The multicultural club and the Student Support Services of the SPC Clearwater Campus attended the Chinese New Year Concert on February 17 at the University of South Florida Tampa. Club members stated that the Chinese New Year was a very interesting celebration because it was a very original concert. Haiqiong Deng played the traditional Chinese instruments: the zheng and the qin; Megasari Honggokusuma played the piano while the calligrapher was creating a painting in accordance with the rhythm of the music. They played traditional Chinese songs such as The Fragance of Jasmine , Remembrance of an Old Friend, Wine Mad and more.
Each artist has gone a long way to become a professional. Haiqiong Deng is a zheng soloist and musician, she has perform in different universities, museums, concert halls, and Festivals throughout the United States, Canada, China, Japan, and Singapore. She has won four different awards including the Master Artist of the Florida Folklife Apprenticeship Award (2012). Both of her CD’s were nominated for the 13th Annual Independent Music Awards in “World Traditional” Category in 2014. Megasari Honggokusuma was born in Indonesia, she got her Bachelors in Art at the UPH Conservatory of Music. Today she is studying her Master degree of Piano Pedagogy at USF. Lastly, Dr. Nan Lu is the associate professor of drawing, painting and art education in the Florida A&M University. His art work have been exhibited in different cities in the United States. He has a great talent with different types of techniques like drawing, calligraphy, watercolor, and oil painting. He received a Master of Fine Art degree in painting and a Ph. D. in art education at the Florida State University. This event was organized by USF with the partnership of ` Qingdao University of China, club members and SPC faculty were happy and honored to be part of such a big event.
