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Highlights
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 F
estival, 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:
- 2010 28th Anniversary concert at Ivanhoe Performing
Arts Centre
- 2009 Scenic's sound of China concert at Ivanhoe
Performing Arts Centre
- 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. Julian Yu).
- 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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