Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Shanghai Jiaotong University Symphony Orchestra
UCLA & InterCulture Association present two time International Competition gold medal winner, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Symphony Orchestra & China's Acclaimed Conductor, Mr. Cao Peng.
When:
September 25, 2009 8:00pm to 12:00am
Tentative repertoire:
1. Opera: La Forza Del Destino (Verdi)
2. Night of the Torch Festival from 'Symphonic Poem of Yunnan’( Wang Xilin)
3. Violin Concerto “Butterfly Lover”
4.. Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (Franz Liszt)
5. Hunting on the Mountains (Peking opera)
6. Hundreds of Birds Worshipping the Phoenix
(Folk music from Shandong province, China)
7. Festival in Bagdad( Rimsky-Korsakov)
Established in 1896, SJTU has a long history of arts education. It has had its own symphonic orchestra since 1920s. Twice the winner of gold medals in the international band competition in 2001 and 2003, the Orchestra is under the direction of the world acclaimed director Cao Peng, former Chief Conductor of Shanghai Symphonic Orchestra before his retirement. The Orchestra has performed in many countries around the world, including Germany, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Japan and New Zealand. This will be their first visit to the United States.
Event Location & Parking:
Schoenberg Hall - 1100 Schoenberg Music Building
$10 in Lot 2 (corner of Hilgard Avenue and Westholme Avenue)
Cost:
Free & Open Seating
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Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.