Two decades in the making of a New York-Chinese musical theatre tradition
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Mencius Society for the Arts is devoted to the advancement and study of Chinese cultural arts in the New York Tri-State region.
🎤 Get Ready to Sing Your Heart Out at our Chinese Karaoke Night! 🎶
Join us as we travel down memory lane with your favorite tunes from past decades.
📅 4/27, Saturday
🕖 4:30-8:30 pm
📍 175 Delaney st, 4F, NY 10002
🎟️ $10
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For more information, DM us or email [email protected]
🥁Percussion Workshop at Mencius! 🎶
Join us for a journey into the world of percussion at our upcoming workshop! Whether you're a seasoned percussionist or just starting your rhythmic adventure, this event is designed to inspire, educate, and connect drummers of all levels.
🗓️ April 26, Friday, 5:30-7:00 pm
📍 175 Delaney st, 4F, NY 10002
🎟️ Free Admission
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For more information, contact us at [email protected]. Follow us on social media for updates and sneak peeks!
Excited to announce our upcoming mini concert featuring Haiyun Chorus! Save the date! 🎵
🗓️ April 13, Saturday, 6:30 pm
📍 175 Delaney st, 4F, NY 10002
🎟️ Admission by Donation
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Founded in 1984 under the guidance and inspiration of the late conductor and tenor Chongmao Zhu, Chinese Musical Arts, Inc. Haiyun Chorus has been a New York State registered not-for-profit organization for the past 30 years. Its mission is to introduce the Chinese vocal music to the audience of New York metropolitan areas and, through various performances and vocal renditions, to create a better understanding of the Chinese culture, arts, and tradition.
Roaring into the Lunar New Year with Pedro Cepero Yee Lion Dance group!
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Mencius teaching artists at Grand St. Settlement ‘s Lunar New Year Celebration!
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Thank you for joining our Lunar New Year Celebration!
Our organizational partner performing lion dance at GSS senior housing! 🦁
Thanks for coming to our Cantonese Opera Lunar New Year Celebration! 龙行龘龘 🐲🐲
Welcoming the year of the dragon!
龍吟虎嘯，瑞氣千層！
Exciting Lunar New Year Celebration Ahead! 🐲
🗓️ Feb 17, 3:30-5:00 pm
📍 175 Delaney st, 4F, NY 10002
🎟️ Admission by Donation
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Join us for a magical evening filled with the enchanting melodies of Sizhu and the harmonious voices of Haiyun Choir. Let’s welcome the Year of Dragon together! Save the date and share the joy with us. 🧧
Thanks for joining our Chinese Karaoke night! 🪩💃
Canto Opera class resumes today!
Study and play music together! 🎶🪕
Learn to play the erhu, dizi, guzheng, p**a, percussion, or yangqin and experience traditional Chinese music and song in the community. Thanks to the continued grant support of NYSCA, DCLA, and the DYCD, adults and youth participants will receive free orchestra practice supervision, subsidized private and small group lessons and performance awards.
Participants will study and play Chinese folk and classical music alongside seasoned practitioners under the supervision of professional teaching artists. Weekly practice sessions free-of-charge are open to all ages at low-intermediate level and up. Participants should bring their own instruments and have sight-reading proficiency. Optional Instrumental Tutorials available at subsidized rates.
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Contact/Inquiry:
212-431-7373
[email protected]
🎤 Save the date, grab the mic 🎉 Join us for an unforgettable night of melodies and memories at our Special Chinese Pop Song Karaoke Night! 🎶
🗓️ January 13, Saturday, 6-9pm
📍 175 Delancey St. 4F, NY 10002
🎟️ Admission:$10 (pay at door or scan QR code)
LESCO students playing Small Town Story (by Teresa Teng) with their Erhu mentor Jingtai Zhang. Photo taken at Mencius Holiday Musicale.
The magical moments at Mencius Holiday Musicale! Grateful for everyone who joined in the festivities🎉🎄
Join us for a day filled with fun, laughter, and connections🎉 From mesmerizing melodies to delicious meals, it's a chance to celebrate the spirit of unity in the Lower East Side community.
