ABOUT INSTRUCTOR - CRYSTAL

Guzheng Instructor

25+ Years
teaching experience
35+ Years
playing experience

Crystal is a well-known Guzheng musician, senior Guzheng performer and Chinese Zither Art promoter. She is the President of Dallas Guzheng Association and founder of Chinese Zither Network. She is also the committee member of China Guzheng Association and Shannxi Qinzheng Association.

At the age of 6, Crystal was admitted to Xi’an Conservatory of Music and started professional Guzheng training with the famous and renowned Guzheng Master, professor Jun Wei. Subsequently, She studied Guzheng performance at China Conservatory of Music and Central Conservatory of Music. On the way to learning Guzheng performance, she was also guided by well-known Guzheng masters Yanjia Zhou, Zhongshan Wang and Yun Qu.

She was the artistic director of Zizhu Art and Culture Corporation, the judge of Guzheng Grading Examination and the education director of Guzheng Art Center in Beijing. During this period, she organized numerous concerts and activities for national music cultural exchange. She actively participated in Guzheng accompaniment for many filming and television works.

Crystal has composed many Guzheng music, Chunqiu Fu is one of them. She has also adapted many pop songs to Guzheng melodies. Her poems about Guzheng have been spread widely. Now she is offering what she has learned to the next generation and those who are passionate about Guzheng.

Our Philosophy of Guzheng Learning

A learning journey proven efficient, productive, and successful

Solid Foundation Building

There is no such thing of overemphasizing the importance of the foundation building. Basic skill training is extremely important in our teaching philosophy. In this stage, we focus on accuracy, strength, speed and fine control. We found many students with previous training come to us to re-learn the basic skill sets in the right way.

Advanced Technique Mastering

Advanced technique mastering requires the solid foudation building. In this stage, we focus on the advanced technique practice, as well as agility and high frequency of changes of different techniques. We introduce expressions of different musical arts by various techniques on the same note.

Performance Technique Training and Presentation

Staging performances are one of the best ways to demonstrate guzheng skills and artistic performance, and require specialized training and practice, such as how to perform gracefully and demonstrate playing skills. We host and co-organize many guzheng performances throughout the year. Our students of all levels are offered the opportunity to perform on stage.

Sheet Music for Guzheng

We offer sheet music specially adapted for guzheng performance. All sheet music have video demonstrations from Crystal and are written on numbered music note with the common D major. Accompanying music is attached, so you can learn to play by yourself.