Hua Wenyi (1941–2022) was one of the most influential Kunqu opera performers of her generation. Born and trained in Shanghai, China, she rose to prominence as a leading dan (refined female-role) performer and later served as the director of the Shanghai Kun Opera Company.
"Exploring the Hua Wenyi Collection on California Revealed" by Mei-Chen Chen.
The 8th Lisbon Conference: Chinese Music and Musical Instruments: Expanding Horizons: Embracing the Wide Variety of Asian Music and Dance [中国民乐与乐器: 里斯本第八届研讨会拓展视野一睹亚洲音乐和舞蹈的多样性] took place on 7-10 May 2025, organized by the Institute of Ethnomusicology - Centre for Music and Dance Studies (INET-md) of the NOVA University Lisbon, by the European Foundation for Chinese Music Research (CHIME), by the Municipality of Mafra, and by the Confucius Inst
Bette Yarbrough Cox (1921-2017) was a music educator in Los Angeles for more than 30 years, the founder of the BEEM (Black Experience as Expressed through Music) Foundation for the Advancement of Music, a Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the City of Los Angeles, and a longtime friend of former Mayor Tom Bradley.
The field of Jewish Music is gaining a valuable resource which will expand knowledge about the evolving nature of music of the American Jewish experience.
"Black Music and Musicians in Los Angeles" is a collection of oral history interviews with Bette Yarbrough Cox, Richard Anthony Dedeaux, Margaret Pleasant Douroux, Albert McNeil, Evelyn Freeman Roberts, and Don L.
In 1990 Congress passed Public Law 101-343 which authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation designating the month of November 1990 as "National American Indian Heritage Month." Since 1995 the President has issued annual proclamations which designate November as National American Indian Heritage Month, or since 2009
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