Cecilia Xu & Kevin Wei, dedicated teachers George Wang & Tina Yie, hosts Volunteers: Branden Ma,

Leon Wen, Wonna Wen, Steven Zhang, Frank Zheng, Richard Li, Ryan Kuang, Andy An, Eric Wang, Philip Xu, Eileen Huang, Serena Shen Joan Ng, program designer And You!

The Foundation of Voluntary Teaching of China

The Foundation of Voluntary Teaching of China, directly under the Central Youth Development Foundation, was officially established in March 2010. The symbol of the foundation signifies a scholar with heart, representing its mission in prospecting the whole nation through voluntary teaching and knowledge transfer from a group of highly educated scholars to thousands of secondary or elementary students from the minority, developing and disasterstricken rural districts and remote provinces. The foundation is aimed at developing and nourishing this next generation with a systematic, disciplinary, effective, scientific and continuous voluntary teaching support service. Cecilia, Kevin and Conrads voluntary teaching trip to China On Aug 21st to Sep 1st 2011, Cecilia and Kevin will be bringing 6 students to Beijing, China to support a project organized by the Foundation of Voluntary Teaching of China. Conrad will be joining them to deliver eight days of teaching activities to an elementary school in the rural area, mainly consisting of students from the farming community whose parents migrated to the city in search for job opportunities. The teaching will focus on the 3 main areas of English, Mathematics and Music.

Conrad Ng, Violin

accompanied by

Scott Meek, Piano

Sunday August 7, 2011 3:00pm

Admission by donation All proceeds from this recital will go directly to the Foundation of Voluntary Teaching of China. Thank you!

St. Faiths Anglican Church 7284 Cypress Street, Vancouver BC

(see map on back page)

Conrad Ng, a grade 11 student who has been learning violin with Cecilia Xu for six years, is ready for his RCM ARCT Performer examination this summer. Conrad has won numerous violin competitions including the Kiwanis Music Festival, and recently in the BC Conservatory of Music Festival 2011, he received 2 Gold Awards. Conrad plays as a 1st violin in the VanString Chamber Music. Starting this September, Conrad will join the Vancouver Academy Symphony Orchestra with a full scholarship. Conrad has also served as an Assistant Concert Master in the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra. In the past 4 years, Conrad has been a soloist at recitals of Cecilia & Kevin Music Studio, and has also served as a host and art director. Conrads passion in music has extended beyond his violin into other musical instruments like the alto saxophone, flute, piccolo and piano. At school, he has been a devoted flute and piccolo player in the Honours Wind Ensemble and the Senior Concert Band. He is also an alto saxophone player in the Senior Jazz Band. At the National Musicfest Canada 2011, all 3 ensembles mentioned received the National Gold Awards. In the 2011 Kiwanis Jazz Music Festival, Conrad received the Victoria Conservatory of Music Scholarship as a reeds soloist. Academically, Conrad ranked 1st in Canada in the University of Waterloo 2011 Avogadro Chemistry Contest with a perfect score. Conrad has also received scholarships and consecutively, for 4 years, Honours with Distinction and Educational Excellence Medals. Athletically, he has been a key member of the school Badminton and Ultimate (Frisbee) teams, winning Regional and Provincial Championships. Conrad has been selected into the BC Provincial Ultimate Junior Team (Misfit) for the 2 nd consecutive year and will be competing in the Canadian National Ultimate Championship this mid-August in Ottawa.

I Canon in D Major with fellow Beijing volunteers II Sonata in A Major I. Allegretto ben moderato II. Allegro III Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), Op. 20 IV Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001 Johann Sebastian Bach II. Fuga Allegro (1685 1750) V Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 VI A Midsummer Nights Dream I. Scherzo VII Symphonie Espagnole in D minor, Op. 21 I. Allegro non troppo IV. Andante VIII Ju Hua Tai with Vanstring Chamber Music Jay Chou (1979 ) douard Lalo (1823 1892) Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Felix Mendelssohn (1809 1847) Pablo de Sarasate (1844 1908) Cesar Franck (1822 1890) Johann Pachelbel (1653 1706)

Scott Meek was born in 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he studied piano with Carole Pollard for ten years. Upon graduation in 2005 from the Oberlin Conservatory studying under Alvin Chow, Scott continued in his graduate studies at Indiana University studying under Menahem Pressler, earning Masters and Doctorate degrees. Scotts accomplishments include first prizes from Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Competition (2009) and the Inaugural Knigge National Music Competition in Vancouver (2008), second prize at the 30th E-gre Competition (2007), and third prizes at the Corpus Christi International Competition (2006) and World Piano Competition in Cincinnati (2005). Scott has performed as a soloist with the Edmonton, Toronto, and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras and has played solo recitals for the Womens Musical Club of Winnipeg and the UBC Wednesday Noon Hour recital series. Scotts hobbies include origami, cooking, and an enthusiasm for foreign films.

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