HIGHLIGHTS
Like many arts organizations, we are facing a very challenging funding environment. Any donation is much appreciated! Click here to go to our donations page, or learn about a fun way to become a backer of this year's QiXi production by clicking on the QiXi image below!
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Enter our Drawing to Win!Round trip Main Cabin Air Transportation to Shanghai or Beijing for two, courtesy of American Airlines will be raffled at the Qi Xi After Party. You do not need to be present to win! Raffle tickets are just $10 each or 3/$25 and can be purchased at our online store or by calling 312-369-3197.
Free Registration ending on July 31!
CFAS is pleased to announce its Third International Music Composition Competition, “Migratory Journeys.” Prizes will be awarded to composers who create new works inspired by the wandering, resettling, and emigration of Chinese diaspora population through the world. First prize Professional division: $3500, Student division: $500. Click here for links to information and competition guidelines and to register. After free registration ends on July 31, a $25 registration fee will apply.
QiXi: A Chinese Love Story
We are honored that Millennium Park has asked CFAS to reprise QiXi: A Chinese Love Story, our traveling performance which made its debut in July, 2009. This year's performance will be presented August 22, 2010 at 2:30 pm, beginning at Cloud Gate. Adler Planetarium will present companion programming for this year's event. Read more...
Music Festival in Honor of Confucius
This is our annual music performance competition open to young classical musicians of all cultural backgrounds from the greater Chicago area. The 2010 MFHC will be take place at Sherwood Community Music School at Columbia College Chicago on October 24, 2010. The new repertoire listing is here!
The Chinese Fine Arts Society (CFAS) was founded in 1984 as a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to the education and promotion of the Chinese cultural arts.
Qi Xi Musical Highlights
Here are some musical highlights from the Chinese Fine Arts Society’s China Spectacle: QiXi, which was held in Millennium Park on July 19, 2009.
01 Violin Preludes to Acts 1-4
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02 Act 1 – Jade Emperor and Empress Peking Opera
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03 Act 1 – Thousand Buddha Dance
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04 Act 1 – Peach Fairy Dance
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05 Act 1 – Seven Sisters Dance
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06 Act 2 – Jade Emperor and Empress Peking Opera
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07 Act 2 – Lotus Dance / Cloud and Water Dance
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08 Act 2 – Niulang and Zhinu’s Love Story
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09 Act 3 – Jade Emperor and Empress, Soldiers, Niulang and Zhinu’s Separation, Creation of Milky Way
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10 Act 4 – Jade Emperor and Empress Peking Opera
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11 Act 4 – Sorrow of Zhinu, Sympathy of Jade Emperor, Magpie Bridge, Reunion
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