Amiel he met in the music department ;)
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Li Schmidt
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Singer
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Li has always enjoyed singing karaoke and Chinese songs after being born and had
lived in China for 22 years. She is a family doctor working in a non-profit El
Pueblo Health Center, now an El Rio Clinic, and a firm believer that music helps
relax and promotes health.
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David Shaul
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Er Hu, Koto
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David participated in the previous Asian Music Club at the University of Arizona in 1999. He is an
accomplished harp player.
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Sarah Stephenson
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Erhu
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Sarah developed a love for Chinese culture when she started to learn Tai Ji Chuan
in 1989 and from there started to study Chinese history and other aspects of the
Chinese culture including on-going study of the Chinese language. She also went to
school to become a certified and licensed acupuncturist. On her second trip to
Chengdu, China she acquired an Er Hu and upon joining Summer Thunder in the autumn
of 2005 has been learning how to play Er Hu under the tutelage of Andrew Wilt.
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Mike Torres
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Singer
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Mike has always had a special interest in Chinese songs. He has been studying with
various teachers for over eight years. He sings the Chinese lyrics with excellent
pronunciation, which is especially surprising since he doesn't speak or understand
Chinese.
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Mingming Amy Wang
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Dizi, HuLuSi
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Amy is 7 year old and in 2nd grade. Amy started to
learn Dizi when she was in China attending first
grade. She learned to play Hu Lu Si as well. She
loves to play music in the Asian Music Club.
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Brittany Wellner
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Erhu
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She is a PhD Candidate in Chinese Studies. She previously played violin
for a number of years. She loves Chinese traditional music, poetry, and folklore.
She has just begun to learn to play the Erhu. Joined 1/30/2007.
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Jiang Wu
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Di Zi
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Jiang became interested in playing Dizi when he was a graduate student of
Chinese philosophy in Nankai University. After coming to United States
in 1996, he only practiced occasionally without much guidance. He picked
up this hobby again recently after living in Tucson for six years.
Dizi fits nicely in my world of teaching and research as it conveys
the transcendent spirit of Chinese culture.
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Wei Yuan
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Gu Zheng
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Wei Yuan studied Gu Zheng at Shen Yang Music College. She now lives in Tucson
with her husband.
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Yang Yang
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Mu Yu, Shuang Yin Tong, Xiao Luo, Peng Ling
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She is a PhD student in the East Asian Studies department at U of A. She is a Chinese traditional
dance major when she was in normal college and a drummer at the school band when she was in
elementary school. She loves dancing, drumming, and singing Huangmei Opera, a local opera of her
hometown--Anhui. She has also taken courses in classic piano, African dance and drum at Ohio
University.
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Clara Zhang
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Gu Zheng
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