Chinese Musical Instruments in Performance (BC Chinese Music Association) by Alan R. Thrasher and Gloria N. Wong includes an historical survey of Chinese music in Vancouver. Thrasher, a professor emeritus of music at the University of British Columbia, is a world-renowned scholar in Chinese music and has published numerous books and articles including, Sizhu Instrumental Music of south China (Brill 2008), and Chinese Musical Instruments (Oxford 2000). UBC graduate Gloria Wong has studied the courtship songs of the Hani people in southwest China for over ten years and recently completed her doctoral research in this field. Wong is presently the conductor of the BC Youth Chinese Orchestra.

BOOKS:

Chinese Musical Instruments (Oxford 2000).

Sizhu Instrumental Music of south China (Brill 2008)

Chinese Musical Instruments in Performance (BC Chinese Music Association 2012)

[BCBW 2012] "Music"