The Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra (“gCO”) was founded in October 2000 by its artistic director and conductor Chih-Sheng Chen. With over ten years of experience, the gCO has matured into an ensemble of both technical and artistic proficiency. A strong musical force in Taiwan, it represents a new generation of Chinese orchestral music. It strives to demonstrate the energy and passion of its dedicated musicians with every performance. The gCO breathes new life into an art form that holds ancient roots, and devotes itself to promoting Chinese music on the world stage.
The gCO’s repertoire ranges from the classics of Chinese traditional works to the latest contemporary compositions by Taiwanese and Chinese composers. The orchestra also collaborates frequently with the Atlas Ensemble in Amsterdam and Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, commissioning or performing original works by North American and European composers. The gCO offers a full season of about thirty concerts a year at the prestigious National Concert Hall in Taiwan, presenting both the full orchestra of over one hundred musicians and smaller chamber ensembles throughout the year. In recent years, the orchestra has presented large-scale interdisciplinary projects, combining theatre and multimedia with orchestral music.
After their impressive performances at the 2014 Sound of Dragon Music Festival, Taiwan’s Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra (gCO) returns to Vancouver to collaborate with Vancouver musicians in a few events.
Taiwan’s Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra returns to Vancouver to give 3 concerts & 1 workshop 臺灣的小巨人絲竹樂團來溫哥華舉行三場演出及一場工作坊：
7:30pm June 27, 2015 – “Music Garden” featuring Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra & Rong Jun
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Classical Garden (578 Carrall St, Vancouver)
The gCO is Taiwan’s premiere Chinese music ensemble. Joining the orchestra is Vancouver erhu soloist Rong Jun, premiering a new work by composer Jin Zhang. The orchestra will also give the Canadian premiere of John Oliver’s “Scenes from an Intercultural Marriage”, commissioned by the orchestra with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. This concert is co-presented by the Sound of Dragon Society & Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chinese Classical Garden
Buy Tickets $15 regular, $10 kids/seniors/garden members
六月27日晚上7:30，【音樂花園】－臺灣的小巨人絲竹樂團將演出臺灣及加拿大作曲家作品，包括張進的「土家族山歌主題與變奏」（世界首演），由溫哥華二胡演奏家戎峻擔任獨奏，及John Oliver的「異國婚禮」（加拿大首演，小巨人樂團2014年委託創作，加拿大藝術評議委員會贊助）
購票 $15 普通票, $10 老人／學生／中山公園會員
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1:30pm June 28, 2015 – Improvisation workshop with Lan Tung
Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver)
Members of Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra will join Lan Tung in a workshop of improvised music, co-presented by the Sound of Dragon Society & Coastal Jazz & Blue Society, as part of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Musicians are welcome to bring their instruments to participate.
Free admission.
6月28日下午1:30，即興音樂工作坊，於Round
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7:30pm June 28, 2015 – “Taiwan Impression”, Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra & BC Chinese Orchestra
Garden Village Church (4950 Barker Crescent, Burnaby)
gCO has invited members of the BC Chinese Orchestra to join forces to form an orchestra of 30 musicians to present Taiwanese folk melodies and works by Taiwanese composers, co-presented by the Sound of Dragon Society & the Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Society.
Buy Tickets: $15 regular, $10 kids/seniors
6月28日晚上7:30，【台灣風情】－臺灣的小巨人絲竹樂團將與溫哥華庇詩中樂團合作，演出經典台灣民謠《望春風》、懷念老歌《新不了情》、流行好歌《九百九十九朵玫瑰》及國樂名曲《陽明春曉》、《客家歌謠聯奏》、《台灣追想曲》等。聽眾們除能近距離欣賞國樂器演奏，體驗傳統樂器之美外，更能與舞台上演奏者同樂，共同高歌耳熟能詳的樂曲，觸動內心最美的記憶，歡迎您一同蒞臨欣賞。
購票 $15 普通票, $10 老人／學生／
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12pm July 1, 2015 – “Sound of Dragon Canada Day” featuring Proliferasian & Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra, Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Performance Works, Granville Island (1218 Cartwright Street, across from the Granville Island Hotel)
Co-presented with the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, the concert features the collaboration between Vancouver quartet Proliferasian and Taiwan’s Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra, following their successful premiere performance at the 2014 Sound of Dragon Music Festival. Bringing together the improvisers and the classically trained musicians, combining jazz and Chinese traditional instruments, the resulting sound is unique in the world. Proliferasian and Little Giant plan to continue the collaboration and tour Canadian and Chinese jazz festivals starting 2016.
Proliferasian is Lan Tung (erhu & vocal), JP Carter (trumpet & electronics), Kevin Romain (drums) and Colin Cowan (bass)
7月1日中午12:00，小巨人絲竹樂團將與溫哥華爵士樂隊Proliferasian合作，於加拿大國慶日在享譽國際的溫哥華爵士音樂節中演出，古典與爵士的碰撞，東方與西方的對比，傳統音樂與即興音樂同台競奏。
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小巨人團是2000年10月由音樂總監暨指揮陳志昇集合一群熱愛國樂藝術、並且具有專業演奏水準的青年樂手們籌組而成，以絲竹樂編制為主，為台灣當前新生代國樂團。小巨人團演出經歷豐富，並積極進行國樂推廣工作，2005年迄今連續獲選為文化部演藝扶植團隊，在藝術表現上備受肯定。經過十餘年的試煉，小巨人團已成長為兼具演奏技術及藝術內涵的新生代樂團，更展現新生代音樂家的活力與創新，為台灣國樂界注入一股新能量。小巨人團經常受邀於世界各地巡演，今年小巨人團再次受龍吟滄海協會、台加文化協會之邀，來溫哥華進行一系列巡迴演出。
