Sound of Dragon Music Festival – Concert 1:
Festival Opening: Wayne Lavallee & Lan Tung
followed by
Jade Emperor’s Great Race
PhoeNX Ensemble (Toronto) & Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra (Taiwan)
生肖紀年 – 鳳鳴九皋樂集(多倫多)、小巨人絲竹樂團(台灣)
8pm Thursday April 2, 2026年4月2日星期四晚上8點
The Annex, 823 Seymour Street, Vancouver BUY TICKETS 購票
Jade Emperor’s Great Race is a Chinese legend of the 12-year zodiac cycle. To measure time, the Emperor held a race, awarding the first 12 animals to arrive with a corresponding year. The order was: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. The PhoeNX Ensemble has commissioned 14 works in the themes of the 12 animals and the Jade Emperor from composers in Asia and across Canada.
Wayne Lavallee, Red River Métis multi-disciplinary artist based in Vancouver, released his first solo album in 2000. He has since won multiple Indian Summer Music Awards, Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, Canadian Folk Music Awards, and nominated by Juno and Western Canadian Music Awards. Wayne was a member of the Spirit Song Native Theatre Company and Full Circle First Nations Performance. Since 2014, Wayne has composed for numerous films and TV series, such as “The Road Forward”, “Red Snow”, “Dr. Savannah: Wild Rose Vet”, and “Bones of Crows”. He has received 3 Leo Award nominations, 2 Leo Awards wins, and numerous Canadian Screen Music Awards nominations.
Jade Emperor’s Great Race Program 曲目:
The Legend of Kui Niu 夔牛傳奇 (2023) – Lan Tung 董籃 (BC)
The Glint In Tiger’s Eye 虎眼中的光芒 – Alexina Louie (ON)
The Celestial Rabbit 仙兔 – Vincent Ho (AB)
Dragon 龍 (2022) – Alice Ho 何冰頤 (ON)
Snake 蛇 (2022) – Andrew Staniland
Mongolian Dancing Dunky 舞蹈的蒙古驢 (2024) – Cecilia Heejeong Kim (Korea)
I Am Sheep 我是羊 (2022) – Roydon Tse
Monkey 猴 (2022) – Emilie LeBel
The Rooster 雞 (2022) – Sophie Dupuis
Dog 狗 (2022) – Alfred Wong 黃學揚 (Hong Kong)
Boar 豬 (2024) – John Oliver (BC)
PhoeNX Ensemble brings together East Asian and Western instruments and traditions in contemporary cross-cultural chamber music. The ensemble is dedicated to explore, promote, and expand the cultural exchange between the East and the West through performances, educational presentations, commissioning, and interdisciplinary collaboration. PhoeNX ENsemble’s projects are based on compelling stories of true history, traditional mythology, or tales of life-lessons learned through fables. With music ranging from time-honoured, Eastern-oriented classics to freshly commissioned contemporary new music, the audience is treated to a journey across cultures, languages, borders, and time….and ultimately: a journey of hope and inspiration.
Patty Chan 陳慧敏 – erhu 二胡
Sanya Eng – harp 豎琴
Ryan Scott – percussion 打擊
with Vancouver guest Sungyong Lim 林成容 – cello 大提琴
鳳鳴九皋樂集。
From in 2000, the Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra (“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 offers a full season of approximately 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. It has toured multiple times in Europe, South Asian, China, US, Canada, and Mexico. In addition, the gCO presents over 60 educational performances every year, introducing thousands of young audience to Chinese music in every city in Taiwan, including small communities off the main island.
Chih Sheng Chen 陳志昇 – conductor 指揮
Fu-Yun Teng 鄧馥芸 – dizi 笛子
Chung-Chi Tsai 蔡忠祈 – erhu 二胡
Fu-Hsuan Teng 鄧馥萱 – pipa 琵琶
2000年成立的小巨人絲竹樂團。
