So…What is “Creative Programming”?

Written By Tong Wang

Tong here!

Some of you have told us: I don’t think I have any groundbreaking ideas, I don’t quite know how to go about this “creative programming”…

Well, great! Same. That’s why we’re here. To take that first step outside the box. And then gradually we daydream, play, experiment, design, and then we bring it all to life.

The more we play, the more we discover. If you love your music, you’re a creative. You have ideas. It doesn’t have to be anything radical. The simplest intentions could have the biggest impact.

We’ve updated our residency page with clarified info and application process:

https://windwoodfestival.com/residency

Submit your concert programs by Friday!

For some of my own projects and how I continue to develop them:

https://tong-wang.com/project

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Tong Wang

Tong Wang is a Canadian artist leading innovative initiatives across areas of performance, research, and community engagement. Her projects explore the role of art in relation to identity, culture, and current social-political issues. As a soloist and chamber musician, Tong has performed with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, and ensembles across North America and Europe. As a multidisciplinary artist, she has written the libretto of a new opera, “Labyrinth of Tears”, funded by the Canada Council, FRQSC, and SSHRC, participated in the Napoule Arts Foundation Residency in France, and published an award-winning photo-essay in the literary magazine Carte Blanche. Her other projects include the creative performances “Song of Praise”, “Ghiblilane”, “Once Upon a Pumpkin”, and research on the aesthetic of “cuteness” in popular and classical music. Tong recently toured a recital on multiculturalism, “我们Us” in Lunenburg, Montreal, Basel, and presented the interactive concerts “We’re Not Really Strangers” and “My Neighbours Totoro and Claude!” at the Verbier Festival. In 2022, Tong launched the Windwood Music Festival in Airdrie, Alberta to engage with and support rural farming communities through classical chamber music. In 2023, Tong will be touring with Duo Perdendosi across eastern US & Canada, as well as with Duo Incarnadine in Turkey and China to premiere a new commission by Alice Ho, Four Impressions of China. Using diverse mediums, Tong aims to share the power of art to reach across time, languages, borders, and cultures to connect people and kindle a shared understanding.

https://tong-wang.com
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