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- July, 2009 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, tour to Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and India
- October 14, 2009 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, showcase at Arts Northwest Booking Conference, Boise, Idaho
- November 6, 2009 – Red Chamber and Randy Raine-Reusch, Willamette Univ., Salem Oregon
- November 7, 2009 – Red Chamber and Randy Raine-Reusch, Linfield College, Oregon
- February 16, 2009 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 8:00 PM, Cellar, 3611, W. Broadway, Vancouver
- February 24, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 8:00 PM, The Confederation Centre 145 Richmond Street, Charlottetown, PE
- February 25, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 8:00 PM, Capitol Theatre, 811 Main Street, Moncton, NB
- February 26, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 8:00 PM, Fredericton Playhouse, 686 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB
- February 27, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 8:00 PM, Imperial Theatre, 24 King Square South, Saint John, NB
- March 02, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 1:15 PM, River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich Street, Guelph, ON
- March 03, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 9:30 AM and 1:15 PM, River Run Centre 35 Woolwich Street, Guelph, ON
- March 04, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 12:00 PM, University of Guelph College of Arts/Science Complex Atrium, Guelph,
- March 07, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, Waterloo Chamber Music Society, Waterloo, ON
- Mar 31st. 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, UBC Noon Concert, UBC School of Music, Vancouver
- May 10, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 7:30 PM, Venue TBA, Inuvik, NT
- May 11, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 7:30 PM ,Venue TBA, Inuvik, NT
- May 12, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 7:30 PM, Venue TBA, Hay River, NT
- May 13, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 7:30 PM, Venue TBA, Fort Smith, NT
- May 14, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 8:00 PM, Venue TBA, Yellowknife, NT
- May 15, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 8:00 PM, Venue TBA, Yellowknife, NT
- May 16, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber,12:00 PM Venue TBA , Yellowknife, NT
- Nov. 21st, 2010 - Mei
Han and Red Chamber, 2:30 PM, Port Theatre, Nanaimo, BC
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| Previous 2009 |
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- Randy Raine-Reusch, Henry Kaiser, Torsten Müller, Vancouver
- Mei
Han and Red Chamber, Library and Archives Canada
presented by National Arts Centre "BC SCENE"
- Mei
Han and Red Chamber, Open
Ears Festival, Kitchener, Ontario
- Mei
Han and Red Chamber, Kalamazoo College, Michigan
- Mei Han and Linda Burman-Hall (harpsichord), presented by New Music Works, UCSC Music Center Recital Hall
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| 2008 |
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- Mei
Han - guest soloist with the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver
- Red Chamber and the Jaybirds
- Vancouver
- Red Chamber
- Vancouver Folk Music Festival on stage with Bela Fleck, Abigail
Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet, plus John Reischman and the Jaybirds
- Red Chamber
- Parkstad Limburg Theaters, Heerlen, The Netherlands
- Red Chamber
- Muziekcentrum Vredenburg. Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Red Chamber
- The Sinological Instute at Leiden University, Leiden , The Netherlands
- Red Chamber
- Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Red Chamber
with Randy Raine-Reusch
- Summerfolk Festival, Owen Sound, Ontario
- Mei Han with Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra
- Vancouver, BC.
- Randy Raine-Reusch - AIchigenkin concert Kioi Hall, Tokyo. Audience with Empress of Japan.
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Artistic Director of Rainforest World Music Festival, Kuching, Sarawak,
Malaysia
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Director of Acquisitions, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Release of Play the World: 101 World Instrument Primer, Mel
Bay, Publications.
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| 2007 |
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- Red Chamber
- Concert at Ryerson Church, Vancouver, BC
- Red Chamber -
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Ottawa, Canada
- Red Chamber
- UBC Concert with John Reischman, recorded for CBC national and regional
radio
- Red Chamber
- Chan Centre, Vancouver
- Mei Han Ensemble -
Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Canada
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Concerts in Mannhiem and Bremen, Germany
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Sound Travels, Toronto, with Barry Truax
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Colingwood Music Festival Ontario.
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Calgary
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Happening New Music Festival, University of Calgary
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Linfield College, Pacific University, Oregon
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch -
with the Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra and the NOW Orchestra,
Vancouver
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Rainforest World Music Festival, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Director of Acquisitions, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Synthese 2007, Bourges, France with Barry Truax.
