The program has provided series of workshops in
art, music, and dance, and lectures illustrated
by slides to 25-30 public schools in the Boston
and near by cities and towns each year as a free
service. In 1990 cellist Mr. Yo Yo Ma, initiated
a music and an art competition among the public
school students. And he gave two concerts to raise
funds to support this program.
Chinese Culture Institute, now a department of
International Society, continues to offer education
program to schools.
The Topics of the series include
I. China, the Land
and the People
II. Confucianism, the Cornerstone
of Chinese Family and Society
III. Chinese Written and Spoken
Languages
The essential features of Chinese
language
The official spoken language and the local dialects
Chinese characters, their formation and transformation
IV. Chinese poetry, calligraphy, and painting
V. Chinese music, dance and drama
VI. Chinese Festivals and Celebrations
The four major festivals--The Spring Festival,
the Lantern Festival, The Dragon Boat Festival,
The Mid-autumn Festival (August Moon) Other celebrations
VII. Chinese Religious Thoughts,
Philosophy, and Morality
VIII. Chinese Food
IX. Chinese family system
X. Chinese children's
crafts
XI. Chinese Children's games
XII. Chinese mythology
The twelve workshops/classesl provide an overall
picture of Chinese culture and a solid foundation
for further study on any chosen topic on Chinese
culture.
In addition to the above, a number of special programs
were also offered to many public schools. Artists,
musicians, speakers were sent to the schools to
lead workshops, conduct demonstrations, give panel
discussions and performances all free of charge
to the schools.
Racial Harmony Art-Through instruction and guided
discussion, the students were inspired to create
art work that expressed their thoughts on the issue
of racism and their visions of and aspirations for
harmony.
Classical Music Concert and Discussion--International
award winning young musicians including Tian Ying,
Miro Zheng Rong Wang and Shu-ching Chen were among
those invited to perform and lead discussions at
school assemblies. The purposes of this program
were two folds: One was to inspire the high school
kids to set goals in life and strive to achieve
those goals. The other was to thrust those young
and highly accomplished musicians as role models
to youth.
Broaden Your Horizon--Workshops, demonstrations,
and talks on various aspects of Chinese culture.
Chinese New Year--a special cultural program
that deals with the traditions and customs of the
new year celebration and festivity.
Other
links of related interest
Arts Education
Music Classes
and Workshops
Dance classes
and workshops
Highlights of
past performing arts events
What's New
Visual Arts Program
Art Exhibitions 2001
Tremont Gallery
New England
International Artists Association
Theatre
Productions
Jazz Concert series
Tremont Music
concert
Recent Events
Recent Theatre
Productions
Introduction
to Tremont Theatre
What's New
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276 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02116)
