Peking opera percussion workshop at Wesleyan

An excerpt of the Peking opera percussion workshop at Wesleyan on the Oct. 27, 2008. The ensemble includes Alec McLane (small gong), Joy Lu (cymbals), Joseph Getter (big gong), and Po-wei Weng (single-skinned drum). It is led by Po-wei Weng, a PhD candidate and adjunct faculty member at Central Connecticut State University. The clip includes a brief intro of the instruments, a short demonstration of the "oral notation" of the percussion patterns, and the percussion performance. For further information about the leader, See https://pwengweb.wesleyan.edu ; about the conference and the workshop, see http://sem2008.blogs.wesleyan.edu/workshops/

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Peking opera
• Po-wei Weng
• Chinese opera music
• percussion
• ethnomusicology
• Beijing opera
• Joseph Getter
• Joy Lu
• Alec McLane
• SEM

[glorplaxy]

Wonderful.

Can someone please tell me the name of the small hand gong that is played with a stick? Is it a shou luo?

[pwcplove]

Yes, it is!

[dbadagna]

This is very good; thank you for putting it on YouTube. Do you have any videos showing the technique of the guban (paiban + bangu)?

[pwcplove]

Thanks for your nice words. Unfortunately, I don't have any video about the bangu. I will let you know if I get any.

[gongsunlimited]

Thanks for this video. Much appreciated. Andrew at Gongs Unlimited