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Film, Video From China To Appalachia: Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian

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Title

  • From China To Appalachia: Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian

Summary

  • 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 from around the world. Unusual combinations create new arrangements of old music. Cathy and Marcy join Chao in singing Chinese songs, and Chao easily adds her love of American Old-Time music to fiddle tunes and songs.

    "From China to Appalachia" was borne of a friendship and mutual love of musical exploration experienced in jam sessions that inspired a show speaking to the power of music to connect cultures. The trio's inaugural performances include the Music Center at Strathmore (North Bethesda MD) and the Ashe Civic Center (Ashe County NC). On their own, these awesome artists have performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, the Smithsonian Institution and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as on PBS and National Public Radio.

Event Date

  • May 03, 2023

Running Time

  • 1 hours 9 minutes 21 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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