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焦点活动 Activity in Focus
文◎Teresa Tan 王慧兰
For three decades, Chung Wah Chinese School, with campuses located across Leeming, Morley and Rossmoyne, has continuously delivered Chinese language and cultural education. Besides Mandarin lessons, students may also enrol in a wide range of cultural based after-class curricular activities on Saturday. We will start to introduce them in this column.
Guzheng Lesson
(Chung Wah Leeming Chinese School)
The guzheng group lesson is one of the extra-curricular activities taught at Chung Wah Leeming Chinese School since 2007 with Teresa Tan as the instructor. Teresa Tan has been the instructor all along. The lessons are held on Saturdays 11:30am to 12:30pm at Leeming Senior High School, Aulberry Parade, Leeming. Due to the limited time for individual attention in a group setting, it is preferable that students are nine years old and older.
There are at least two or more guzheng performances, solos and ensembles every year. We have performed popular pieces, like “Dance of the Yeo Tribe”, “Liu Yang River”, “Fighting of the Typhoon”, “Rainbow Cloud Chasing the Moon”, “Happy Days and Fishermen’s Song at Eventide”, etc. Students always try very hard to perform at their best.
GuZheng
Guzheng has a history of 2,500 years. It is a plucked pentatonic zither with movable bridges and is one of the most popular Chinese instruments. Its music is simple and elegant. The most well-known sound is the sound of water created by glissandos. The most commonly used guzheng has 21 strings that are made of steel wound with nylon. The body, about 1.6m long, is made of wood. Artifi cial nails are used while playing in order to enhance the tone and expression skills. Guzheng originated in Shaanxi and has spread across China and around the world. There are diff erent styles of presentation as it has developed through the years. Two-hand skills are widely used to increase its musical presentation.
中华会馆黎明中文学校古筝课
2007年初，中华会馆黎明中文学校的 课外学习项目，增添了中国古典乐器-古筝。 自此至今的指导老师一直都是王慧兰老师 (Teresa Tan)。
上课时间在星期六早上十一点半至下 午十二点半，地点在 Leeming Senior High School，Aulberry Parade, Leeming。由于 是集体课时间有限，古筝老师要求学生最好 是九岁以上的儿童及青少年，以确保班内的 学生可以在短短的每周一小时的课堂中学 习弹奏古筝。
每年古筝组都会参加两场或以上的表 演，独奏和合奏都很受欢迎。曾经表演的曲 目有多首著名的古筝曲：“瑶族舞曲”、“浏 阳河”、“战台风”、“纺织忙”、“彩云追月” 、“欢乐的日子”、“渔舟唱晚”等等。学生们 每年都努力地练习，以最好的表现去演绎这 些曲子。
Instructor
Born in Hong Kong, Teresa Tan grew up playing the Chinese guzheng (zither) and piano. She settled in Perth, Australia as a registered pharmacist and became involved in the promotion of Chinese music and Cantonese opera through performances and tutoring. Aside from the Guzheng and piano, Teresa also plays the Zhongruan (lute), Yangqin (dulcimer) and Erhu (Chinese violin) and sings. She is a Guzheng instructor at Chung Wah Leeming Chinese School and Methodist Ladies College. She is also the Acting Music Director of Chung Wah Chinese Orchestra. Some of her notable performances include the 2017 Cantonese Opera Concert in Brisbane, the United Nation’s 70th anniversary celebrations, the Kulcha’s 30th anniversary celebrations and the 25th Oz Concert held in Perth. She also participates in some local community
古筝
古筝是最受欢迎的中国传统乐器其中之一，它已经有两千五百年的历史。古筝属于弾 拨乐器，是五声音阶。音乐古朴典雅，最为人熟悉是刮奏做成的流水声。现今最常用的古筝 是二十一弦，弦线由尼龙包钢丝造成，琴身以桐木和其他木材而造，大约有一点六米长。弹 奏时手指带上假指甲，以增强音色和表达能力。古筝多年来由陕西流传到全国，甚至世界各 地，也出现了不同的流派，每流派各具风格，有不同的演奏方法和色彩。弾奏技巧方面已发 展到双手的运用，使乐曲更富层次感。
organisations, which are listed here according to the order of joining, such as Cantonese Opera Association of WA, Miracle Band, New Voice Choir, WA Chinese Arts Association and Perth HuaXing Arts Group Inc. Her recent endeavours include the rearrangements of popular tunes on her guzheng, imparting a distinctive oriental fl avour to much loved hits, all of which can be found on YouTube (Teresa Tan Music).
导师介绍
王慧兰 Teresa Tan，注册药剂师，香港出 生。她热爱音乐，从小学习古筝及钢琴。抵 西澳后，推广中国音乐及粤曲艺术，在珀斯 开始演奏古筝及授徒。音乐领域包括歌唱， 中阮，扬琴和二胡。除了受聘于黎明中文学 校，她也是 Methodist Ladies College 的 古筝老师和中华会馆华乐团的音乐指导(暂 代)。曾演出于二零一七年布里斯班粤曲演 唱会，联合国成立七十周年纪念，Kulcha成 立三十周年纪念及第二十五届粤兹音乐会。 她也活跃于其他社区团体，排名以入团先后 顺序，有辉煌曲艺社、奇迹乐团、艺声合唱 团、西澳中国艺术家协会艺术团和珀斯华星 艺术团。近期更用古筝演绎改编的流行歌 曲，放在YouTube网站 (Teresa Tan Music) 与网友分享。
