<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_9237" style=""><b class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_10069" style="">Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble</b></div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_10070" style="">克里夫蘭民族樂團</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_10071" style="">presents</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_10072" style="">"Ten Cups of Wine":</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yqtfd62254" style=""><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_10073" style="">A concert for the Chinese New Year</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_10074" style="">新年音樂會《十杯酒》</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_10075" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_10076" style="">2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 15, 2015</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3794" style="">Hudson Library & Historical Society</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3837" style="">96 Library Street</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_10077" style="">Hudson, Ohio</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3853" style="">Free</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_10078" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3887" style="">The <b class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_10079" style="">Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble</b>, Northeast Ohio's traditional Chinese orchestra, returns to the Hudson Library for a varied program of festive music in celebration of the Chinese New Year (the Year of the Sheep).</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3793" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3865" style="">The program, entitled "Ten Cups of Wine," is offered as a toast to the Library, in congratulation of its tenth anniversary in its new building. It will feature several new instrumental and vocal pieces including a Manchu lullaby and an erhu solo imitating the sounds of birds. The ensemble will be joined by special guest vocalist <b class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_10080" style="">Sandra Emmeline</b> (of the Akron-based band Sancat) for several numbers.</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yqtfd99661" style=""><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3854" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3836" style="">The ensemble will perform on an assortment of traditional Chinese musical instruments including <i class="" style="">dizi</i> and <i class="" style="">xiao</i> (bamboo flutes), <i class="" style="">sheng</i> (mouth organ), <i class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422883974499_11588">suona</i> (oboe), <i class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422822007039_3735" style="">erhu</i> (fiddle), <i class="" style="">gaohu</i> (Cantonese fiddle), <i class="" style="">yehu</i> (coconut fiddle), <i class="" style="">sihu</i> (4-stringed fiddle), <i class="" style="">dahu</i> (bass fiddle), <i class="" style="">pipa</i> (pear-shaped lute), <i class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422535599461_4083" style="">yueqin</i> (moon lute), gongs, drums, and other percussion.</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3810" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3811" style="">Program:</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3812" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3813" style="">● Ten Cups of Wine (Shi Bei Jiu, 十杯酒)</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3814" style="">● Medley of Folk Songs (Min Ge Lianzou, 民歌联奏)</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3815" style="">● Childhood Sweethearts (Qing Mei Zhu Ma, 青梅竹马)</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422535599461_7970" style="">● Thunder in the Drought (Han Tian Lei, 旱天雷)</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3888" style="">● Erhu solo: Birds Singing in the Deserted Mountain (Kong Shan Niao Yu, 空山鸟语) - featuring Chee-Hang See, erhu</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3816" style="">● Purple Bamboo Melody (Zi Zhu Diao, 紫竹调) - with Sandra Emmeline, voice</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3835" style="">● Merriment in a Peaceful Time (Yu Le Shengping, 娱乐升平)</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3817" style="">● Three Variations of "Plum Blossoms" (Mei Hua San Nong, 梅花三弄)</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3818" style="">● Manchu Lullaby (Bebu Mudan, 摇篮曲) - with Sandra Emmeline, voice</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3819" style="">● Let Us Meet at the Ovoo (Aobao Xianghui, 敖包相会) - with Sandra Emmeline, voice</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3820" style="">● Wild Dance of the Golden Snake (Jin She Kuang Wu, 金蛇狂舞)</div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3821" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3869835279yui_3_16_0_1_1422382344590_3822" style="">The concert, which will be held in the library's rotunda, is free and open to the public and no tickets are required; 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