- Randy Raine-Reusch & Stefan Smulovitz
- Arnica Gallery, Kamloops, BC
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Mei Han Art Ensemble in China |
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| 2006 |
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- Mei Han Ensemble
- China Tour, Nanjing, Beijing, Guangzhou
and Hangzhou, with Paul Plimley , Randy Raine-Reusch and Mark Armanini
- Mei Han Ensemble with
Paul Plimley, Coat Cooke and Randy Raine-Reusch - Festival de Musique
Creation, Jonquierre, Quebec, and Festival de Musique Actuelle de
Victoriaville, Quebec
- Mei Han
- Vancouver New Music Concert Series
- Mei Han & Paul Plimley
- CD Release of Ume,
musical haiku by two master improvisers
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Concerts in Seattle, Salem and Portland
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- World Urban Festival, Vancouver
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Vancouver New Music Festival, performing John Cage's ONE9
and Two4 for sho
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- World Premiere of The Way of the Spirit, Sonic Boom, Vancouver,
an octophonic electro-acoustic work composed by Barry Truax &
Randy Raine-Reusch and performed by Randy Raine-Reusch.
- Randy Raine-Reusch -
Acts of Imagination
(Springate Coombs) feature film, Raine-Reusch: sound designer and
composer, International Film Fests: Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton,
Calgary, Pusan.
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Outside the Wall
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| 2005 |
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- Mei Han
- Featured in the NFB film Trudeaus Other Children, with
Mei Han - zheng, Vineet Vyas - tabla, Asif Illyas - voice
- Mei Han
- Kennedy Center concert (with Orchid Ensemble)
- Mei Han -
Smithsonian Institute - Freer Gallery - Lecture and performance (with
Orchid Ensemble)
- Mei Han
- Study of dan tranh in Vietnam*
- Mei Han
- CD Release Outside the Wall - New Directions
for Chinese Zheng, A mix of groundbreaking contemporary works and
traditional musical treasures for the zheng. Mei Han propels this
elegantly beautiful ancient instrument firmly into the 21st Century.
Includes works by John Oliver, Minoru Miki, Randy Raine-Reusch and
Barry Truax.
- Mei Han
- MusicWorks Article
- Mei Han, specialist on the Chinese Zheng, broadens the scope of
traditional, composed and improvised music for her instrument.
- Mei Han
- Open Ears Festival - World Premiere of Janet Danielson's Enchanted
Glass with harpsichordist Cynthia Herbert.
- Mei Han
- Tour throughout Alaska and performances at the Cross Sound Festival
- Mei Han & Paul Plimley
- Vancouver International Jazz Festival
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Concert in Hanoi, Vietnam
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Concert at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Artists in Residence University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and co-founders
of the Chinese Music Program
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Consultant for the Stearn's Collection of Musical Instruments, Ann
Arbor, Michigan
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l-r. Han, Saito, Minegishi,
Raine-Reusch, Further
East Further West, Vancouver
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| 2004 |
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- Mei Han -
World Premiere of Purple Lotus Bud,Mei Han and the Borealis
String Quartet by John Oliver, commissioned by Borealis String Quartet,
at Vancouver Chamber Music Festival*
- Mei Han -
World Premiere of Still Turning -John Oliver's new work for
zheng and guitar.
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- World Premiere of Raine-Reusch's The Legs of a Crane,with
Issui Minegishi, the Hereditary Grand Master of Seikyodo Ichigenkin,
and Ichiyo Saito, the head teacher of Seikyodo,, Further East Further
West Festival Vancouver, sponsored by the Japan Canada Fund. *
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Tanz and FolkFest Rudolstadt, Germany *- Solo concerts
as well as performances as part of the Magic Zither project with Abdullah
Chhadeh (SYR) on kanoun, Andrew Cronshaw (GBR) on harp-zither, Michal
Muller (CZE) on concert zither, Pati and Jean (MDG) on valiha and
guitar, Antal Racz and Anne-Marie (HUN) on citera and gardon, Timo
Vaananen (FIN) on kantele, Iba (PLE) on percussion, and Bernard O'Neil
(IRL) bass. The project was led by Wolfgang Meyering.
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Lectures and Concert at Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- "Music for a New World" documentary broadcast nationally
in Canada
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Concerts at Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Chiang Rai,
Thailand.
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Lecture presentation on Thai Instruments in Canadian Music at Payap
University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.*
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Music for a New World
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| 2003 |
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- ASZA
- Pangea - The URI Roots Music Series. Kingston, Rhode Island
- Mei Han
- Premiere of John Sharpley's "When Cranes Fly Home", the
first original concerto for zheng and orchestra, with the China Philharmonic
Orchestra at the Bao Li Theatre, Beijing. **
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Concert Tour to Japan, China, Singapore and Australia, including
WOMADelaide in Australia. **
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Canadian Summer Tour, including: Sunfest, Ottawa Blues
Festival. Montreal Botanical Garden, Vancouver Folk Music Festival,
and Atlantic Jazz Festival. .*
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- New Works Calgary Concert, Alberta
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Eastern US and Canada Tour including: Wesleyan University, Kent
State University, University of Guelph, and University of Waterloo.
