Karen Hua-Qi (Hwa-Chee) Han is an internationally renowned Er-Hu (classical
2-string Chinese instrument with the tonal qualities of the violin) virtuoso,
composer and vocalist. This
artist (the youngest person to receive a Masters
Degree in Performing Arts with Honors from China's best music academy -
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Karen
Han is participating in "Don Felder & Friends Rock Cerritos
for Katrina" - a concert to raise funds for the American Red
Cross and Salvation Army to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina
with a goal is to raise $150,000.
This event is
sponsored by the City of Cerritos and East West Bank and Media Partner
95.5 KLOS. In addtion to Karen, the show will be hosted by Cheech
Marin and performers scheduled to appear include
Don Felder, David
Foster, Dennis Quaid, Alice Cooper, Stephen Stills, David Foster,
D.L. Hughley, Tommy Shaw (STYX), Jack Blades (Night Ranger), Gilby
Clarke (Guns N’ Roses), Adrian Young (No Doubt) and Tré
Cool (Green Day). Tickets available only at the Cerritos Center
for the Performing Arts Ticket Office, on-line at www.cerritoscenter.com,
or by calling (800) 300-4345. |
"Central Conservatory of Music") recording accomplishments include Oscar
winning movies (Hollywood Pictures, Warner Brothers, Memoirs of a Geisha,
Joy Luck Club, Last Emperor, Passion of the Christ, Anna and the King, etc.),
television (HBO, We Were Soldiers), radio programs, and seven albums. She
has performed before former President Jimmy Carter, former Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher, world-renowned tenor Luciano Pavarotti and China's President
Jiang Zemin.
Er-Hu: The Hu-Qin (Er-Hu) is a barbarian mid-high-toned instrument whose mid-low tone sounds forceful & lavish is said to have been brought into China at the time of Han Dynasty (140 B.C.). It is a two string bowed instrument with a tone similar to western viola, very soulful and expressive. In classical Chinese music the Hu-Qin is melodic, haunting, beautiful, exquisite, ever changing, and alive. The traditional style of playing is rich in ornamentation, giving the music a deep, three-dimensional quality. The basic method of playing the Er-Hu is the same, but its application and style differ according to each area. It is the main melody-carrying instrument in the Chinese orchestra, capable of solo and the most important accompanying instrument in various folk stages.
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He walked out the door with his keys and wallet.
That's how it started.
Jerry Tang was a handsome, creative tech executive who played jazz
piano, volunteered at his church and doted on his wife and two boys,
ages 4 and 7. Then, on Nov. 29, he was gone.
The San Francisco man is one of more than 4,000 people who are
reported missing yearly in this city alone — though most cases are
resolved quickly. But Tang's disappearance has prompted a grass-
roots search campaign so thorough that police and private
investigators call it unprecedented.
Friends, family and strangers have scoured homeless shelters, stood
on street corners with massive banners and checked encampments from
Golden Gate Park to the remote beaches of Marin County.
Childhood buddies have flown in from as far away as London to help,
visiting shelters and bus stations in the Bay Area, Las Vegas and
Tang's home state of Massachusetts.
At the request of a friend of Tang's, the Craigslist website
promptly agreed to post "find jerry" links on every page, drawing in
sympathizers who never met the man but are touched by the story of
his disappearance.
Tang's gentle smiling face now beams from "missing" posters on
telephone polls throughout San Francisco, and his name is widely
known here.
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