There are a number of Chinese music ensembles in the United States, performing Chinese music on traditional instruments. The earliest such ensembles (which included instrumental groups as well as Cantonese opera troupes) appeared on the West Coast following large-scale immigration from China in the second half of the 19th century. Since the 1960s Chinese ensembles comprising both Chinese and non-Chinese members have also been formed at universities throughout the country, and over the course of the last quarter of the 20th century expatriate musicians from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore have established amateur and professional ensembles in many major cities and at least 21 states.

Contents: Arizona - California - Connecticut - District of Columbia - Florida - Georgia - Hawaii - Illinois - Indiana - Kentucky - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - Missouri - New York - North Carolina - Ohio - Oregon - Pennsylvania - Texas - Washington

Arizona

Tucson

• Summer Thunder Chinese Music Ensemble (1999-present)
  • Director: Ashley Dacey; former directors: Janet Sturman (1999-2005), Paul Amiel (2005-2007) and Andrew Wilt (2007-2008)

. http://www.cfa.arizona.edu/purplebambooensemble (2009-present). Academic advisor: Dr. Janet Sturman (2009-present); Current Artistic Director (Guest from CIUA): Dongxiao Zhang; Former Artistic director: Professor Huiqing Cheng (2012); Dr. Shuching Cheng(2009 to 2011): Current President: Zuoming Shi (2013-present); Former Presidents: Charles Zoll (2010 to 2013), April Trinidad (2009 to 2010).

California

Los Angeles

• Los Angeles Chinese Orchestra (c. 1997-present; formerly known as Chinese Classical Music Ensemble)
  • Director: Zhiming Han

• Los Angeles Classical Chinese Orchestra (1989-present)
  • Director: Shufeng He

• Music of China Ensemble ( UCLA)
  • Director: Li Chi

Oakland

• California Chinese Orchestra (c. 1996-present)
• Great Wall Youth Orchestra ( Laney College ) [1]
• Purple Bamboo Orchestra

Pasadena

• PCC Chinese Music Ensemble ( Pasadena City College, 1997-present) [2] [3]
  • Director: Cynthia Hsiang

San Francisco

• China's Spirit Music Ensemble

• Gold Mountain Music Ensemble
  • Musicians: Valerie Samson

• Flowing Stream Ensemble (c. 1972-present)
  • Artistic Director: Betty Wong, Co-manager: Shirley Wong-Frentzel

• Jumping Buddha Ensemble (1996-present)
  • Artistic Director: Michael Santoro
  • Members: Zhang Xiao-Feng (erhu), Fred Fung (yangqin), Michael Santoro (xiao, xun, and bawu)

• Melody of China (1993-present)
  • Co-directors: Hong Wang and Yangqin Zhao

• Music Gathering (Cantonese music, 1998-present)
  • Director: Lawrence Lui

• San Francisco Gu-Zheng Music Society (1982-present)
  • Director: Weishan Liu

San Jose

• Firebird Chinese Youth Orchestra (2000-present)
  • Founder: Gordon Lee

• Sinitic Ensemble (c. 1962-c. 1974) [4]
  • Members: Lou Harrison, Richard Dee, William Colvig, Lily Chin, Kenneth Rexroth (poetry)

Santa Clara

• California Youth Chinese Symphony
  • Music Director and conductor: Jian Ding, Executive Director: Yongping Tian, Artistic Director: Phil Young, Deputy Executive Director: Zhang Yu

Connecticut

Middletown

• Wesleyan Chinese Music Ensemble ( Wesleyan University, c. 1980-present) [5]
  • Director: Joy Lu; former director: Wang Guowei

New Haven

• Yale Chinese Ensemble

Florida

Orlando

• Si Xian (at the China Pavilion of the Epcot theme park) (2003-present)

Tallahassee

• Florida State University Chinese Music Ensemble (1990-present)
  • Director: Haiqiong Deng; former directors: Yi Yi Wang, Li Ming, Cynthia Po-Man Wong

Georgia

Atlanta

• Chinese Music Ensemble of Atlanta (affiliated with Spring Music School) (2002-present)
  • Director: Spring Yang

• Emory Chinese Music Ensemble ( Emory University)

Hawaii

Manoa

• University of Hawaii Chinese Ensemble
  • Director: Frederick Lau

Illinois

DeKalb

• NIU Chinese Orchestra ( Northern Illinois University, 1975-2003; part of the Asian Music Ensemble) [6]
  • Director: Han Kuo-Huang

Naperville

• The Chinese Classical Orchestra (c. 1985-present)
  • Director: Shen Sin-yan

• Silk & Bamboo Ensemble (c. 1975-present)
  • Director: Shen Sin-yan

Indiana

Hammond

• PUC Chinese Ensemble ( Purdue University Calumet)

Kentucky

Lexington

• University of Kentucky Chinese Ensemble (c. 2004-c. 2008)
  • Director: Han Kuo-Huang

