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The New York Qin Society (Chinese: 紐約琴社; sometimes abbreviated as NYQS) is a guqin society based in New York, New York in America, serving guqin players of East Coast of the United States. Of the three major qin societies of the West (the other two being the North American Guqin Association and the London Youlan Qin Society), this society is the most formally structured with a constitution statement and a more learned society approach to selecting members.
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History
The society was founded in 2000 by Taiwan guqin player Yuan Jung-ping and other players.
Membership
Membership is open to qin players and ethnomusicologists who are able to attend regular society meetings and yajis throughout the year (normally, every two months) and/or have suplicated or have been nominated for membership by an existing member. There is a membership fee of $50 pa. As of 2008, there are currently 16 full members of the society . The society comprises 6 officers and numerous ordinary members:
Officers
- President: Stephen Dydo (since 2006)
An honorary position of Founding President was given to Yuan Jung-ping (post 2000 - 2005) in respect of his contributions to the society.
References
- Please see: References section in the guqin article for a full list of references used in all qin related articles.
External links
Notes
- ^ New York Qin Society: Members (http://www.newyorkqin.org/memberE.html, 24 Feb 2008)
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| 古琴 | ||
| Aesthetics | Construction | Contemporary players | History | Literature | Notation | Playing technique | Popular culture | Qinpu | Schools Societies | Strings | Tuning | Yaji |
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| Melodies | Ao Ai | Guangling San | Hujia Shiba-pai | Jieshi Diao Youlan | Liu Shui | Meihua Sannong | Pingsha Luoyan | Xiao Xiang Shuiyun | Yangguan Sandie | |
| Schools | Guangling | Jiuyi | Lingnan | Mei'an | Pucheng | Shu | Yushan | Zhe | Zhucheng | |
| Societies | London Youlan Qin Society | New York Qin Society | North American Guqin Association | |
| Historical personages | Bo Ya | Cai Wenji | Cai Yong | Confucius | Guo Chuwang | Ruan Ji | Emperor Song Huizong | Xi Kang | Zhu Quan | |
| Players | Cheng Yu | Gong Yi | Guan Pinghu | Li Xiangting | Lin Youren | Wang Fei | Wu Jinglüe | Wu Zhaoji | Zeng Chengwei | Zha Fuxi | Zhang Ziqian | |
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