MURFREESBORO — Award-winning
artists from China’s most prestigious musical institutions will entertain this
month in Murfreesboro.
The Confucius Institute of MTSU and MTSU’s Center for
Chinese Music and Culture will present a free concert featuring performers from
Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 17, in Tucker
Theatre on campus. A printable parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap.
“The Central Conservatory
is considered the most prestigious musical educational institution in China,”
said Mei Han, center director and associate professor in the MTSU School of
Music.
Imperial court music
and contemporary compositions are part of the program, as well as Beijing Opera
selections by renowned actors who have performed around the world.
The concert
commemorates the opening of MTSU’s new Center for Chinese Music and Culture.
Located at 503 Bell St. in Murfreesboro, the Center is the “first and only
Chinese music center in North America,” said Han.
The center has an
impressive collection of Chinese musical instruments, including the first set
of replica bronze chime bells of the Marquis Yi of the Chinese state of Zeng.
The originals date back to 433 BCE (Before the Common Era).
The concert is free and open to the public. For more
information, contact Han at 615-898-5718 or mei.han@mtsu.edu.
To learn more about the Center for Chinese Music and Culture, go to
www.mtsu.edu/ccmc/.
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