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- North American Premiere with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra conducted
by Linda Bouchard of Dance Gundah, a concerto for didjeridu composed
by Philip Bracanin
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Cover article of Dulcimer
Players News Magazine
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Magic Zither Project
TFF Rudolstadt, Germany |
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| 2002 |
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- ASZA
- Vancouver International Jazz
Festival, with Steve Dawson, Pepe Danza, Laurence Mollerup, Mei
Han and Randy Raine-Reusch
- Mei Han
- Vancouver New Music Festival 2002, solo concert. Premiered Tribute
to Ling-Lingfor solo zheng by Lee Pui-Ming, commissioned for Han
by Vancouver New Music through the Canada Council for the Arts.
- Mei Han
- Sound Travels Global Internet Exchange with Paul Plimley, Vancouver;
Akikazu Nakamura, Tokyo; Ellery Eskelin, New York; Jason Robinson,
San Diego; Robin Fox & Anthony Pateras, Melbourne; Lê Quan
Ninh, Toulouse; Mia Zabelka, Vienna. Real time transglobal interactive
concert.
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Distant Wind, the premiere CD by Mei Han and Randy Raine-Reusch
was nominated for a JUNO under the "Best Global" category,
and two West Coast Music Awards under the "Best World Music"
and "Best Instrumental" categories.
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Vancouver International Jazz Fest with Frank
Gratkowski
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Further East Further West, with Orchid Ensemble
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Concert for CCTV and Tianjin TV in Tianjin China with Tianjin Symphony,
telecast live to 500 million viewers.
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Randy Raine-Reusch,
Frank Gratkowski, & Mei Han,
Vancouver Jazz Festival |
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| 2001 |
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- ASZA &
Mei Han -
Awesome Africa Festival in Durban, South Africa. Check out Afribeat.com
for more info. **
- ASZA - National
TV broadcast on ETV South Africa, and spotlight on BBC.
- ASZA - International
broadcast on West Coast Live,
from the Vancouver Writers Festival, listen
to the show in Real Audio.
- Mei Han -
Research in contemporary koto with Kazue Sawai, Tokyo, Japan. *
- Mei Han -
Performances of new works for zheng at the Seattle Art Museum
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Release of their first CD entitled Distant
Wind, New Directions for Chinese Zheng. *
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Vancouver International Jazz Festival with Barry Guy and Mats Gustafsson.
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ASZA & Mei Han, Awesome
Africa Festival, Durban, SA |
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| 2000 & Before |
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- ASZA - CBC
national TV hour-long feature on ASZA for Adrienne Clarkson Presents.
- ASZA - Performances
with Nancy Fischer (billed as the Musical Mosaic of Canada) at the
Sacred Music Festival at Chiang Mai, Thailand.
- ASZA - Performed
at the DBS Auditorium in Singapore as well as daytime concerts at
the Singapore American School and United World College, with vocalist
Nancy Fischer.
- ASZA - Tour
to India: Sacred Music Festival for the Dalai Lhama in Bangalore,
Not Just Jazz by the Bay in Bombay, with Andre Thibault, and
Nancy Fischer.
- ASZA - Asian
Tour with performances at the Rainforest World Music Festival, in
Sarawak, Malaysia; in Singapore; in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; in
Hanoi, Vietnam; and at the Commonwealth Games Cultural Festival in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- ASZA - Subject
of an hour-long Prime-time national TV special in Vietnam.
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Concerts in Singapore.
- Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch
- Concert at Chime Conference on Chinese Music in Prague.
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Performed at Festival Zungenschlag in Berlin.
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Founded and performed at the Rainforest World Music Festival, Sarawak,
Borneo.
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Recorded with Yes on "The Ladder".
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Recorded with the Deep Listening Band (Pauline Oliveros, Stuart
Dempster, and David Gamper) and Leo Smith, in Woodstock , NY,
to be released on Za Discs.
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Presented three workshops at the NESA conference in Cairo, Egypt,
and met and became friends with Jane Goodall.
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Composed the soundtrack for the documentary "Haunted House,
Haunted Mind", produced by Don Hill, of Appropriate Entertainment
Ltd.
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Concert at the Canadian Embassy Theatre in Tokyo with Issue Minegishi,
the Iemoto (Hereditary Head) and Ichiyo Saito, the head sensei (teacher)
of Seikyodo Ichigenkin.
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Cover article in Musicworks
Magazine #71.
- Randy Raine-Reusch
- Recorded Sawaku and Masters
of the Sarawakian Sape for Pan Records in Sarawak, Borneo.
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Tokyo -Issui Minegishi, Randy
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Jane Goodall & Randy at the Pyramids in Egypt |