Featuring Musicians: The Zhou Family Band (Lingbi China)
Date: Friday, September 28, 2018
Location: Mendelssohn Theater

“Earthly Airs and Hearty Beats”, a unique concert of wind and drum music from Central China, will be performed at the Mendelssohn Theater on Friday, September 28, 2018. The performers are the Zhou Family Band, a group of family musicians that play the music of weddings, funerals, and other life-cycle rituals. The Zhou Family Band attracted international attention through their first Europe tour in 2017, which brought them to five countries and prestigious festivals such as World of Music, Arts and Dance festival (WOMAD). Hailed for its “tremendous energy” by BBC, regarded as “China’s avant-garde” by The Guardian, and selected by SOAS Radio as one of its five favorite acts from the 2017 WOMAD, the Zhou Family Band presents an authentic Chinese tradition.


1. Wannian Hong（万年红） "Red Forever"
2. Qinghe Ling（庆贺令） "Tune of Celebration"
3. Dazao（打枣） "Picking Dates"
4. Kaimen（开门） "Opening the Door"
5. Chuixi（吹戏） "Blowing Opera"
6. Yan Luo Sha Tan（雁落沙滩） "Wild Geese Landing on the Shore"
7. Da Beidiao（大悲调） "Tune of Great Sadness"
8. Bainiao Chaofeng（百鸟朝凤） "A Hundred Birds Saluting the Phoenix"
9. Shuangguan（双管） "Double Pipe"
10. Sizhou Xi（泗洲戏）"Sizhou Opera" (Encore)