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Sharing culture in song
By L. David Wheeler, staff writer
Daily Messenger
Thu May 15, 2008, 01:18 PM EDT
It started with a number of people of Chinese heritage who just liked to sing.Read More...

Kaihong

May 19, 2007 After the CCSR annual concert on May 5th 2007, Ms Kaihong Liu, a key member of CCSR and a Chinese zither performer, was invited to perform Zither music in a fundraising event sponsored by the Rochester Area Community foundation (RACF) on Saturday May 19. The invitation was extended by Dr. Mark Biernbaum of RACF, who attended our May 5th concert and was very impressed with Kaihong’s Zither performance.
Each year, the Foundation holds an event called "Evening out at Home" where they convene donors at dinner parties all over the city to raise money for their work in the community. This year, they plan live music at each of these dinners. Through the arrangement by Mimi Huang, who is a cellist and a board member of RACF, Kaihong performed at a home at Churchville for the event. All the guests were fascinated by Kaihong’s performance. Most of them heard and saw the Zither instrument the first time. After the performance, Kaihong described the instrument and music to the guests. Thanks to Kaihong and her husband Richard, who assisted her with the set up of the instrument, for participating in the event. Their contribution to CCSR and the Rochester community is very much appreciated.

UNAR

The international festival of Connect the WORLD 2007 is organized by the United Nations Association of Rochester. Come celebrate the global spirit through international dance, food and displays at this year's International Festival Connect the WORLD 2007 on Saturday April 14 Nazareth College. Connect the World 2007 will be held in the Shults Center at Nazareth College, on Saturday April 14th from 11:00-4:00 pm. CCSR will perform chinese folk songs at 2:30pm. For directions to the Shults Center at Nazareth College please click here.

Award

1/19/2007: CCSR CHINESE CHORAL SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER was awarded Rochester Community grants from the Arts and Cultural Council second year in a row. The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester, in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), the New York State Legislature, and the Rochester Area Community Foundation (RACF), today announced the 2007 Community Arts Grants awards. Thirty-four area artists, school partnerships, and arts organizations will receive a total of $103,936 through three different grant programs. More information...

CCSR Visit at the Gables at Brighton
Gables at Brighton

1/15/2007 As part of the community involvement, CCSR visited the Gables at Brighton on Jan. 15th, 2007. The hour long performance included a variety of programs like singing, dancing, instrument etc. under the direction of conductor and pianist Pi-Lin Ni. The program was well received by the senior audience there. We would like to thank Jean Sill, director at the Gables at Brighton for inviting us to celebrate Chinese New Year together with the residents there. Read more here...

Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
 

CCSR was accepted as a member of Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
On Sept. 12, 2006 CCSR became an official member of Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester. The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester is the local arts agency for the Rochester, New York metropolitan region. CCSR will be part of the great orgnization to develop, promote and strengthen the cultural industry for the benefit of the people of the Rochester region. The Arts Council directly serves the cultural community.

2006 Autumn Celebration

CCSR to perform at the 2006 Moon Festival Celebration
On Sept. 30, 2006 CCSR will be celebrating Mid-Autumn festival at the Strong Auditorium of University of Rochester. This event is orgnized by CFGR (Chinese Federation of Greater Rochester ) and CSSAUR (Chinese Students and Scholars Association at University of Rochester ).

Event info is as following:
Date:                Saturday, Sep 30th, 2006
Time:                7:00pm
Reserve your tickets now by calling Feixia Yu at (585) 722-0531. Please visit http://www.cfgrny.org for more details.

WXXI Radio
  WXXI radio reporter Isobel Neuberger's interview
On April 16th, 2006 reporter Isobel Neuberger from WXXI news came to visit us during our regular Sunday practice at the Christ Clarion Presbyterian Church of Pittsford. The interview was aired on 6/1 and 6/3/2006 on 91.5FM and on 6/10/2006 on 1370AM radio. You can download and listen to the original broadcast here in mp3 format. We would like to express our appreciations to WXXI news and the continous supports from the Rochester communities.

Concert 06 Annual Concert of the Chinese Choral Society of Rochester
Date: Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 7:30PM
Place: Penfield High School Auditorium

The Chinese Choral Society of Rochester will hold its 23rd Annual Concert on Saturday, June 10, 2006 at the Penfield High School Auditorium, starting at 7:30 pm. The theme of this annual concert is “In Rochester We Sing”. Conducted by Dr. Pilin Ni, the 30-member chorus will perform popular Chinese and American music with Pianist Fang Zhang. The concert will be joined by the Mendon Center Elementary 4th-Grade Chorus from Pittsford with special performance on Chinese and American songs conducted by Margaret Fittipaldi. The concert program also features special guest performers including vocalist Bass-Baritone Guenko Guechev and Mezzo-Soprano Xiu-Ru Liu, both from Pittsburgh, PA. This concert is funded by an Arts Grant by the New York State Legislature, New York State Council on the Arts, and Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester. A reception is followed immediately after the concert. Tickets ($6 for adults, $4 for seniors and students) are available at Wegmans, at door or calling 377-0063. Children under five are regretfully declined. . More information...
For concert ticket information click here...
For directions to the concert please click here...

Award

CCSR CHINESE CHORAL SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER was awarded Rochester Community grants from the Arts and Cultural Council. Public Arts Programming Grants A total of 14 non-profit organizations will receive $60,000 in funds for public arts and cultural programming in Monroe County through the Arts & Cultural Council’s Decentralization (DEC) Grant Program, which is funded in partnership with NYSCA. CCSR is one of the DEC Grants recipient. More information...

Mendon Center Elementary 4th-Grade Chorus
  Mendon Center Elementary School Choir to performe at the CCSR annual concert
CCSR has been actively involved in the Rochester area arts and cultural programs. As part of this program CCSR has been visiting Mendon Center Elementary school choir and getting ready for our annual concert on June 10th, 2006. The Mendon Center Elementary School Choir will be performaing at the concert. For more information about the Mendon Center Elementary School Choir please visit www.pittsford.monroe.edu/MendonCenter.
 
  
 


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