Sound of Dragon Music Festival – Concert 3:

Encounter: Taiwan/Toronto/Vancouver

Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra, PhoeNX and Vancouver Music Community
special guest Wayne Lavallee
【喜相逢: 台灣/多倫多/溫哥華】–  小巨人絲竹樂團、多倫多PhoeNX樂團、溫哥華多位音樂家
8pm Saturday April 4, 2026年4月4日星期六晚上8點
The Annex, 823 Seymour Street, Vancouver

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This concert brings together visiting musicians from Taiwan’s Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra and Toronto’s PhoeNX Ensemble to collaborate with Vancouver musicians. In addition, the JUNO nominated Métis singer songwriter/composer Wayne Lavallee will collaborate with erhu player Lan Tung to close the festival’s three concerts.

台灣小巨人絲竹樂團、多倫多鳳鳴九皋樂集，與多位溫哥華音樂家合作，演出各種重奏和樂隊組合的室內樂作品。

Program 曲目:
Wayne Lavallee & Lan Tung 董籃 – improvisation 即興, Vancouver
Green 綠 – Zhou Long 周龍 (US/China), featuring Fu-Yun Teng (dizi) & Fu-Hsuan Teng (pipa), Taiwan
Passing Over – Andrew Gosse (NL), featuring Patty Chan (erhu) & Ryan Scott (vibraphone), Toronto
la lune dans la tete – Jerome Langlois (QC), featuring Patty Chan (erhu) & Sanya Eng (harp), Toronto
Conversation 對話 – Niel Golden (BC), featuring Dailin Hsieh (zheng), Lan Tung (erhu), Jonathan Bernard (dumbek), Vancouver
Bengalila – Lan Tung 董籃 (BC), mixed ensemble
Song of Joy 歡樂歌 – traditional (China), mixed ensemble
Contemplación – Guadalupe Perales (Mexico), mixed ensemble
Spring Breeze 春風 (2025) – Lan Tung 董籃 (BC), mixed ensemble
Sound of Dragon 龍吟滄海 (2014) – Lan Tung 董籃 (BC), mixed ensemble

Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra (Taiwan)
台灣小巨人絲竹樂團:
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

PhoeNX Ensemble (Toronto) 鳳鳴九皋樂集:
Patty Chan 陳慧敏 – erhu 二胡
Sanya Eng – harp 豎琴
Ryan Scott – percussion 打擊

Vancouver musicians 溫哥華音樂家:
Mark McGregor – flutes 長笛
Itamar Erez – guitar 吉他
Zhimin Yu 于志敏 – ruan 阮
Dailin Hsieh 謝岱霖 – zheng 箏
Mark Ferris – violin 小提琴
Sungyong Lim – cello 大提琴
Jonathan Bernard – percussion 打擊
Lan Tung 董籃 – erhu 二胡 & vocal 歌唱

special guest
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.

Wayne Lavallee photo, photographer Mark Maryanovich