Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra
- Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra
Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra (FYCO) is an artistic and educational organization in the San Francisco Bay Area.
History
FYCO was founded in 2000 by Gordon Lee with 13 musicians. Currently, FYCO has three groups with about 100 musicians playing traditional Chinese instruments. Most of them are American born Chinese youths ranging from 9 to 17 years of age.
In the past few years, FYCO's concerts have received exceptional praise from its audiences and arts organization observers. Arts Council Silicon Valley proclaimed FYCO as a "local treasure". National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) praised FYCO as "one of the very few ensembles in the United States dedicated to educating young people, their families and communities through traditional Chinese music, and is carrying out its mission with great success."
Goals
FYCO's mission is to promote Chinese music as an integral part of Chinese-American culture by training young musicians to play traditional instruments, thereby strengthening the Chinese community and enhancing the cultural diversity and richness of American society.FYCO has been awarded grants by government arts agencies and foundations, and been featured on newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, including CCTV (China Central Television), Hong Kong Phoenix TV, KTSF (CH26), KICU (CH36), and KQED-TV (CH9).
Invited by the Ministry of Culture of People Republic of China, FYCO visited three top conservatories of music, and performed a joint concert with each of the conservatories in 2004. FYCO is the first Chinese orchestra from Western countries to perform in China.
External links
* [http://www.fyco.org Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra official website]
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