<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="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><span class="" style="">Here is some information about an upcoming concert of traditional Chinese music taking place in Kent, Ohio:</span></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><span class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><span class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425838069066_5102">**********************</span></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><b class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></b></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><b class="" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3878" style="">Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble</b><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" id="yiv3797663312yqtfd50756" style=""><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 15, 2015</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">Kent Free Library</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">312 West Main Street </div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">Kent, Ohio</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">Free</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">The <b class="" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3879" style="">Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble</b>, Northeast Ohio's traditional Chinese orchestra, returns to the Kent Free Library for a new program of music featuring solo and ensemble pieces from a variety of regions in China, as well as poetry and storytelling.</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">The ensemble will perform on an assortment of traditional Chinese musical instruments including <i class="" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425189850420_8788" style="">dizi</i> and <i class="" style="">xiao</i> (bamboo flutes), <i class="" style="">sheng</i> (mouth organ), <i class="" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_4427" style="">suona</i> (oboe), <i class="" 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="" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_4250" style="">pipa</i> (pear-shaped lute), <i class="" style="">yueqin</i> (moon lute), gongs, drums, and other percussion.</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">Program:</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">● Medley of Folk Songs (Min Ge Lianzou, 民歌联奏)</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">● Childhood Sweethearts (Qing Mei Zhu Ma, 青梅竹马)</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">● Thunder in the Drought (Han Tian Lei, 旱天雷)</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">● Poem: "The Deer Enclosure" (鹿柴) by Wang Wei</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" 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="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">● Poem: "Su Wu" (苏武) by Li Bai</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">● Su Wu Herding Sheep (Su Wu Muyang, 苏武牧羊) - featuring David Badagnani, voice</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">● Three Variations of "Plum Blossoms" (Mei Hua San Nong, 梅花三弄)</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">● Storytelling with music: The Rats Marry Off their Daughter (老鼠嫁女, Laoshu Jia Nü)</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">● Merriment in a Peaceful Time (Yu Le Shengping, 娱乐升平)</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">● Manchu Lullaby (Bebu Mudan, 摇篮曲)</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">● Let Us Meet at the Ovoo (Aobao Xianghui, 敖包相会)</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">● Wild Dance of the Golden Snake (Jin She Kuang Wu, 金蛇狂舞)</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">The concert, which will be held in the library's upstairs meeting room, is free and open to the public and no registration or tickets are required; arrive early for the best seats. The library requests that audience members stop at the second floor information desk 30 minutes prior to the concert for an event pass.</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">For more information, call (330) 673-4414 or visit <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3381" target="_blank" href="http://kentfreelibrary.org/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);">http://kentfreelibrary.org/</a></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">Facebook event page:</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3424" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/839485159426711" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);">https://www.facebook.com/events/839485159426711</a><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style="">Official site:</div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3536" target="_blank" href="http://kentfreelibrary.org/adults/upcoming-events/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);">http://kentfreelibrary.org/adults/upcoming-events/</a><br clear="none" class="" style=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3175" style=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="" id="yiv3797663312yui_3_16_0_1_1425186790102_3195" target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/l9awdq7" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);">http://tinyurl.com/l9awdq7</a></div></div></div></body></html>