Our program focuses on music heritage and culture connecting them to music of today. It’s called music in the round as it’s an acoustic set with the audience sitting around the musicians so they can see how the instruments are being played, etc.

Ms. Hong Shao is a professionally trained Chinese musician and music educator. She received her bachelor's degree in music education from the School of Music at the Harbin Normal University in Harbin, China. She does workshops and seminars on Chinese and Asian cultures for Kentucky students, teachers, and general audience. She offers pipa concerts to Kentucky audience and has appeared on TV and in local newspapers. She taught Chinese music at the University of Kentucky as a part-time instructor in the School of Music in the spring of 2002 and is currently the Patron Service Coordinator at the University of Kentucky's Singletary Center for the Arts. Ms. Hong Shao offered TIP residency programs about Chinese music at numerous schools across Kentucky and has trained and directed students for Chinese music and dance performance.

This is a FREE event and open to the public!