Annual Asian Heritage Month Concert | “Resilience In Our Time”

Schedule

Thu May 26 2022 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

Location

Innis Town Hall | Toronto, ON

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Annual Asian Heritage Month Concert with music from three Asian countries: Korea, India and China.
About this Event

ANNUAL ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH CONCERT | "RESILIENCE IN OUR TIME"

In-Person | Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto

FREE ADMISSION: Please register here at Eventbrite

Opening Remarks: Mr. Justin Poy, Honorary Patron, Asian Heritage Month-CFACI

Artistic Directors: Professor Chan Ka Nin, Alice Ping Yee Ho

Poster with Artists' Bios

AS PER UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MASK GUIDELINES, ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST WEAR A FACE MASK.

"Masks will continue to be required in indoor spaces where physical distancing cannot be maintained. The University continues to recommend the use of medical-grade masks where possible."


Message from the Artistic Directors Professor Chan Ka Nin and Alice Ping Yee Ho:

"The Annual Asian Heritage Month Concert will be on “Resilience in our time”. Welcome back to a live concert of Asian Heritage Month after an intermission for two years due to the pandemic. Citizens of the world had shown resilience to these trying times, and just as we are about to recover, we learn of resilience of the Ukrainian people to the war. Music from three Asian countries: Korea, India and China, are featured together with Music from Ukraine as a gesture of community compassion and support."


Program:

Masters of Ceremony: Vania Chan and Derek Kwan

I. Musiscus Bortnianskii (Ukrainian Choir)

1. O Great God (Hymn from Ukraine)

Music: Mykola Lysenko; arr. by Oleksandr Koshyts

2. Grant Me My Freedom

Music: Chan Ka Nin; Text: Mark Brownell

Gisele Kulak, soprano; Doug MacNaughton, baritone; Nelson Lohnes, bass

Myron Maksymiw, conductor ; Alice Ho, piano


II. Haneum (Korean Music ensemble)

1. Forest (숲) by 황병기 by Byungki Hwang

2. First Step by Roa Lee

Roa Lee, gayageum; Jay Yoo, guitar


III. Colors of Spring, or ‘Holi’ (Music from India)

Shirshendu Mukherjee, tenor; Ravi Naimpally, table; Vibhas Vatve, harmonium


IV. Duet

1. Arirang (Korean Folk Song)

2. Dahil Sayo (Filipino song) by Miguel Velarde Jr.

Vania Chan, soprano; Derek Kwan, tenor; Alice Ho, piano


V. Chinese Music by Spire (Chinese music ensemble)

1. Golden Snake Dance Folk Song from Jiangsu

2. Yiruma Meets Chopin. Arr. Victor Tat

3. Red Tango. Arr. Wendy Zhou

Wendy Zhou, Pipa; Bobby Ho, Chinese Drums; Perry Ho, Violin; Ken Yang, Keyboard/Piano


Co-Organizers: Asian Heritage Month—Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc.; Toronto Public Library; York Centre for Asian Research, York University; Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto; York University; Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto; Chinese Canadian Photography Society of Toronto; WE Artists' Group; Social Services Network; Cambridge Food and Wine Society

Asian Heritage Month Festival is partially funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Asian Canadian Artists in Digital Age is funded by Canada Council for the Arts Digital Strategy Fund


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Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, Canada

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Asian Heritage Month-Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc.

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