22 May 2018 | 7:00 p.m. | Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto
Event Poster | Bios of presenters
Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists
Master of ceremony: Vania Chan
Opening Address: Mr. Justin Poy, Honourary Patron, Asian Heritage Month-CFACI
Golden Fish from the Monkiest King
By Alice Ping Yee Ho | Text by Marjorie Chan
Vania Chan, soprano | Teresa Suen-Campbell, harp
Alice Ping Yee Ho’s New Opera with Canadian Children’s Opera The Monkiest King will open on 26 May 2018. We are honoured to have a beautiful preview of this new opera.
Watch a video of Golden Fish, from The Monkiest King
Journey to the West
Chi-Ping Dance Group | Dancers of Chinese Collective Arts Association
The Chinese Legend dance drama, Journey to the West, depicts the Monk Tang Sanzang with his disciples: Monkey King, Pigsy and Sand who travel through disasters, fight demons and overcome obstacles during their journey to the West. Finally, they are able to obtain the Buddhist Scriptures.
Four parts of this short dance drama:
1. Flower Valley—baby monkeys and Monkey King
2. Pigsy and Sand followed Tang as disciples to travel to the West.
3. Fight demons in Spider Cave
4. Finale
Watch the video for the Journey to the West performance | Part I, Part II
Canadian Fusion—Theme Song of the Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMACCH) by David Keane
Stephen Tam, flute | Teresa Suen-Campbell, harp | Alice Ho, piano | Chan Ka Nin, guitar
Watch the video of the Canadian Fusion performance
Showcase of Works from the Canada 150 Photography Workshops
Slideshow prepared by Philip Chan and Linda Lai
“from line” by Daryl Jamieson | Stephen Tam, flute | Teresa Suen-Campbell, harp | Alice Ping Yee Ho, piano | Chan Ka Nin, guitar
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Past and Present
By Chan Ka Nin
Mushtari Afroz, dancer | Aba Amuquandoh, theatre actor | Vania Chan, soprano | Stephen Tam, flute | Teresa Suen-Campbell, harp | Alice Ho, piano | Chan Ka Nin, guitar | text by Mark Brownell
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Ten Ten Duo (Japanese music)
Kiyoshi Nagata, taiko | Aki Takahashi, shamisen, vocal
Watch the video of the Ten Ten Duo’s presentation
Showcase from Works from Storytelling and Film Workshops
Video “Halloween PSA” by “Samantha’s Group”
Poem by Erma Pandeling
“Haru no Umi” by Michio Miyagi, arranged by Josef Molnar
Teresa Suen-Campbell, harp | Stephen Tam, flute
Facilitators | Lien Chao, Arlene Chan
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Emerged: যখন বসন্ত এলো
A Kathak Band | Celebration of Spring by Mushtari Afroz
Concept, choreography and dance | Mushtari Afroz
Music | Shirshendu Mukherjee, Hindustani vocal | Ahilan Kathirgamathamby, tabla | Swathika Anandan, graphic design | Dewan Karim & John Martin, audio/video
Video—Introduction by Mustari Afroz
Watch a video of Mustari Afroz’s dance
Reception Follows
Photographs by Tam Kam Chiu, Chinese Canadian Photographic Society of Toronto, and Stephen Siu
Co-organizers:
Asian Heritage Month—Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc.; Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University; Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library; York Centre for Asian Research, York University; Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; Social Services Network
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,, and supported by Toronto Arts Council with funding from the City of Toronto
Acknowledgements:
Mr. Justin Poy for sponsoring the Reception
Steinway Piano sponsored by Steinway Piano Gallery, Toronto