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Hsieh-Ten
Percussion Art Group - Brief Introduction |
 Introduction
To The Hsieh Ten Drum Art Percussion:
The Ten Percussion Group was formed in March of 2000. The group
is lead by Hsieh Shi. Since it's culmination, the group has
traveled to perform several times outside of Taiwan. In June
of 2002, Ten-Percussion performed in Sydney, Australia. In 2001
the group performed their 'Ten Thousand Drum' show, with 250
drummers performing together, at the Yi Zai Jin Cheng, in Tainan.
And in May of 2002 the group performed in Korea at the opening
of the World Cup soccer finals. The school also organizes a
national drum competition in Taiwan, every August. This competition
includes several performances by original drum composers.
Up til now, the Ten-Percussion group has put out more than 300
performances around Taiwan. We have videos of the group performing
at National Holiday Festivals in Taiwan and at International
Concerts around the island. Besides performing and preparing
for performances, Hsieh Shi teaches regularly and continually
works on his own compositions. The Ten Percussion School has
it's own performance hall and art museum. We anticipate that
Ten Percussion School will continue to grow on to our next generations.
The statement of this drumming group and school is to develop
and spread knowledge of our traditional drumming, percussion
music, and worldly culture. We look forward to performing more
on international stages, and becoming an internationally recognized
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Group
Leader Hsieh-Ten's Profile |
Hsieh-Ten was born in 1972 in the Kaoshiung district of Taiwan.
He was educated, thru high school, in Tainan. Then pursued university
studies in West Virginia, USA. He learned to play Taoist gongs
& drums from his parents, beginning at the age of 3. Hsieh-Ten
is very skilled at performing traditional drum compositions,
especially on the Teochew's drum, Waken Lion Drum, and on row-drums.
He is constantly exploring and researching world percussion-music.
Hsieh-Ten montributes a lot to the teaching of percussion art
and music production, and works to impart the art of traditional
gong and drum into peoplesÕ daily lives.
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Had
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Group leader of Kaoshiung City National
Youth of Percussion Group, Group leader of Tainan City
National Art Community Chinese Music Group, Member of
Kaoshiung City National Symphony, Director of Art of Long
Yin Percussion Art Group. |
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Currently
Holding: |
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Group Leader of Hsieh-Ten Percussion Art
Group, Person in Charge of Hsieh-Ten Percussion Teaching
Centre. |
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Master
piece: |
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mVictory over Chained Horses¡n,¡mRighteous
Revolution of Wa Gang¡n, ¡mThe Road of Silk¡n,¡mRhythm of
a Waken Lion¡n,¡mBragging Cock¡n,¡mLegend of Lu Er Men --
Door of Taiwan¡n¡mGalloping Dragon over the Sky¡n,¡mDrum Dance
of Nine Tribes¡n, ¡mGrateful Thanksgiving to Threesome Gods
of Tao¡netc. |
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Organisation
of Percussion Group |
| Group Leader - Chief Executive - Financial
- Administration - Marketing - Planning & Development -
Performance - Technical - Research/Compose - Transportation
- Charity |
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Hsieh-Ten Percussion Art -- ¡mYouth Group¡n2 Groups
60 People
Hsieh-Ten Percussion Art -- ¡mChildren's Group¡n3 Groups 50 People
Hsieh-Ten Percussion Art -- ¡mPreschool Group¡n1 Group 10 People
Future Edition --¡mMusical Lab Group¡n1 Group 15 People |
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Major performances
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For the past 2 years, since our establishment,
we've been representing Taiwan and Tainan City by participating
in various important events performances, both locally and
abroad. Some of the shows The Ten Percussion group has performed
are: The 2002 Olympics in Sydney, Australia; The Holy Fire
Road Show, Taipei International Art 2001; The Million Drums
musical concert, with 250 people on stage drumming in the
premier historical city of ¡iYi Zai Jin Cheng¡j; National Art
Competition 2000-2001; The Kaoshiung International Drum festival,
And The Kaoshiung International Light festival in 2002. The
group has performed a total of over 300 shows.
Our members and students build up strong drumming foundations,
from learning basics as young as four years old, and nurturing
skills thru high school and college, mastering techniques
in working towards becoming specialists, with hopes to deliver
drumming culture into next and future generations. In the
effort to expand our percussion-music culture into a global-percussion
music culture, we've invited various world-class percussionists
and composers to give master classes, lectures and seminars,
to share and exchange worldy percussion techniques.
(Aimed towards making Taiwan known worldwide as a "Musical
Island of Percussion Art". The Ten Percussion Group is
growing, with over one thousand members today, including:
Two youth groups; Three children groups; One preschool group;
and about 30 groups which are formed in schools and civil
associations.) |
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Career
2000 ¡V Performance on the 2000 Olympic Movement
2002 ¡V Performance on the Korea/Japan World Cup
2004 ¡V Held the Taiwan International Drum Festival
2004 ¡V August 7th , broke the Guinness World Records ¡V 1899
people played 1951 drums for 30 minutes in Tainan Municipal
Stadium
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| Address: |
No.399, Hushan Rd., Rende Township,
Tainan County 717, Taiwan (R.O.C.) |
| Phone: |
TEL:886-6-2662225 FAX:886-6-2661413 |
| E-mail: |
tenpc@ms43. hinet.net |
| Web
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http://www.ten-hsieh.com.tw
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