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May 17, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Annual Asian Heritage Month Concert 
Annual Asian Heritage Month Concert by Asian Heritage Month-Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc.
Starts on Wed, May 17, 2023 7:00 PM EDT
Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
FREE
PROGRAM
MC: Dr. Vania Chan
Land Acknowledgement: Dr. Vania Chan
Welcome speech: Mr. Justin Poy (Honorary Patron, Asian Heritage Month-CFACI)
PERFORMANCES
Two Vietnamese songs by Tan Vu
“Home”
A Vietnamese Song
Pipa Solo and Two Chinese Pop Songs
Pipa Solo by Wen Zhao –
On the Frontier 塞上曲 (Traditional Chinese)
Song of Sparrow 雀语 ( folk music, rearranged by Wen Zhao)
Two Chinese pop songs by Wen Zhao (pipa) and Dr. Vania Chan (Soprano) –
“Tian mi mi” 甜蜜蜜
“Yue liang dai biao wo di xin” 月亮代表我的心
Dance by Yvonne Ng, Winner of the Canada Council for the Arts Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts, 2022
Miniature Solo and Music, an excerpt. (2021)
Choreography by Yvonne Ng, in collaboration with
Performer: Kurumi Yoshimoto
Composer: Nick Storring
Outside Eye: Bonnie Kim
Aria from Dragon’s Tale Opera by Professor Chan Ka Nin
Performed by Dr. Vania Chan soprano; Alice PIne Yee Ho, piano
Aria from Chinatown Opera by Alice Ping Yee Ho
Performed by Dr. Vania Chan soprano; Alice Ping Yee Ho, piano
Navillera Korean Dance Company
Dongcho handkerchief Chum
The Sundar Trio | with JUNO-winning saxophonist/flutist/vocalist and composer Sundar Viswanathan, renowned for his Jazz music
Annapoorna
Mohinika
Samsara (Mvmt. I of the Kanishka Suite)
Co-Organizers: Asian Heritage Month—Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc.; Toronto Public Library; Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto; Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto; Chinese Canadian Photography Society of Toronto; WE Artists’ Group; Social Services Network; Cambridge Food and Wine Society