Purple Silk Music Education Foundation

04/16/2017

Upcoming Shows:

May 6 - Great Wall Youth Orchestra and Chorus
Time : 7-9pm
Place: Laney College - Odell Johnson Performing Arts Theater
Located: 900 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94607

May 9- Great Wall Youth Orchestra in collaboration with students of Oakland School for the Arts
Time: 7-9 pm
Place: 530 18th St. Oakland, CA

10/18/2016

Photo Album Part Two

10/17/2016

10/01/2016

From Purple Silk's 2016 Spring Concert: soloist Paul DeCastro plays the Suona on "Opening the Door with Six Words"

09/26/2016

You're invited: Saturday October 15th, 2016, 5pm-9pm. Come to the Purple Silk Music Education GALA fundraiser and enjoy amazing food from the Laney College Culinary Arts School and afterwards, a free concert of traditional Chinese music and world music from the Great Wall Youth Orchestra.

How to get your tickets:
By Credit Card: Paypal button on www.purplesilk.org
By Direct Purchase: at United Printer 827 Harrison St. Oakland & at Sweetheart Café 315 9th St. Oakland
$80 per person; or $75 per person when you buy 10 or more tickets. Corporate Sponsor: $1200 per table of twelve

04/10/2016

Spring Concert Saturday April 16th at 7 pm
Not too late to get tickets!
Go to www.purplesilk.org and click on the PayPal button at the bottom of the page.
Come to Laney College Auditorium 900 Fallon St. Oakland, CA
See a world master of the Suona perform solo and with our Orchestra.

09/11/2015

For those who love Chinese Opera, here's an interesting story. http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/09/01/zhang-huoding-chinas-peking-opera-star-making-u-s-debut/

Zhang Huoding, one of China’s greatest Peking Opera stars, will make her debut in the United States on September 2, starring in “The Legend of the White Snake” at the David H. Koch Theater at Linco...

08/02/2015

For the latest news about our events, how to buy tickets, nice photos, check out http://purplesilkmusic.blogspot.com/

08/02/2015

The 2015 Annual Fundraiser GALA
Thursday, October 8, 2015 at Peony Seafood Restaurant
388 9th St., Suite 288, Oakland, CA
Starts at 5 pm

05/19/2015

The new Great Wall Youth Orchestra DVD has just been released. Let me know if you want to purchase a copy.

05/19/2015

Photos of our orchestra and chorus preparing for a show with the San Francisco Boys Chorus last Sunday at Cathedral of Christ the Light.

04/25/2015

The conductor of the Great Wall Youth Orchestra and Chorus, Mr. Wangpeng Guo, at the Lunar New Year show, February 28, 2015