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- Aug. 16-18 - Red
Chamber with Randy
Raine-Reusch - Summerfolk Festival,
Owen Sound, Ont., http://www.summerfolk.org/
- August, 2008 - Red
Chamber - Release of a new CD with
Special Guests John Reischman and the Jaybirds
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- 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
- Mei Han with Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra
- Vancouver, BC.
- 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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UME |
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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 |