What is the Pipa? What are the similarities and differences of instruments from the East compared with instruments of the West? Join us and discover new worlds of sound together.
This concert is part of our series Community Concerts for Kids which is a concert series created with our youngest audience members in mind. All concerts are interactive, 60 minutes in length, and are FREE to all who attend. All ages are welcome!
At the concert you will meet -
Teaching Artist Hosts: Barbara Podgurski and Beata Moon
Guest Artists: Flying Strings Ensemble, Yang Jin (Pipa and Ensemble Director)
This concert is part of the Queens Rising 2026 Festival.
At 7pm there will be a full length concert with paid admission. Anyone who attends the kiddie show and brings proof of attendance from the Community Concert for Kids will receive $10 off the concert ticket price for the evening show (2 tickets per person will be honored at this discount).
We request that you reserve your spots through eventbrite to hold your place. Please consider making a donation at checkout on Eventbrite or at the door when attending the concert. Your donations help keep these concerts free for the community. If you decide you cannot attend kindly cancel your reservation so the event does not sell out.
Excerpts of the following works with artists demonstrating the following instruments and providing explanations to the works:
Ruan: Play the Music in the Forest
Pipa: High Mountains and Flowing Water, Jiangnan in March, Give Me a Rose
Guzheng: Jasmine FLower, Beauty Shared by All, Battling the Typhoon
Ensemble: Awakening of Insects, Racing Horse