Spring is here!  Seasons and nature played an important role in traditional Chinese arts and poetry. Come see New Haven Chinese Cultural Cooperative in this spring-themed program and hear how nature is incorporated in traditional music and poetry. You will experience songs about flowers and flowing water, and Tang Dynasty poetry about nature. 

Seating is limited and we recommend that you register using this form.

Come celebrate the arrival of The Year of Snake with New Haven Chinese Cultural Cooperative in Manchester this year. We are bringing raucous percussion (Chinese drums, gongs, cymbals, bells…), in addition to traditional Chinese music instruments like erhu, dizi, guzheng, yangqin, pipa, ruan, and sheng. Enjoy a truly festive ambiance with many of our new year favorites - “Beautiful Flowers and Full Moon,” “Beaming with Joy,” “Rising Higher Step by Step,“ and more. Lunar New Year Celebration is a family friendly event and we look forward to seeing audience of all ages moving to our tunes!

This is a ticketed event. Please get your free tickets here!

Come celebrate the arrival of The Year of Snake with New Haven Chinese Cultural Cooperative at the Peabody Museum. We are bringing raucous percussion (Chinese drums, gongs, cymbals, bells…), in addition to traditional Chinese music instruments like erhu, dizi, guzheng, yangqin, pipa, ruan, and sheng. Enjoy a truly festive ambiance with many of our new year favorites - “Beautiful Flowers and Full Moon,” “Beaming with Joy,” “Rising Higher Step by Step,“ and more.

The Peabody Museum is a wonderful venue for families. We are looking forward to see audience of all ages moving to our tunes!

Fall is about harvest, harvest moon, nostalgia, but also celebration. This October, with students of Ansonia High School, In addition to our presentation and poetry recitation about the Autumn in the Chinese culture, we are also sharing interesting facts and history about our unique traditional instruments. A post-presentation discussion will follow.

We are bringing a whole new Mid-Autumn Festival program to Miss Porter School this year. Songs about the moon, harvest, nostalgia, in addition to a recitation of Tang Dynasty poetry and a playful palace dance.

A Little Summer Night Music: Bring a picnic to the New Haven Green on a warm summer night and hear some Chinese music by members of NHCCC. This is an open event. For more information, see: https://www.artidea.org/free-events-on-the-green-2024

To help celebrate AAPI Heritage Month, we are giving three performances/workshops for students at Pierrepont School to learn about Chinese instruments and the different musical styles around China and Taiwan.

To help celebrate AAPI Month, New Haven Night Market has invited us to play a full set of music outdoors. In addition to some longtime favorites, we are also featuring the three Chinese fiddles in our version of Racing Horse, half a dozen percussionists on a song about bickering ducklings, the transverse flutes as grasshoppers taunting the rooster, and a Taiwanese drinking song for this festive occasion.

This event is free and open to general public.

https://www.newhavennightmarket.com/

We are so excited to be invited to perform at at Westville’s ArtWalk this year. This is an outdoor event in the park so come see us and enjoy an hour of fun and sunshine.

In addition to our spring program, we are bringing some songs about rowdy ducklings, battling grasshoppers, racing horses, and a goldfish at the bottom of a glass.

This event is free and open to general public.

https://westvilleartwalk.org/

This spring concert is all about - flowers.  Many Chinese tunes are written about flowers - orchid, jasmine, rose, peach blossoms... We are excited to share these beautiful musical blossoms with residents at Whitney Center.

Come celebrate our first Lunar New Year in Whethersfield!