Maryland

• Alice Guzheng Ensemble (2002-present)
  • Director: Alice Kan

• Maryland Chinese Music Ensemble

College Park

• University of Maryland Chinese Music Ensemble

Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts

• Boston Silk Bamboo Music School (2004-present)
  • Directors: Ching-San Cheung and Elisa Cheung (residents of Newton, Massachusetts)
• Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association Chinese Music Ensemble (1984-present)
  • Director: Tai-Chun Pan, Conductor: Chi-Sun Chan

• XiYangYang Music Ensemble (1999-present)

Cambridge

• Harvard Chinese Music Ensemble ( Harvard University, 2005-present)

Michigan

Ann Arbor

• Ann Arbor Chinese Traditional Music Ensemble [7] (2004-present)
  • Founder: Shu-Lan Hung; director: Eric Lin

• Spring Bamboo Ensemble ( University of Michigan) (2005)
  • Founder: Mei Han

Kalamazoo

• Kalamazoo Chinese Music Ensemble (2008-present)
  • Founder and director: Xiaochun Lu

Minnesota

Maplewood

• Minnesota Chinese Music Ensemble (1987-present)
  • Director: Carleton Macy

Minneapolis

• The Spirit of Nature (1997-present)
  • Founder: Gao Hong; members: Chen Tao, Gao Hong, Liu Li, Wang Hong, Yang Yi, and Zhao Yangqin

Northfield

• Carleton College Chinese Silk and Bamboo Music Ensemble (2003-present)
  • Director: Gao Hong

Missouri

Kansas City

• Kansas City Chinese Music Ensemble

Springfield

• MSU Chinese Ensemble ( Missouri State University, 2007-present)
  • Director: John Prescott

New Jersey

• Zizhu Ensemble (2006-present)
  • Director: Yang Yi

New York

Annandale-on-Hudson

• Bard College Chinese Ensemble (c. 2008-present) [8]
  • Director: Mercedes DuJunco

Fresh Meadows

• Ba Ban Chinese Music Society of New York (1999-present)

Ithaca

• Cornell Chinese Music Ensemble ( Cornell University, beginning in 2009)
  • Director: Yen-Chu Chen

New York City

• Chinese Music Ensemble of New York (1961-present)
  • Director: Jing-qiang Guo; former director: Tsuan-nien Chang (founder)

• Chinese Performing Arts of North America
  • President: Hu Jianbing; Artistic Director: Bao Jian

• Melody of Dragon (1998-present)

• Min Xiao-Fen's Chinese Music Ensemble
  • Director: Min Xiao-Fen

• Music From China (1984-present)
  • Executive Director: Susan Cheng, Artistic Director: Wang Guowei, Music Director: Zhou Long

• NYU Chinese Music Ensemble ( New York University, c. 2005-2008)
  • Director: Wang Guowei

North Carolina

The Triangle

• NC-RTP Chinese Traditional Instrument Ensemble (2002-present)
  • Director: Jiuping Pan; former directors: Xiaochun Lu, Aiguo Hu, and Anru Zhou (founder)

Ohio

Cleveland

• Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble (2008-present)
  • Director: David Badagnani; former co-director: Rosa Lee

• Five-Lake Chinese Music Orchestra (1989-1993)
  • Director: Rongchun Zhao

Kent

• Kent State University Chinese Ensemble (c. 1985-c. 2003)
  • Director: Terry E. Miller (with co-directors Chia-chun Chu, Lu Guang, Luo Qin, and Lu Guang)

Oregon

Portland

• Portland Orchids and Bamboo Chinese Ensemble [9](2007-present)
  • Director: Jiyu Yang

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

• Peter Tang's Chinese Ensemble (2002-present)

Pittsburgh

• New Moon Orchestra [10] (2004-present)
  • Artistic/Executive Director: Colin O'Donohoe, Managing Director: Bill Updegraff
• University of Pittsburgh Chinese Music Ensemble (c. 1994; no longer active)

State College

• Chinese Music Society ( University of Pennsylvania, 2003-present)
  • Founder: Yiguang Zhang

Texas

Arlington

• Four Seasons Chinese Orchestra (2002-present)
  • Director: Zixia Feng

Dallas

• Dallas Chinese Music Society (c. 1995-present)
  • Director: Joanne Chen; founder and former director: Cheng-Hua Sun

Houston

• Houston Chinese Orchestra
  • Director: Changlu Wu

Washington

Seattle

• Northwest Chinese Gu-Zheng Orchestra (2006-present)
  • Director: Buyun Zhao

• Seattle Chinese Orchestra (1986-present)
  • Director: Warren Chang

• US China Music Ensemble (formerly known as the Warren Chang Music Ensemble, 1989-present)
  • Director: Warren Chang

• Washington Chinese Youth Orchestra (1993-present)
  • Music Director: Warren Chang; Director: Buyun Zhao

See also

• Silk Road Project

Chinese Chinese music ensembles Category:Chinese musical groups