With support from the California Arts Council, Aimusic School will provide a Music Tour of China program for Santa Clara County public schools. Our teaching artists will introduce a dozen of wind, string, plucked, and percussion instruments, showcasing authentic traditional music from different regions in the ancient country. School students will obtain cultural and geographic knowledge through the program. The grant fund will be used for paying the artists and administrative personnel.
Founded 30 years ago as Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra (FYCO), Aimusic.us services our multicultural community by providing performances, festival concerts, and Chinese music classes. Providing unique Chinese music performances is our first core program. Aimusic is one of the few Asian-American art groups in the nation highly-demanded by our communities. Before the pandemic, we gave over 40 performances and served more than 10,000 residents in the grand San Francisco Bay Area annually. After back to in-person, 5 teaching artists and 40 FYCO young musicians have brought 23 performances to the community last year and the same amount so far this year. We are invited by public libraries, schools, community centers, senior homes, high-tech companies, and cultural celebrations held by government agencies and nonprofit organizations.