🗓️ Dec 16, 3:30-8:00 pm
📍 175 Delaney st, 4F, NY 10002
🎟️ $25 at door/scan QR code to register
Thank you and 🌟An enchanting night celebrating the timeless allure of operatic heroines!
Join our weekly Chinese Orchestra practice for free, optional instrumental tutorials available! Sign up with link in bio
Join us for a mesmerizing evening of passion, sensations, and unparalleled vocal artistry as we proudly present "Heroines in Opera" with the Opera Next Door! This extraordinary live performance will transport you into the captivating worlds of some of opera's most iconic female characters.
🌟Dec 2, Sat, 7-8 pm
📍175 Delancey st, 4F, NY 10002
🎟️ $15 at door/scan QR code to register
🎶Featuring: Colombian soprano Sasha Gutiérrez and Italian pianist Diego Tornelli
Praised by her “versatility” and “splendid vocalism” (Voce di Meche), Colombian soprano Sasha Gutiérrez is a passionate opera performer, soloist and recitalist. Her signature roles include Helena in Britten’s A midsummer night’s dream; Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Cosiì fan tutte; the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica; Micaëla
in Bizet’s Carmen.
To maintain opera alive in New York City during the pandemic, Sasha founded The Opera Next Door (TOND), an independent opera company based in Brooklyn that has the mission of fostering relationships with and within communities by creating free, site-specific opera productions in collaboration with community groups and leaders in diverse, working-class New York neighborhoods. As a result of this endeavor, Sasha was named one of the Top 30 Professionals of the Year 2021 by Musical America for creating opportunities for fellow musicians during the pandemic.
Italian pianist Diego Tornelli is a sought-after accompanist, coach, and collaborator based in New York City. He holds degrees from both SMU, Dallas and the Juilliard School, where he has taught Italian diction, worked as an interpretation coach, curated and directed the school’s first-ever Italian Liederabend, and was the long-time Collaborative Pianist for several classes. His main passion is to provide his guidance to professional classical singers in the industry who are looking to refine their diction skills and role interpretation; since spring 2021 he is proud to have served as one of the collaborators for The Opera Next Door.
Thank you for joining this small gathering at Mencius. Stay tuned for more updates on concert series!
Senior self defense class starts today!
Performers from Qionghua Opera Club 瓊花劇社 rehearsing with costumes☀️
Professional pit orchestra musicians and experienced singers come together at Mencius Canto Opera Club.
🎤粤曲唱局每周六下午1:00-5:00
🍷Please join the second session of YA-gather 雅聚—a Chinese folk music mini concert in-house at Mencius Society for the Arts.
November 18, 2023, 7-8pm
175 Delancey st, 4F, NY 10002
175 Delancey Street 4FL
New York, NY
10002
| Tuesday | 1pm - 7:30pm |
| Wednesday | 1pm - 7:30pm |
| Thursday | 1pm - 7:30pm |
| Friday | 1pm - 7:30pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 5pm |
| Sunday | 10am - 5pm |
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Please join our Percussion Workshop this Friday 5:30-7:00pm ! Learn Skin and Hand Drums，Cymbals and Gongs，Handpan，Djembes, and more！🥁. RSVP here https://urlgeni.us/PercussionWorkshop_RSVP 🗓️ April 26, Friday, 5:30-7:00 pm📍 175 Delancey st, 4F, NY NY 10002 🎟️ Free Admission
Thanks for joining our Chinese Karaoke night! 🪩💃
Our third session of Cantonese Opera Chatroom Series is held at Mencius！今天的講座由掌板/擊樂領導趙從斌先生講解粵曲與鑼鼓
Congratulations to GSS! Mencius’s teachers performed at GSS Lower East Side Community Center Rededication Ceremony!
Our second session of Cantonese Opera Chatroom Series is held at Mencius！今天的講座由高胡演奏家/音樂領導李揚義先生講解粵曲與胡琴。
Our teacher Xiao and our student Jimmy jamming in Seward park☀️🍃 welcome to join our summer Chinese instrument classes! All levels are welcome!
