Silk Road Music

Celebrate the Year of Dragon

Qiu Xia He — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:36:58 +0000

Happy New Year!
Finally our new cd has arrived! Standing out is a fantastic quality recording resulting from a few years of study and research. With some of our favorite artists and the Dream Maker Studio, the disc represents the best of our latest work. We proudly announce it as our Lunar New Year’s gift!Come to the celebration at CBC Vancouver and get your copy.
CBC Toque Sessions concert series
Adm: Free
Jan 20, Friday
Concert time 5:30pm
Venue – Studio 700, on the main floor of CBC Vancouver
Tickets – reserve your seats: rsvp.radio@cbc.ca,
URL for CBC’s web page - http://www.cbc.ca/bc/community/blog/#igImgId_23366

Musicians:
Qiu Xia He – Pipa
Andre Thibault – Guitar, flute, oud
Liam MacDonald – Percussion
Jun Rong – Erhu
Feng Jun Want – Chinese vocal
Willy Miles – English vocal

Celso Machado & JouTou

Qiu Xia He — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:06:43 +0000

Jan 21 Sat,2012. 8pm
Gibsons Heritage Playhouse
662 North Rd Gibsons, BC
Zeta Gaudet: 604-886-8998

Happy New Year to all People!
Celebrate many years of great friendship and musical collaboration with Celso Machado, Qiu Xia He, Andre Thibault, and Liam MacDonald. 4 world renowned musicians on stage together for a special occasion!

Silk Road Music with Kesseke Yeo

Qiu Xia He — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:51:52 +0000

The Baha’i Community of Port Coquitlam invites you to share in an afternoon of music, dance, and friendship in celebration of the Birth of Baha’u’llah.

Terry Fox Theatre, 1260 Riverwood Gate, Port Coquitlam on

November 12, 2011. 2:00pm and is first come, first seated.

The programme, which celebrates Unity in Diversity, has been designed with seekers and the general public in mind. friendly and children of all ages are welcome.

Join us and let Silk Road Music tingle your ears as they bring Chinese music to the world while Kesseke Yeo dazzles your eyes with West African dance. We hope you are ready for a true world music experience of old songs made new and strange instruments made familiar.

After a short intermission, Felice Women’s Choir will uplift our souls with an assortment of inspiring songs sung in Italian, Japanese, and English. Felice Women’s Choir is a Port Coquitlam community based women’s choir that

pursues excellence in performance and celebrates a variety of repertoire from classical to folk and pop under the tutelage of music conductor and director Mr. Hyun Jung Kim .

Mingling with coffee and refreshments during the intermission.

For more information please contact 778-285-3349

Qiu Xia He — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:23:19 +0000

Following last year’s study in Jerez, Spain. Silk Road swells up with a Flamenco fervour. With the fine percussionist Liam MacDonald and the exquisite dancer Michelle Harding. Qiu Xia and Andre step forward and celebrate 20 years of artistic vision with their company – Silk Road Music.

Aug12. Silk Road @ the Chinese Garden

Celebrating Creative Women 2011

Qiu Xia He — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:31:03 +0000

Qiu Xia He, Bic Hoang China meets Vietnam. Plus more performers.

March 12 Sat 2011. 7pm
Centennial Theatre
2300 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver BC V7M 3L1
www.centennialtheatre.com
Tickets: 604-983-6450 $30 / $35.
http://www.northshorewomen.ca

Back from Spain

Qiu Xia He — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:12:56 +0000

Happy 2011!

The Year of Rabbit! The 20th year of Silk Road Music!

We are back from Spain after 3 months of intense Flamenco immersion. It makes a perfect transition for us to start our new 2011 season. We are inspired and challenged by the capacity of the modern Flamenco style. It convinced us we have lots of new ways for us to say something with our music technically and emotionally. Having a concentrated time to focus on practice and learning, it re-enforced our passion for music that is still the driving force pushing us forward. The Road is extending!

We are so looking forward to the new year and may you have a good one,too!

Silk Road at the Sun Yat-Sen Gardens

Qiu Xia He — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:54:59 +0000

Silk Road, with percussionist Liam MacDonald, gave a great concert on August 6 at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens, with as always a new direction: an exploration of flamenco, complete with talented dancer Michelle Harding. Here’s the program they played:

1. Ha Ya Xi Shui - Traditional Chinese.

2. Folguedo – Trio. Brazilian piece featuring Liam on Pandeiro. By Celso Machado

3. To Mi La – Original music in a Central Asian style on Oud, Pipa, Rik. By Qiu Xia He

4. A Pair – Trio. Old favourite in a North African style. By Qiu Xia He and Andre Thibault

5. Canarios - Duet. Lute music from the 17th century adapted for Pipa. By Gaspar Sanz

6. Solea – Dance. Flamenco from Andalucia Ole! By Andre Thibault and Qiu Xia He

Intermission

7. Granainas – Guitar solo. A free form in flamenco. By Andre Thibault

8. Passion’s Promise – Duet. Spain meets India via jazz! By Moshe Denburg

9. Rumba Calabria – Dance. Contemporary Latin sound. By Andre Thibault

10. Gitan Gene- Encore Rumba with dance.

Here is a recording of the concert, courtesy of CITR radio at UBC.

Video – Silk Road Music

Qiu Xia He — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:11:47 +0000

View a six-minute video of Silk Road Music featuring performance excerpts and interviews with Qiu Xia and André.

SOCAN features our song “Way In”

Qiu Xia He — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:05:48 +0000

We’re really pleased that SOCAN is featuring the song “Way In” at their website.

Visit the SOCAN site now to have a listen.

August Update

Qiu Xia He — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:12:03 +0000

Dear Friends:

After our busy Olympic season, Silk Road is ready for the next step. We have a complete new website on the go.

Thanks to John McLachlan! It is much easier to navigate, so you can tell us what you think or check on our latest news, as you wish.

In the fall of 2010, Andre and Qiu Xia are going to Spain for Flamenco studies. To prepare for our new musical education, we have started playing more flamenco music on both pipa and guitar. You can judge our progress at this Friday’s concert. Please keep sending your encouragement until we can report to you again live on stage with an even better performance after Jerez.

Enchanted Evenings

Aug 6 Fri 7:30 PM

Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden

578 Carrall St. Vancouver BC

604-662-3207 ext 210

www.vancouverchinesegarden.com

Reservation is recommended.

$20/$18