Chinatown Arts Space is delighted to have been chosen as one of the twenty participants of New Music 20x12, an independent commissioning programme initiated by Jillian Barker and David Cohen, and delivered by PRS for Music Foundation in partnership with the BBC, The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and Sound and Music.

Click here to find out more about this programme and our involvement in it.

Download the new brochure produced by PRSF for New Music 20x12 (1.97mb PDF)

CHANGING THE FACE OF YOUR UNION-WORKSHOP FOR MINORITY ETHNIC MEMBERS

Unions should represent and speak for the full breadth of their membership and so it is crucial that diversity is attained within the membership at every level of representation and decision making.

The traditional path for both lay and full time trade union officials has been to start out as activists in their union’s local branch and then get elected to other roles within the union. Some eventually serve as leading lay activists while others may choose a career in the union as a full time official.


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Date: Sunday 25/3/2012, 2 pm - 4 pm.
(Please see file below for all details.)
Kathy Hall will perform the Kunqu opera scene,'In Pursuit of the Dream' from 'The Peony Pavilion', with the LJKOA Kunqu Ensemble. There will be English and Chinese surtitles. Then, with the aid of slides, Kathy will take you briefly through the history of Kunqu Opera, role types and special characteristics, and explain the differences between Jingju (Beijing/Peking Opera) and Kunqu opera. The session will end with a Kunqu singing and movements workshop for anyone interested.
This event is part of a series of 6 FREE lecture-demonstrations and workshops to celebrate the 10th Anniversay of LJKOA.

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Free Urban Youth Junk Drumming Workshop
Sunday 19th February 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm


Chinatown Arts Space (CAS) presents, in partnership with London Chinese Community Centre, an Urban Junk Drumming Workshop for young people of 11- 21 years old!


This workshop is part of CAS New Music 20x12: XX/XY project, a commission for the Cultural Olympiad composed by Liz Liew and Andy Leung.

Drumming Director Bernie Gardner will show you a new way of drumming - creative, spontaneous and fun - using urban junk such as pots, pan, and bins, plastic buckets, anything that can be hit to create a rhythm!

Participants will have the opportunity of being selected to perform, together with young composers and musicians, in the New Music 20x12: XX/XY public performances in summer 2012!

Anyone from 11-21 years old with East Asian and non East Asian backgrounds are welcome. No experience required.

For more details on registration, download the pdf flyer on the link below…



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British-Vietnamese pianist Tra Nguyen is giving a series of recitals to coincide with her CD release on Grand Piano Records (a new premium label of Naxos). "Moments Musicaux" explores some of the most intimate writings of 19th century piano literature in the Salon Culture inspired setting of the 1901 Arts Club.

When
Wednesday February 29, 2012 at 19:30
Where
1901 Arts Club, London
Tickets
£15, £12 concessions
Phone for tickets: 02076203055
Phone lines open: Monday to Friday: 9am to 5.30pm

Piano recital

Artists’ Pitches for the Chinese New Year Celebrations on Sunday 29th January 2012

2012 welcomes the auspicious Year of the Dragon and Sunday 29th January 2012 will see London celebrate in style with a one-day festival featuring a Dragon parade through the streets of Soho, performances on a spectacular stage in Trafalgar Square as well as the lion dances throughout the day in Chinatown.



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Virtuoso Chinese pianist Lang Lang will be celebrating his hero Franz Liszt’s 200th birthday with a one-off anniversary concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Charles Dutoit, and it will be broadcast live and as-live into cinemas throughout the UK, Ireland, mainland Europe and Asia on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 2pm (UK time).
In order to find out the nearest cinema broadcasting this exceptional event, visit www.xdcentertainment.com

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This Chinese cultural celebration will feature a sumptuous selection of artistic presentations. These will include screening of a short film about how different groups in the Chinese community celebrate the festival, Chinese music performed through collaboration between Chinese and Western musicians, Festival Poetry performed in Mandarin and English, Festival songs performed by leading Chinese vocalists (along with a local community choir) and a multimedia dance piece based on the myth upon which the Festival is based.

Audience members will also be treated to samples of the traditional festival MOON CAKES and Chinese tea.

‘Moonlight Reveries’ is funded by Liverpool Primary Care Trust, Arts Council England and Merseyside Police Authority, and is supported by Merseyside Dance Initiative, Confucius Institute, Hope Street Ltd.

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The mighty Rustic-- Anyone with a passing interest in the Beijing music scene will have no doubt come across the hair metal-loving, punk pathetique-referencing, stage-dominating threesome, and fallen in love with their outrageously enjoyable performances.” --- Time Out Beijing

This September, catch the outrageous rock band RUSTIC from China as they tour the UK!

London -- 229 The Venue -- 10 Sept.
Manchester -- Ruby Lounge -- 13 Sept.
Newcastle -- The Cluny -- 14 Sept.
Glasgow -- The Soundhaus -- 15 Sept.
Liverpool -- The Zanzibar -- 17 Sept.
Birmingham -- The Adam and Eve -- 18 Sept.





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Free Urban Junk Drumming Workshops
Friday 19th and Sunday 21st August 1.30-3.30pm

Chinatown Arts Space presents, in partnership with London Chinese Community Centre, the Urban Junk Drumming Workshops for East Asian young people of 11-18 years old. No experience required!

Junk Drumming Master Bernie Gardner will show you a new way of drumming - creative, spontaneous and fun - using urban junk such as water bottles, pots and bins, plastic buckets, and even stuff found in London Chinatown, e.g. oil tins, chopsticks, frying woks and pans…anything that can be hit to create a rhyme!

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