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According to the occasion, the Orchestra performs as a large 40-plus member orchestra, as a small ensemble or as solo artists.

As well as staging a major annual concert, the Orchestra performs regularly at Chinese cultural celebrations such as Chinese New Year Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. The Orchestra also performs at multicultural events and frequently participates in events organised by educational institutions.

The Orchestra has performed together with other groups such as the Three Chinese Tenors, Singapore's Keat Hong Chinese Orchestra, the Hong Kong Music Lover Chinese Orchestra, PCC Malaysian Chinese Orchestra, Singapore's Temasek Polytechnic Chinese Orchestra, the Hong Kong Juvenile and Youth Chinese Orchestra, the Australian Chinese Music Ensemble, Penleigh Essendon Grammar Chinese Orchestra, Lo Wen's Cantonese Opera Academy, The Whitehorse Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Chinese Choir. The Orchestra has also been involved with Melbourne composer Julian Yu and has performed under the baton of China's Yang Jieming (the first conductor of the Central Song and Dance Ensemble of China).

The Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra has performed at Melbourne International Festivals, Spoleto Festivals, Moomba celebrations and folklore festivals. The Orchestra is also regularly involved in educational activities via workshops with schools and universities.

Major performances have been conducted on a number of occasions at Monash University's Robert Blackwood Hall, Melbourne University's Melba Hall, the Great Hall at the National Gallery of Victoria, the Australian Museum of Chinese History, Government House, Caulfield Arts Complex, George Fairfax Studio, the Victorian Arts Centre foyer, Melbourne Park (Entertainment Centre), the Melbourne Town Hall and the Dallas Brooks Hall, Immigration Museum, Melbourne Museum, and Royal Melbourne Show.

Major performance highlights for the Orchestra include:

  • 2008 Young's Talent Time concert at Ivanhoe Performing Arts Centre
  • 2007 Beechworth Chinese Mid Autumn Festival Concert.
  • 2007 25th Annivery Concert at Melbourne Town Hall.
  • 2006 performed in the Gala Concert of the International Chinese Arts Festival.
  • 2006 Beechworth Chinese Mid Autumn Festival Concert.
  • 2005 Beechworth Chinese Mid Autumn Festival Concert.
  • Recording of Australian National Anthem at SBS Radio, played using Traditional Chinese Musical Instruments (The National Anthem was rearranged by the famous composer Mr. Juliam Yui).
  • 2004 "When Music Blossoms" Concert held at the Melbourne Town Hall together with the Hong KOng Juvenile & Youth Chinese Orchestra.
  • 2003 "Sounds of the Orient Concert held at Manningham Council Function Centre, performed with members of  the Australian Chinese Music Ensemble and the Chinese Australian Tenor Xie Kun.
  • 2002 "20th anniversary concert" at Melbourne Town Hall, performed with the Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra performing together with the PCC Chinese Orchestra of Malaysia, Hong Kong Music Lover Chinese Orchestra and the Keat Hong Chinese Orchestra of Singapore, sponsored by City of Melbourne.
  • 2001 the CFCO performed works by the well known Australian composers: George Dreyfus and Julian Yu, in Singapore with Singapore Keat Hong Chinese Orchestra at Singapore Victoria Concert Hall
  • 2000 The Australian Chinese Harmony Concert at Collingwood Town Hall.
  • 2000 Performed with Singapore Temasek Polytechnic Chinese Orchestra in "Melody of Millennium" Concert at Caulfield Grammar High School
  • 1999 Performance in Hong Kong on December 4 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Hong Kong Music Lover Chinese Orchestra at the Hong Kong City Concert Hall
  • 1998 "Melodies of China" concert held at the Dallas Brooks Hall, the Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra performing together with the Hong Kong Music Lover Chinese Orchestra and the Keat Hong Chinese Orchestra of Singapore, sponsored by Arts Victoria.
  • 1996 "Elegance of China" concert held at the Melbourne Town Hall, performing together with the Penleigh & Essendon Grammar Chinese Orchestra.
  • 1993 Chinese International Arts Festival concert at the Caulfield Arts Complex and the Melbourne Town Hall accompanying the Three Chinese Tenors.
  • 1992 Australian Festival of Asian Arts "In the Footsteps of Marco Polo (A Musical Journey)" performance at the George Fairfax Studio in conjunction with the Australian Chinese Music Ensemble, conducted by Yang Jieming of the Central Song and Dance Ensemble from Beijing. At this performance the Orchestra also accompanied Mr. Xie Kun, one of the Three Chinese Tenors, as well as the well-known soprano Kang Wenli.
  • 1992 The Tenth Anniversary Concert of the CFCO, held at Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, and conducted by Mr. Shen Pan Geng.
  • 1989 Annual Concert held at Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, conductor by Mr. Julian Yu, sponsored by the Australian Council.


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