Invited by NYC Parks Lotus Society @nycparks, Mencius teachers Xiao, Yu, and Lu presented East River Ensemble at the Lotus Society Annual Awards Ceremony.
Our organization partner Yip’s Dragon Style Kungfu @yipsdragonstyle performed lion dance at GSS daycare @grandstsettlement. Kids enjoyed the traditional Chinese performance! 🦁
Rejoice! Organize! Activate! Reclaim! WE MADE IT! 🎉 Thanks to University Settlement Society of New York roarwithusnyc, our neighborhoods and community reactivating at SDR Park, Low East Side, and our New York City this Summer! We were so happy to see music lovers came and enjoyed the traditional music by Mencius Society for the Arts musicians along. We believe we will keep the vitality forward and hope we will ROAR again next time! Big thanks to our musicians too!!
ROAR with Mencius！#roarwithusnyc #Menciussocietyforthearts June-August: Every Sunday 12-1pm @Rivington St Playground (Sara D. Roosevelt Park in New York)!!! Thanks for University Settlement Society of New York creating this wonderful festival!! Meet you there next Sunday!!🎉
During last 6 months, every orchestra player had fun and rewarded a good result in performance in Mencius May concert!! Hope you never give up and keep immersing in instrumental music!! See you in next program!! 孟藝華樂團2022秋季項目招生通道已經開啟！請點擊以下鏈接報名參加，期待下一個閃耀舞台的你💃 Next YACM&YACO program is now OPEN for REGISTRATION! Let’s join it 👇 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeI2LCAS7uMqbtw3v3VKjlwRMaAUJYcxyELJtLYFGDa37xd3A/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
Wonderful Shows! Beautiful Performers! Excited Audience! And super Happy Day on May 14!! Great songs are still coming on May 15!! Should not miss them!! 孟藝學會十九週年演唱會5月14日正式上演！5月15日精彩繼續！不容錯過！！ 地點：中華公所孫中山紀念堂 Location：62 Mott St. NY 10013 Chinese Community Center 时间：12:30-6:00PM
LIVE TO LEARN TO LIVE. The practicing process is also the chance of learning. Our opera artists come together and discover the best way to perform. They will show their best in our coming concert, MENCIUS 19th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT. 活到老，學到老。我們的表演藝術家在每次排練中總結經驗，將會在5月14-15號孟藝19週年大會中展現他們最好的一面、最精彩的表演！ #Behindthescenes #Mencisusocietyforthearts #Cantoneseopera #musicconcert
Mencius Canto Opera Club has not only experienced singers but also professional pit orchestra which is highly commended in New York. They enjoy the rehearsal and perform in high levels. There will be no doubt that the shows in the coming May 14-15 concert must be wonderful! Can’t wait to watch it! 🤩🤩🤩 孟藝粵劇社不僅擁有一支專業資深的樂隊，並不斷吸納優秀的唱家，歌曲的質量堪稱一流。相信接下來5月14-15日的表演必會精彩紛呈！ #concert #artactivities #chineseorchestra #ChineseOpera #ChineseCommunity
With our Group Classes opening, we welcome Mencius members to join the activities! They have so much fun and can’t wait to enjoy the sencond one. This is a weekly class on Sunday! Don’t miss it! Come and register! Or you can call 212-431-7373 for more information. 孟藝戲劇舞蹈班開班啦！首發課程趣味韻味十足，大家不捨得下課，讓我們期待下一次精彩課程。每周日11-12:30，歡迎新老學員前來報名參加！ #folkdance #artactivities #culturalexperience
Mencius Chinese Orchestra is Returning!!!👏 We will return to Chinese Community Center on May 14, 2022 for the first time since the pandemic. Let's looking forward! 孟藝華樂團於2022年5月14號正式回歸！這將是我們疫情以來第一次表演亮相，讓我們一起期待精彩再現吧！🥳 #Menciussocietyforthearts #Chinesecommunitycenter #Barefeet #Chineseorchestra
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