BPP Music and Fine Arts

BPPMusic is committed to highly individualized education, with classes taught by practicing musicians. Instrumental instruction is highly student centered, from the youngest to the oldest, working to create a healthy educational environment that is stimulating, enjoyable and highly productive.

Chih-Lin Chou & Guzheng Students

Yang Li & Erhu Students

CCM EXAM Montreal Test Center

Oscar Peterson Concert Hall

The discipline and careful training show themself to full advantage in Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing) Exams, conducted for the first time in Montreal in the autumn of 2007. The examiners were greatly impressed with the level of preparation, the average grade being 85%.

Practical Test: guzheng and erhu contesters

Oral Theory Test: sightsinging and rhythm

CONCERT Series

Concert presentations are given by all instructors and there are opportunities for more advanced students to participate in these events.

2003 GZEM Concert

Chih-Lin Chou, guzheng

Trio: guzheng, percussion & cello

Duo: guzheng & violin

Teachers, students and parents

2005 GZEM Concert

Chih-Lin Chou, guzheng

Kevin Austin & GZEM

Trio: guzheng, percussion & cello

2006 GZEM Concert

GZEM and video "Four Arts"

Chih-Lin Chou & Charles Dugas

Student ensemble

Student Ensemble

Students who particiated in the concert 2006

2007 Oriented Towards Sound III

Kevin Austin, gong

Chih-Lin Chou, guzheng

Ling Lin, yangqin

Liegang Luo, guqin & taiji

Guzheng concerto & calligraphy presentation on stage

2007 McCord Museum

Chih-Lin Chou, guzheng

Yang Li, erhu

Charles Dugas, percussion

Liegang Luo, hulusi

Liegang Luo, guqin

Projects

CD recording

In the summer of 2007 Chih-Lin Chou, guzheng, and Yang Li, erhu, came together from a common cultural heritage to explore the possibilities of composing / improvising pieces bathed in Chinese tradition, but seen through more modern eyes. This collaborative procedure resulted in series of pieces entitled Improvisation Based on Nature, of which Flowering is one movement. The flower in the minds of the performers is the Chinese peony, a plant that bridges the rapid growth of spring, and the stability of early summer. In many ways this piece reflects the rapid the rapid growth and maturation of the musical relationship of Chih-Lin Chou and Yang Li.

Recording Studio Concordia University Oscar Peterson Concert Hall

Recording Studio: Chih-Lin Chou, guzheng Charles Dugas, percussion

Recording Studio: Chih-Lin Chou, guzheng Yang Li, erhu

CD production: Improvisation Based on Nature

CD Produciton: Solo Erhu Galloping

Gzem Trio

The exquisite sounds of traditional China -- the guzheng (Chinese zither) and the erhu (Chinese fiddle), with the addition of the colors added by western and Chinese percussion, this is the world of the GZEM Trio. Music that arrests the attention and attracts the heart, delicacy and passion.

Melodies drawn from the thousand year old tradition of ancient China are performed by Chih-Lin Chou, guzheng and Yang Li, erhu, both traditionally trained Chinese virtuosi. Their sounds capture and express the sentiments of a culture where less speaks more. The simple melodic phrase is framed by passionate yet controled gestures -- the Chinese experience of gently capturing the imagination and the soul.

Chih-Lin Chou (guzheng), Charles Dugas (percussion), Yang Li (erhu)

Yang Li, erhu