Boston Chinese Musicians Association Orchestra

President: Zhengshan Zhang

Conductor: Tiansheng Guo 

Introduction:
Founded in 2012, the orchestra is one of the main performing groups of the association. It is primarily comprised of traditional Chinese winds, strings, and percussion instruments, and also includes western strings, winds, and keyboard instruments. This structure provides a strong foundation for performing various styles of Chinese music. The members include renowned musicians, educators, and young musical talents from the Greater Boston area. It is also the only mixed Chinese-Western orchestra in the region, with the association's music director, Tiansheng Guo, serving as the permanent conductor.

Since its establishment, the orchestra has hosted annual Chinese New Year concerts at the Boston Public Library. Starting in 2016, it has performed large-scale suites such as The Dream of the Red Mansions Suite, Liu Sanjie Suite, and Ashima Suite, as well as various Chinese musical pieces, such as an excerpt from the mixed orchestra version of the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, and a Fujian-Taiwan music series featuring The Sky is Overcast, Yearning for a Spring Breeze, and Strive to Win. The orchestra's members are active in communities across Greater Boston and play a key role in promoting Chinese musical culture overseas, notably participating in the first-ever Boston Lunar New Year Festival Gala in early 2024.

Members:

Wind Instrument Section

Leader: Zhen Dehua

  • Dizi (Bamboo Flute): Zhen Dehua, Zhang Zhengshan, Gao Tangjiu, Lin Juntao

  • Suona (Double-Reed Horn): Zhen Dehua

  • Keyboard Sheng: Zhang Zhengshan

  • Nanxiao (Southern Xiao Flute): Shen Xiaorui

  • Flute: Li Danna

  • Clarinet: Ling Yueyang

  • French Horn: Wang Yixiang

Plucked String Section

Leaders: Liang Rong, Ding Yi

  • Pipa: Yuan Yuting, Wang Wenya, Chi Bintong

  • Zhongruan: Liang Rong, Wei Ao, Li Xiaozhou, Lin Yingyu, Li Ruina, Tao Zile, Ling Li

  • Liuqin: Wang Xinyue

  • Bass Sanxian: Zhang Zhengshan

  • Yangqin: Huang Shaojian, Gesang Meiduo.Cai, Li Siyu, Ma Jiaqi

  • Guzheng: Ding Yi, Liu Weiyang, Yin Zixin, Guo Jiashu, Shi Simuo

Western Strings Section

Leader: Shi Zhongwen

  • Violin: Shi Zhongwen, Guo Hong, Zhao Xiaoqin, Zhu Shijie, Gao Mingzhen, Trevor Hum

  • Viola: Xu Yanming, Fu Mengran, Mindi Cheng

  • Cello: Li Weiguo, Mason Wang, Liu Junbo, Alex Hou, Chen Jiayi, Tan Meiling

  • Double Bass: Lin Zhantao, Li Yin

Chinese Strings Section

Leader: Guo Jingfu | Deputy Leader: Zhou Dawei

  • Gaohu & Banhu: Guo Jingfu, MacFarland Masterton

  • Erhu: Guo Jingfu, Ye Keqian, MacFarland Masterton, Fei Yao, Zhou Dawei, Lin Yongqi, Zhang Litong, Zhang Lian, Tan Meiling, Guo Yuancheng, Tan Xizhuang

  • Zhonghu: Cong Xiaoyun, Ma Rong

Keyboard Section

Leader: Qiu Lingwei

  • Jin Tongqian

Percussion Section

Leader: Huang Shaojian

  • Ma Haoteng, Wu Sijie, Huang Shaojian, Tao Yuxi, Cai. Jiangbian Jiamucuo, Zhaxi Bam