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Ghost stories — Books that will make you enjoy being scared

February 13, 2015 By Samantha Pak

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Deadly Love By Wesley Robert Lowe Wesley Lowe Media, 2014 Five years ago, 20-year-old actress Jasmine Huang died in Beijing. She had asked her boyfriend Chris to rehearse with her for an audition for the role of a battered woman. She was convinced he needed to make the pain […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Beijing, Chin Music Press Inc, Chinatown, Deadly Love, Jasmine Huang, Next Place, Northwest Asian Weekly, Opera, Samantha Pak, Vol 34 No 8 | February 14 - February 20, Wesley Lowe Media, Zack Davisson, culture, japan

Seattle Opera: An artistic marriage between East and West, part 2 of 2

August 16, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Opera is changing in China and the Seattle Opera is helping contribute to its future …

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: Although Western-style, Beijing, China, Der Ring, Die Walk, Europe, General Director Speight Jenkins, Great Hall, Kelly Tweeddale, NCPA, North America, Opera, Richard Wagner, Washington National Opera, World Theatre Forum Photo, World Theatre Forum Seattle Opera

Blog: The Korean community on cloud nine

January 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Historically, Chinese and Japanese Americans have dominated the spotlight in performances. At the Celebrate Asia! concert, however, it was a Korean opera singer

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2011, Although Jo, Ari Arirang, Asian Americans, Benaroya Hall, Carolyn Kuan, Celebrate Asia!, Chinese, Giuseppe Verdi, James Sun, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, La Traviata, Lament Song, Miss Jo, Opera, Sempre Libera, Sumi Jo, Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 - January 28

The carillon carries on: continuing a century-old School of Music tradition 

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

It’s the sound of the carillon, a beloved campus feature dating back nearly a century, in one form or another. The chimes each hour are preprogrammed, but if you hear other tunes emanating from Denny — perhaps as you pass on a foggy morning with coffee in hand — that’s the work of Gabriel Manalac, a graduate student in music who was born in the Philippines.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: 2010, Alden Blethen, Avenue Northeast, Carnegie Hall, Cole Porter, Denny Hall, Gabriel Manalac, Gary Louie, Opera, Peter Kelley, Peter Kelly, Philippines, UW, University Week, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19, WSU, Westminster Chimes

Young baritone the only Asian to advance to regional opera auditions

February 5, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Apart from opera singing, what does Yu Seok Oh, a 30-year-old, Korean-born baritone based in Shoreline, have in common with renowned opera singers Renée Fleming, Ben Heppner, and Hei-Kyung Hong?

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: Audience Favorite Award, Ben Heppner, Erich Parce, Korean, MONC, Meany Hall, National Grand Finals Concert, New York City, Opera, Professor Yohan Kim, Rome, United States, Western Washington Alaska District, Yu Seok Oh, culture, italy, language

Nov. 27: Kuan and Yan act as PNB guest conductors

January 14, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Carolyn Kuan, former associate conductor of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, and Judith Yan, music director/principal conductor of Opera on the Avalon in Canada, were two of four guest conductors for the performances of the Stowell/Sendak version of “The Nutcracker” by the Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB).

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, Alastair Willis, Canada, Carolyn Kuan, Judith Yan, Opera, PNB, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Stowell Sendak, Vol 29 No 3 | January 16 - January 22

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