A Moving Sound

Pre-registration is heavily encouraged due to a 300-seat capacity in the auditorium. Tickets are $6 in advance (choose your seats). Remaining tickets are free at the door, beginning at 6:00 p.m. on the day of the concert, based on first come avaialbility.

Fusing traditional Taiwanese influences with a global sensibility, award winning ensemble A Moving Sound (Sheng Don聲動), built a worldwide following through their joyous mix of original music and dance. Featuringthe distinctive timbres of the erhu (fiddle) and zhong ruan (lute), and the transcendent vocals of Mia Hsieh, AMoving Sound has devised a unique and compelling style that is all their own–a Taiwanesewhirlwind thatveers between the meditative and the exuberant with irrepressible spirit.

A Moving Soundis co-directed byMia Hsieh (vocals, dance)andScott Prairie(zhong ruan, bass guitar). Theyare joined in the ensemble bySho-u Ray (erhu), Chih-Ling Chen (zhong ruan),andYu-Hsin Chen(percussion).Mia Hsiehdraws creative inspiration from her roots in Asian culture as well as an assimilation of experimentaland improvisational art forms. Her vocal influences range from ethnic to experimental music. For many of thecompositions she performs using her own created language; chanting, speaking and singing with a deepemotion that reaches beyond words. In other pieces she reinterprets ancient dialectsand creates theatricallandscapes for her vocals and dance.

This performance is part of the Bill and Mary Meyer Concert Series.

Photography credit to Magdelena Frackowiak, courtesy of Bernstein Arts.

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