Zheng to Speak on Chinese Music at Year of the Dragon Celebration

Su Zheng, associate professor of music, associate professor of East Asian studies, will speak on “150 Years of Chinese Music” during a Year of the Dragon Festival Feb. 26. From 1 to 2:30 p.m., she will address her audience in English and from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Mandarin. Her lecture will take place at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, N.Y. Each lecture will be followed by a signing of her book, Claiming Diaspora.

The year 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, which comes once every 12 years; and is also a Year of the Water Dragon, which occurs once in 60 years. The lunar new year celebrations end Feb. 26.

Read more about the event in this Gazette article.