September 30-October 4, 2011 in Taipei and Taichung , Taiwan

Present:
Members:
John Thompson

Jung-ping Yuan

Marilyn Wong-Gleysteen

Peiyou Chang

Stephen Dydo

Participating Non-member:

Shuen-git Chow

Other Visitors:
Several hundred other people came to the various venues. 

The visit consisted of four events over three days:

TAIPEI (venue: Taipei Qin Hall):

Event 1: 30 September (Fri.) 6:00pm. 

Informal yaji. Members of the Zhongdao Qin Society (中道琴社) and invited guests. Not open to the public.

Jung-ping makes his introduction.

Jerome played one piece in ancient style.

Event 2: 1 October (Sat.) 4:00pm-6:00pm. 

Symposium. Open to the public, with attendance limited to 30.

Gathering before the symposium

Jerome introduced the symposium. Stephen's electric qin is to the left, Shuen-git's special design qin is to the right.

Event 3: 1 October (Sat.) 6:00pm-8:00pm. 

Formal yaji. Open to the public. Attendance about 40 people.

Program:

Zhang Peiyou: 瀟湘水雲 (Xiao Xiang Shuiyun) ; 漁樵問答 (Yu Qiao Wen Da).

Stephen Dydo: 河水 (He Shui); 秋塞吟 (Qiu Sai Yin); 烏夜啼 (Wu Ye Ti).

Marilyn Wong-Gleysteen: 良宵引 (Liang Xiao Yin); 古琴吟 (Gu Qin Yin); 平沙落雁

(Ping Sha Luo Yan).

Jung-ping: 長亭怨慢 (Chang Ting Yuan Man); 離騷 (Li Sao).

Relaxing time: Marilyn and Stephen, Shuen-git and Jung-ping, Peiyou and friend.

That evening, a NYQS meeting was held, in which the future of the NYQS, and the relationship with the Zhongdao Qin Society was discussed.

TAICHUNG (venue: Taichung City Cultural Center Concert Hall):

Event 4: 2 October (Sun.) 7:30pm-9:30pm. 

Concert. About 400 people attended.

Program:

Zhang Peiyou: 瀟湘水雲 (Xiao Xiang Shuiyun) ; 漁樵問答 (Yu Qiao Wen Da).

Stephen Dydo: 河水 (He Shui); 秋塞吟 (Qiu Sai Yin).

John Thompson: 江月白 (Jiang Yue Bai); 蒼梧怨 (Can Wu Yuan).

Marilyn Wong-Gleysteen: 古琴吟 (Gu Qin Yin); 平沙落雁 (Ping Sha Luo Yan).

Jung-ping: 長亭怨慢 (Chang Ting Yuan Man).