Hi everyone,
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I love this time of the year in Nashville. Everyday is a new day with new flowers, wild animals, and sunshine in the forest. I spotted Carolina spring beauties on my hike yesterday. How elegant they are (photo below)! I came straight to my studio and composed this multi-track guzheng piece once I came down from the hills.
For friends in Chicago,
I am so excited to be back to your amazing city again! This time, I am honored to give my solo “Moon Hunter” Chicago premiere on April 7 at 3pm at Logan Center Performance Hall, presented by UChicago Presents. Details and ticket info, click here.
On April 8 at 1pm, I will give a short performance and lunch speak at the International House Assembly Hall followed by QA moderated by Anna Schultz, Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago. We will discuss my chamber orchestral work “Hello Gold Mountain” and my growth as an artist and immigrant as I discuss the relationship of my “mother tongue” in music from the birth-motherland (China) and the development of a “new tongue” in my adopted-motherland (United States). Registration for this event is required. Click here to resister.
Meanwhile, I would like to share a few older episodes with you. It took me a while to sort them out :) Since its launch on May 3, 2020, I have published 955 pieces of original music along with my writing and photography about nature, daily life, Chinese culture, and places I have travelled to.
Episode #949 - Love locks of Gent 根特爱情锁
Improvised and recorded on March 20, 2024.
This piece is one of Wu Fei’s latest posts after a week-long residency at Handelsbeurs Concert in Gent, Belgium, where she premiered her new project - the House of Wu Fei.
Episode #597 - Wooden arrows of Chicago 芝加哥木箭
Composed and recorded on June 9, 2022
This multi-track guzheng recording was inspired by a concert at the historical Arts Club of Chicago.
Episode #178 - Mount Slingshot 弹弓山歌
Composed and recorded on October 29, 2020
This multi-track piece features prepared guzheng and Fei’s vocals. Fei used elastic hair bands on the strings. The sound that gives the percussive noise in the recording is from her pulling the rubber bands which then bounced back to the strings.
Episode #888 - Stream beneath 浣溪沙
Improvised and recorded on November 13, 2023
This was a guzheng composition created after a tour in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Fei was glad to be back home after being on the road, and created a moment of calmness after finishing an intense schedule.
Episode #938 - Guzheng, frogs and wind 筝，蛙，风 with video
Created and filmed on February 15, 2024
A solo improvisation that Wu Fei played with the frog choir in the spring sun, accompanied by the wind that made her guzheng whistle. An airplane joined them in the middle. It was a great collaboration!
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Have a fun weekend!
Wu Fei 吴非
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#955 — Two Carolina spring beauties | April 7 in Chicago