Asian Heritage Month Gala Performance – May 21, 2015

Dr. Neville Poy and The Honourable Dr. Vivienne Poy on “Photographic Images of Magnificent Mongolia”

Keynote Address and Performance:

Professor Chan Ka Nin, composer of IRON ROAD, on “A Rare Instrument from China: KongHou 箜篌”

Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015

Time: 7:00 pm. Please be seated by 6:45 pm.

Venue: Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto

Map at http://www.utoronto.ca/townhall/contact.html

RECEPTION FOLLOWS

Description: Focusing on the theme “SILK ROADS II – MONGOLIA”, the evening will begin with the featured presentation: “PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF MAGNIFICENT MONGOLIA” by Dr. Neville Poy and The Honourable Dr. Vivienne Poy. Then the performance section will commence with Professor Chan Ka Nin’s keynote talk and performance on “A Rare Instrument from China: KongHou 箜篌.”  This includes an introduction of this instrument and a performance by Liu Xuanyi.  Yvonne Ng, Dora Award winning choreographer and dancer, and her tiger princess dance projects will present the contemporary dance “Magnetic Fields.”  There will be presentations of exotic music along the Silk Road, such as that by award-winning flutist and composer Ron Korb (龍笛), Middle Eastern Music by Yiannis on three different Instruments: Bouzouki, Oud and Saz, and Mongolian Dances for the Grand Feast Event by Chi‐Ping Dance Group & dancers of Chinese Collective Arts Association.

 Opening Address:  Mr. Justin Poy, Honorary Patron, Asian Heritage Month‐‐CFACI

Keynote and Performance:

“A RARE INSTRUMENT FROM CHINA: KONGHOU 箜篌”

by Professor Chan Ka Nin

KONGHOU PERFORMANCE by Liu Xuanyi

Kimberly Chin, choreographer & dancer

Alice Ho, piano

MUSIC ON FLUTES

By Ron Korb (龍笛)

Alice Ho, piano

Chan Ka Nin, Guitar

“MAGNETIC FIELDS” (AN EXCERPT) – CONTEMPORARY DANCE

by Yvonne Ng and tiger princess dance projects

MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC ON 3 DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS: BOUZOUKI, OUD AND SAZ

by Yiannis Kapoulas

with keyboardist, percussionist and vocalist

TRADITIONAL DANCE: MONGOLIAN GRAND FEAST

by Chi‐Ping Dance Group & dancers of Chinese Collective Arts Association

LAUNCH |  REVAMPED VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN CANADIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE (VMACCH)

RECEPTION FOLLOWS

 Co-organizers:

Asian Heritage Month—Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc., ORBIS, Bata Shoe Museum; Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University; Canadian Studies Program, University College, University of Toronto; Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library, Social Services Network, Acqua Technologies Inc.

Asian Heritage Month Festival is partially funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council