{"73793":{"#nid":"73793","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Woodwind Ensemble to Perform in China","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile international experience is nothing new for Georgia Tech students, playing at the Shanghai International Arts Festival goes far beyond the usual study abroad trip.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESixteen students from the Woodwind Ensemble will travel to Shanghai and Beijing during fall break to participate in several collaborative concerts. Dr. Andrea Strauss says she and the students are excited about the trip.  \u0022Beijing is the largest city in China and has the most history to it.  We\u0027ll be able to take in the sights such as Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe trip is more than just a sight-seeing tour as Strauss has filled the itinerary with several opportunities for the students to perform while they are in China.  These include the China Shanghai International Arts Festival, The Sino-U.S. Logistics Summit, Beijing Music Conservatory and Concord College.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I think the performances are what make this trip different and unique for the students,\u0022 said Strauss.  \u0022These students are going to have the chance to be ambassadors for their country and for Georgia Tech, but they are also going to be able to collaborate with a different culture in a real, unique musical interaction.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe students aren\u0027t music majors and are well aware of the fact that they will be missing three days of classes for the trip, but the opportunity was too much to pass up.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I think it is an incredible opportunity to do something outside of what I normally do,\u0022 said Adam Wilson.  \u0022I\u0027m a computer science major, and when someone comes to me and says would you like to spend a week touring through China and playing music\u0085 you can\u0027t say no.  It is something you have to do.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For me this trip is a bonus,\u0022 said Michael Abraham an aerospace engineering major.  \u0022I would have gone to play my clarinet in Wichita, Kansas.  But the fact that it is China and a travel opportunity I may very well never have again makes the whole trip irresistible.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStrauss began putting together the nine-day trip this summer and saw an opportunity to give students a chance to be ambassadors at another Georgia Tech event.  The Sino - U.S. Logistics Summit will be held in Shanghai while the ensemble is there, and the event\u0027s organizers welcomed the opportunity to have the ensemble perform. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are going to play at the opening ceremonies for the summit,\u0022 said Strauss.  \u0022It was just an ironic coincidence that the summit was taking place at the same time we were going over for the Shanghai International Arts Festival.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe woodwind ensembles will be traveling for nine days through China during fall break and will be returning on October 22.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Sixteen members of the Georgia Tech band will travel to Shanghai and Beijing"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"While international experience is nothing new for Georgia Tech students, playing at the Shanghai International Arts Festival goes far beyond the usual study abroad trip.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GT band members  will travel to China Arts Festival"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2005-10-04 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:59","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}