Cost: $10 for BHS members; $15 for non-members

Bayside Historical Society welcomes guzheng artist Wei Sun to The Castle ballroom for a serenely beautiful performance of the guzheng, a traditional Chinese multi-stringed instrument with 2500 years of history. This live concert will also feature piano accompaniment by Katelyn Weng.

The evening's program:

1. 渔舟唱晚 Fishing boat singing at night
2. 战台风 Fight the Typhoon
3. 荷塘月色 Moonlight over the Lotus
4. 茉莉花 Jasmine
5. 彝族舞曲 The Dance of Yi
6. 青花瓷 Blue and white porcelain
7. 翠语 The sounds of nature
8. 兰亭序 Orchid Pavilion Preface

About the Artist: Wei Sun, a young guzheng artist from China, was born into a family of musicians and started her guzheng journey at the age of 6. She is a certified senior teacher of guzheng, a member of the China National Instrumental Association and the International Guzheng Association. In 2016, she came to the United States as a guzheng performer and teacher at the CBA Cultural and Arts Center. Wei is the principal performer of Guzheng of the Chinese National Orchestra in New York; she has been invited to perform at the Lincoln Center, United Nations, Pace University, Columbia University, Merkin Concert Hall, Flushing Town hall, and Queens College Art Center.

This event is part of Bayside Historical Society's "Passport Concert Series:  Bringing Cultures from Around the World to the Castle at Bayside." Music is culture expressed through sound. Travel with us to faraway lands to experience the beauty and passion of the music that is our universal language. Keep checking our website for our ongoing concert schedule!

Light refreshments will be served. Purchase your tickets below or call 718-352-1548.

Sponsored by Council Member Vickie Paladino. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.