In the spirit of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday, the New Haven Chinese Cultural Cooperative (NHCCC) is sharing music about the harvest moon and nostalgia, all played on traditional Chinese instruments. This concert is open to all ages — bring the whole family!

For lovers of literature, members of NHCCC will also present a bilingual poetry recitation about the season of fall, accompanied by the guzheng, a 21-string Chinese zither. NHCCC members will act as your storytelling guides, with their personal stories and interesting facts about their instruments, making their sounds and music accessible for all to enjoy. To quote one of its fans, “NHCCC is at its heart — the bond between art, people, and [their] connection to one another.”

The New Haven Chinese Cultural Cooperative is a non-profit Chinese music ensemble dedicated to fostering cultural awareness in communities across Connecticut. Led by Dr. Chia-Yu Joy Lu, ethnomusicologist, erhu artist, and director of Smith College Chinese Music Ensemble and Wesleyan University's Chinese Music Ensemble, the group comprises members from diverse backgrounds and ages, all sharing a passion for expressing their voices, expertise, and stories through the performance of traditional Chinese and Taiwanese music. Since its establishment, NHCCC has performed and presented at numerous events, organizations, and schools, with unique programming that integrates traditional music and culture of China and Taiwan.

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