Join us Sunday, April 19 at 11:30 am, for live music and more activities! Jimmy Zhao and Qin Jun will perform, using traditional Chinese instruments, after the morning performance of Hao Bang Ah! Horse!
Plus — Ever wondered how your name would be written in Chinese calligraphy?! After the show, the artists will be offering just that for a small fee.
And, join us in the lobby to enjoy coloring sheets inspired by the show, a dress-up station, bubbles, and sidewalk chalk! These activities are available after every performance, at 11:30 am - 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm.
Hao Bang Ah! Horse! by Chinese Theatre Works
It’s the Year of the Horse! Join Horse for puppet skits, dances, songs, and Chinese sayings that celebrate the wit and wisdom of the Chinese Zodiac animals! Get tickets →
About the Artist
Qin Jun is a Massachusetts resident and master guzheng player. She began playing this ancient instrument when she was only eight years old. By the age of fourteen, she was enrolled in the SiChuan Conservatory of Music, where she majored in guzheng. After graduating from the Conservatory with high honors in 1988, Qin Jun spent many years teaching in China, touring throughout Europe and Asia, and performing across the United States. In 1999, she settled in Boston, where she now teaches guzheng. Her performances have been recorded in movies, NBC TV, and on CDs. She has also appeared at the Lincoln Center, Juilliard School of Music, Columbia University, and Harvard University, as well as in Atlantic City, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago and San Francisco.
Jimmy Zhi-Min Zhao started learning bamboo flute at the age of six, erhu at the age of nine and violin at the age of fourteen. He began his formal music training at the Children’s Palace in Dalian, a school for the musically gifted, and worked as a professional musician in China. He immigrated to the United States in the early 1980s. After arriving in the United States, he became the principal of the zhonghu Section in the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York, as well as the erhu/banhu soloist and the concertmaster. He later moved to Boston where he engaged in both music performance and teaching. He can play a variety of Chinese folk music instruments, with performances of his own style which is unique and highly characteristic of folk culture and possesses great artistic charm.
