Chao Tian & Tom Teasley
Chao Tian is a master of the Chinese hammered dulcimer, as well as a sound designer and visual artist. Her creative interests include synesthesia in cross-disciplinary collaboration; interplay between visual art and music; applying Chinese musical vocabulary and philosophy to improvisation; and the use of music in conflict resolution and healing. She enjoys working across creative genres and creating multidimensional experiences for audiences. Chao…
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Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2022
Film, Video
Conversation with Chao Tian, Chinese Dulcimer Master
Chao Tian is a master of the Chinese hammered dulcimer, as well as a sound designer and visual artist. Her creative interests include synesthesia in cross-disciplinary collaboration; interplay between visual art and music; applying Chinese musical vocabulary and philosophy to improvisation; and the use of music in conflict resolution and healing. She enjoys working across creative genres and creating multidimensional experiences for audiences. Chao…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2022
Blog
Homegrown Plus Premiere: Chinese Hammered Dulcimer with Chao Tian
We're continuing the Homegrown Plus Premiere series with Chao Tian, a master of the yángqÃn, or Chinese hammered dulcimer, as well as a sound designer and visual artist. For her concert, Chao Tian is joined by Tom Teasley, a multidimensional percussionist, performer, and composer. As is usual for the series, this blog post includes an embedded concert video, an interview video, and a set…
Contributor:
Winick, Stephen
Date:2022-06-22
Film, Video
Conversation with Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer and Chao Tian
Grammy-winning American Roots artists Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer join with Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player Chao Tian discuss their music, which combines music from China to Appalachia and beyond. Instrumentation includes yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer), gourd banjo, five-string banjo, ukulele, guitars, dumbek, cello-banjo and mandolin.
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2023
Film, Video
From China To Appalachia: Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian
Grammy Award winning American Roots artists Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer join with Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player Chao Tian in a show that combines music from China to Appalachia and beyond. Instrumentation includes yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer), gourd banjo, five-string banjo, ukulele, guitars, dumbek, cello-banjo and mandolin. The group's repertoire includes traditional Chinese and Appalachian music as well as contemporary and traditional music…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2023
Blog
Homegrown Plus: From China to Appalachia with Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, and Chao Tian
Welcome back to Homegrown Plus! We're continuing the series with a concert and interview featuring Grammy Award winning American Roots artists Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer together with accomplished Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player Chao Tian. The trio's repertoire includes traditional Chinese and Appalachian music as well as contemporary and traditional music from around the world. They use instruments that include yangqin (Chinese hammered…
Contributor:
Winick, Stephen
Date:2024-01-10
Film, Video
Kitchen Girl" and "Polka in G (Lady of the Lake)"
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic recordings of traditional folk music. Artists were asked to put their own spin on these archival treasures, and to perform them at a special showcase during the Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City, Missouri in 2023. The showcase was recorded for this…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2023
Film, Video
Folklife Archives Challenge Concert 2019
For this edition of its Archives Challenges series, the American Folklife Center has invited several distinguished artists to dig into its archives and put their own creative stamps on the songs they find here. Established at the Library in 1928, the Archive of Folk Culture contains everything from the first wax cylinder recordings of Native American song, to John and Alan Lomax's pioneering disc-era…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2019
Film, Video
Contemporary Significance of Confucianism: Morning Session
Is a philosophical system born in China 2,500 years ago still relevant in the 21st century? A panel of scholars attempted to answer this question in a symposium titled "The Contemporary Significance of Confucianism" Sponsored jointly by the Library of Congress and the University of Maryland, the conference included remarks by Hwa-Wei Lee, director of the Library's Asian Division; Chuan-sheng Liu, director of the…
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Library of Congress. Asian Division - Library of Congress
Film, VideoChao Tian & Tom Teasley Chao Tian is a master of the Chinese hammered dulcimer, as well as a sound designer and visual artist. Her creative interests include synesthesia in cross-disciplinary collaboration; interplay between visual art and music; applying Chinese musical vocabulary and philosophy to improvisation; and the use of music in conflict resolution and healing. She enjoys working across creative genres and creating multidimensional experiences for audiences. Chao…
Film, VideoConversation with Chao Tian, Chinese Dulcimer Master Chao Tian is a master of the Chinese hammered dulcimer, as well as a sound designer and visual artist. Her creative interests include synesthesia in cross-disciplinary collaboration; interplay between visual art and music; applying Chinese musical vocabulary and philosophy to improvisation; and the use of music in conflict resolution and healing. She enjoys working across creative genres and creating multidimensional experiences for audiences. Chao…
BlogHomegrown Plus Premiere: Chinese Hammered Dulcimer with Chao Tian We're continuing the Homegrown Plus Premiere series with Chao Tian, a master of the yángqÃn, or Chinese hammered dulcimer, as well as a sound designer and visual artist. For her concert, Chao Tian is joined by Tom Teasley, a multidimensional percussionist, performer, and composer. As is usual for the series, this blog post includes an embedded concert video, an interview video, and a set…
Film, VideoConversation with Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer and Chao Tian Grammy-winning American Roots artists Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer join with Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player Chao Tian discuss their music, which combines music from China to Appalachia and beyond. Instrumentation includes yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer), gourd banjo, five-string banjo, ukulele, guitars, dumbek, cello-banjo and mandolin.
Film, VideoFrom China To Appalachia: Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian Grammy Award winning American Roots artists Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer join with Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player Chao Tian in a show that combines music from China to Appalachia and beyond. Instrumentation includes yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer), gourd banjo, five-string banjo, ukulele, guitars, dumbek, cello-banjo and mandolin. The group's repertoire includes traditional Chinese and Appalachian music as well as contemporary and traditional music…
BlogHomegrown Plus: From China to Appalachia with Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, and Chao Tian Welcome back to Homegrown Plus! We're continuing the series with a concert and interview featuring Grammy Award winning American Roots artists Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer together with accomplished Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player Chao Tian. The trio's repertoire includes traditional Chinese and Appalachian music as well as contemporary and traditional music from around the world. They use instruments that include yangqin (Chinese hammered…
Film, VideoKitchen Girl" and "Polka in G (Lady of the Lake)" The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic recordings of traditional folk music. Artists were asked to put their own spin on these archival treasures, and to perform them at a special showcase during the Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City, Missouri in 2023. The showcase was recorded for this…
Film, VideoFolklife Archives Challenge Concert 2019 For this edition of its Archives Challenges series, the American Folklife Center has invited several distinguished artists to dig into its archives and put their own creative stamps on the songs they find here. Established at the Library in 1928, the Archive of Folk Culture contains everything from the first wax cylinder recordings of Native American song, to John and Alan Lomax's pioneering disc-era…
Film, VideoContemporary Significance of Confucianism: Morning Session Is a philosophical system born in China 2,500 years ago still relevant in the 21st century? A panel of scholars attempted to answer this question in a symposium titled "The Contemporary Significance of Confucianism" Sponsored jointly by the Library of Congress and the University of Maryland, the conference included remarks by Hwa-Wei Lee, director of the Library's Asian Division; Chuan-sheng Liu, director of the…