花开乐韵 Blooming Flowers, Joyous Harmony: ArcoStrum and NACYO

花开乐韵 Blooming Flowers. Joyous Harmony: featuring ArcoStrum and North America Chinese Youth Orchestra in Walnut Creek, CA

Date: May 3, 2025 2-4pm

Location: Rossmoor - Gateway Clubhouse Rossmoor

Come join us for an electrifying performance by the virtuosic and award-winning violin-guitar duo ArcoStrum! After launching their international career as the Winner and Audience Prize recipient of the prestigious 2023 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition in New York, ArcoStrum has recently had their sold-out Summer Tour 2025 in China, and their New York Spring Tour, which included their celebrated Merkin Hall debut. Get ready to be mesmerized by their unique blend of classical, traditional Chinese, and modern rock!

The program will also feature the the North America Chinese Youth Orchestra (NACYO), and ensembles by our young talented students.
The performance will be held at the Rossmoor Gateway Clubhouse (1001 Golden Rain Rd, Walnut Creek, CA 94595) on Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 2-4PM, so mark your calendars and bring your friends and family along to experience a night of unforgettable music and fun. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to experience the magic of ArcoStrum live!
This event is presented by the Asian-American Music Artists Alliance.
Asian-American Music Artists Alliance (AMAA) is a non-profit organization that offers music education through its North America Chinese Youth Orchestra (NACYO). EIN: 93-2416491
Your donations will be tax-deductible. Any donation will greatly appreciated, and will go directly towards supporting our program and making events like this possible for our community. To make a contribution, there will be a donation box on the day of the event, where you may write a check to "AMAA", or donate via cash or via Zelle to: [email protected]. Thank you for your generous support to our program!
About ArcoStrum
Lauded as a winner – and Audience Prize recipient – of the 2023 Concert Artists Guild (CAG) Victor Elmaleh Competition in New York and the first-ever violin-guitar duo to win the competition in its 70+ year history, ArcoStrum consists of three-time international First Prize-winning violinist Strauss Shi and TY Zhang, the Grand Prize winner of the Guitar Foundation of America-International Concert Artist Competition (GFA-ICAC).

Upcoming highlights of ArcoStrum’s 2024-2025 season include debuts at Merkin Hall, Krannert Center, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Howland Chamber Music Circle, Rancho La Puerta, and Harry Jacobs Chamber Music Society. Recent seasons have featured performances at Carnegie Hall Citywide, Strings Music Festival, Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts, Festival Cultural Zacatecas (Mexico), National Sawdust, Austin Chamber Music Festival, and Caramoor.

ArcoStrum captures the hearts of audiences through Strauss and TY’s charisma, dazzling virtuosity, and onstage chemistry. The duo champions unique concert programming through original transcriptions of beloved classical repertoire and traditional Chinese instrumental music infused with modern instrumentations, as well as virtuosic non-classical instrumental progressive rock. The group’s name is a portmanteau fusing a bowing technique for the violin and the motion used to create sound on a guitar.

TY and Strauss met at The Juilliard School and soon discovered their chemistry not only as friends but in music-making. ArcoStrum is committed to pushing boundaries and redefining the 21st-century violin-guitar art form, presenting a new chamber music that is mixed-genre, multi-cultural, and cross-era.

Host or Publisher Asian-American Music Artists Alliance (AMAA)