Music Fundamentals
Laurie Lee
LanguageEnglish, Mandarin, Japanese (Basic)
BA in Piano Performance. Born in San Jose, Laurie started the Piano and then the Erhu when she was 5. At the age of 8, she began performing and became one of the 13 founding members of Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra (FYCO) in 2000. Growing up along with FYCO, Laurie served the concertmaster for many years and participated all important organizational activities, and also participated in school choirs from middle school all the way to university. Her father, Gordon Lee, taught her initial Erhu play method. Afterwards, she learned from TIAN Yongping, Song Fei, LIU Su-Chen, and HE Churong. Her Piano teachers were ZHANG Weihua and Tatiana Romanovsky. At California State University, Northridge, listed as one of the top 25 music schools in the nation, she was instructed by Prof. Dmitri Rachmanov and Prof. Edward Francis for Piano, and Prof. Nadeem Madjalany for conducting. After her college graduation in 2014, she returned to Aimusic to teach music fundamentals. In 2016, Laurie assisted planning and organizing the first International Aimusic Festival and conducted FYCO with the Bangu––the Chinese conducing heritage from traditional operas. Afterwards she continues to play a key role in every Festival. Ms. Lee enjoys seeing everyone have fun, and grow through learning music.No-mic Acoustic PerformanceXiaoruan Plucked Instrument Ensemble Images of the Miao Mountain (Year: 2001, Cultural center capacity: 300 seats)
Leading Erhu Qinqiang Themes Capriccio (Year: 2008, Concert hall capacity: 1,122 seats)
Key Cymbals Live Music Dance Mice Wedding (Year: 2008, Concert hall capacity: 1,122 seats)
Leading Banhu Pingju Liu Qiao Er accompaniment (Year: 2010, Concert hall capacity: 1,122 seats)
Piano solo Allegro Barbaro by Bartok (Year: 2013, Concert hall capacity: 400 seats)
Conductor with the Bangu Melody of Yueju (Year: 2016, Concert hall capacity: 1,122 seats)
Conductor with the Bangu Kunqu Opera Peony Pavilion excerpt Tracing the Dream (Year: 2016, Concert hall capacity: 1,122 seats)
Bangu accompaniment Erhu solo The Tune of Henan (Year: 2016, Concert hall capacity: 1,122 seats)
Leading Erhu Qinqiang Themes Capriccio (Year: 2008, Concert hall capacity: 1,122 seats)
Key Cymbals Live Music Dance Mice Wedding (Year: 2008, Concert hall capacity: 1,122 seats)
Leading Banhu Pingju Liu Qiao Er accompaniment (Year: 2010, Concert hall capacity: 1,122 seats)
Piano solo Allegro Barbaro by Bartok (Year: 2013, Concert hall capacity: 400 seats)
Conductor with the Bangu Melody of Yueju (Year: 2016, Concert hall capacity: 1,122 seats)
Conductor with the Bangu Kunqu Opera Peony Pavilion excerpt Tracing the Dream (Year: 2016, Concert hall capacity: 1,122 seats)
Bangu accompaniment Erhu solo The Tune of Henan (Year: 2016, Concert hall capacity: 1,122 seats)
Teacher’s WordsMusic is definitely one of the best approaches to understand the world in different cultures. Kids will learn skills and techniques through different ways, and will start from the basics of how to read notations, appreciate music, and sing simple songs. Parents are welcome to join in learning music fundamentals alongside them.