Dear ACTOR members, 

For the past four months, Lena Heng and I have been organizing meetings of an ACTOR workgroup focusing on Chinese and East Asian music. Our meetings so far have included discussions and presentations on Chinese music theory, the contemporary Chinese orchestra, and analysis of traditional music for Chinese instruments as well as new compositions by Jia Guoping and Guo Wenjing. And in an upcoming workgroup meeting (April 8, 13:00 EDT), we'll be welcoming Lei Liang (UCSD) to talk about his piece Tremors of a Memory Chord for piano and Chinese orchestra... if you'd like to attend, send me an email (robert.hasegawa[at]mcgill.ca) and I'll share the Zoom link!

We'd like to organize a meeting later this April to plan future workgroup sessions, research directions, and publications. If you'd like to get involved with the group, it's not too late to join: you can send me an email to be added to our workgroup list. Be sure to include your full name and your preferred email. Once we determine the time that works best, we'll get in touch with everyone who responded to the poll with a meeting date and time.

Best wishes,

Bob

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Robert Hasegawa

Associate Professor of Music Theory, WIlliam Dawson Scholar
Associate Project Director, ACTOR (Analysis, Creation and Teaching of Orchestration)

Schulich School of Music, McGill University