Presented By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan
Listening to the Grassroots
Zhou Family Band and China’s Chuida Music Tradition in the 21st Century
Zhou Family Band is a group of family musicians that play ceremonial music at weddings, funerals, and birthdays. They represent the tradition of chuida (“blown and percussion”), which has been important in rural people’s lives in China but has been declining due to urbanization. Mu Qian will discuss the challenges and opportunities of traditional Chinese folk music. The members of Zhou Family Band will also participate in the talk.
About the speaker:
MU Qian is an ethnomusicologist, performing arts curator, and writer. He is a doctoral student of ethnomusicology in SOAS, University of London. He has extensively toured with traditional Chinese groups like the Dong Singers and Zhou Family Band in Europe. Mu has written articles for various publications, especially China Daily and the Financial Times (Chinese). He is also the Chinese translator of Alan P. Merriam’s book Anthropology of Music.
About the speaker:
MU Qian is an ethnomusicologist, performing arts curator, and writer. He is a doctoral student of ethnomusicology in SOAS, University of London. He has extensively toured with traditional Chinese groups like the Dong Singers and Zhou Family Band in Europe. Mu has written articles for various publications, especially China Daily and the Financial Times (Chinese). He is also the Chinese translator of Alan P. Merriam’s book Anthropology of Music.
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