匹茲堡慈濟人文學校舉辦2017年華語文能力測驗
匹茲堡慈濟人文學校(Tzu Chi Academy, Pittsburgh) 坐落於匹茲堡城市(賓州的第二大城)。主辦單位駐紐約臺北經濟文化辦事處教育組於23日在該校舉辦第三次國家級認證之華語文能力測驗（Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language，簡稱TOCFL）。
 
匹茲堡慈濟人文學校是全美第20所慈濟人文學校，創立於2002年8月，以慈悲喜捨的精神，誠正信實的態度，教導海外有心學習中文的學子，認識中華文化。目前在校學生，教師和愛心志工近百人，學生年齡從4歲至12歲。該校於2014年首次參與國家華語測驗推動工作委員會「華語文能力測驗」及「兒童華語文能力測驗」，固定每年施測。
 
匹茲堡慈濟人文學校本年度考生增至35人。通過測試考生皆可獲贈臺灣教育部頒發的正式證書。測驗成績公布時，學生都迫不及待想知道測試結果。陳芬芳校長期許：「能藉由國際級語文能力測驗來反映學生學習的成果，了解自己在日常生活中的語言使用能力，老師能更有效率的幫助學生，協助教師教學方向」。黃琦惠副校長(曾任匹市臺灣同鄉會會長)表示: 在過去兩年，無論是華測或兒測，深獲該校全體老師、家長及學生之好評。兒童華語文能力測驗適合年齡7至12歲的兒童，考試內容非常活潑，圖片可愛生動，廣泛檢測實際日常生活情境領域，並有正體或正簡體對照兩個版本，線上範例樣本更可做為老師為學生考前復習的教學資源，設想完善。
 
駐紐約教育組未來規劃趨勢，希望能進一步普及至匹茲堡地區主流學校，讓更多對學習中文有興趣的學生受益。通過華語文能力測驗的學生，將有資格申請到臺灣短期2至9個月獎學金，學習華語。今年華測會更與全球前五十大企業之一的鴻海集團合作，提供美國地區優秀學子到臺灣實習的機會，相關部門皆徵求中文實習生，條件之一就是取得華測考試證書者做為優先條件考量。駐紐約辦事處教育組王憲筠副主任除親自辦理是項考試之外，並經由陳校長及臺灣同鄉會會長林敏璋熱忱介紹與知名學府卡內基梅隆大學中文部姚天雪、劉剛、吳素美教授會面，亦獲語言主任于月明主任應允洽繫合作方式，期許策劃未來提供中文部學生暑期華語文奬學金赴臺灣學習中文之機會。此行除將具臺灣特色文化之華語文推展至美國百大名校(全美評比24 名)外，並推廣華測至主流大學，深具意義。Paragraph. 按此處以編輯.

大紐約地區臺灣同學會聯合會(Federation of Taiwanese Student Association in NY，FTSANY) 於本(2017)年4月14日舉辦第27屆「2017年FTSANY大紐約學聯幹部交接典禮」。駐紐約辦事處教育組於交接典禮前特別邀請TLA LAW, Attorneys at Law律師事務所郭念慈律師進行專題演講。郭律師畢業於哥倫比亞大學法學院碩士學位，曾在理律法律事務所執業三年及丹尼爾法律事務所2年。當天郭律師分享如何依法在美取得實習簽證、工作簽證及居留權，隨即並逐一詳細的回答在場同學們提出的相關問題，深獲全場幹部們的熱烈迴響。

大紐約地區臺灣同學會聯合會新任第27屆幹部於日前(4月14日)以公開投票選出，由陳采瑜(Audrey Chen) (紐約大學NYU)擔任總召、姜詠心（Ruby Jiang）（紐約流行設計學院 Fashion Institute of Technology）擔任副總召，新任總召陳采瑜指出：「大紐約學聯(FTSANY)是個充滿熱情活力的學生組織，將秉持歷年來的服務精神，結合各同學會的力量一起合作，除了透過不定期的學術、體育、聯誼交流活動外，並將在臉書上分享同學會辦理的活動的內容及成果；另外，留學期間除了努力了求學外，並可藉由學聯的組織力量，完成海外學子充實且難忘的留學生涯。」而卸任總召陳邑安亦表示：「參加學聯是一個學習成長的機會，感謝這一年來幹部們所做的努力，讓每一個活動都能夠在精心策劃下完成，期間並凝聚了臺灣同學的熱忱及服務精神，也是最大的成就感，並感謝駐紐約教育組的指導與持續不斷的協助。」駐紐約臺北經濟文化辦事處教育組王憲筠副主任受邀出席，除逐一頒贈卸任的第27屆大紐約學聯幹部感謝狀外，並肯定過去一年來該組織對於大紐約地區臺灣同學的貢獻。王副主任表示同學們求學期間除須面對課業生活壓力外，能夠參與學聯組織工作是憑藉著一份愛心及奉獻之情來完成。藉由學聯組織，幹部們凝聚合作的力量，才可以成功的服務轄區4州47個臺灣同學會(逾4 千人的臺灣學生);也期待學聯未來一年可創造更豐富及具意義的活動，以嘉惠我海外學子。

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New Asia Chamber Music Society and special guest Cho-Liang Lin Present Annual Concert “Seasons of Legacy” on Saturday, April 15 at
 Merkin Hall of Kaufman Music Center

(New York, NY)— On April 15, 2017, New Asia Chamber Music Society (NACMS) will present its third annual concert “Seasons of Legacy” at Merkin Concert Hall of Kaufman Music Center at 8 PM. After two successful concerts at Carnegie Hall, NACMS is excited to perform at Lincoln Center in one of the best venues for chamber music in New York City. Led by two-time Grammy nominated violinist Cho-Liang Lin and the young professional musicians of New Asia, the concert will bring the vitality of spring to its audience.

In addition to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Chausson’s Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, the concert will feature the world premiere of a newly commissioned work titled ’Spring’ by Taiwanese composer Hung-Ping Chang. Chang fuses the traditionally eastern sound of the erhu with the widely known ‘Spring’ of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to create a refreshing musical masterpiece. The erhu will be performed by Andy Lin, Artistic Director of New Asia Chamber Music Society.

“The program title, ‘Seasons of Legacy’ is a reflection of the musicians and the works they will perform...” says Andy Lin. “In one sense, ‘Seasons of Legacy’ means the passing of the torch from an existing tradition to a new one, as we will see in Hung-Ping Chang’s recreation of the Vivaldi Four Seasons. In another sense, it signifies the passing of the torch from one generation to another, with living legend Cho-Liang Lin leading the way for the next group of young concert artists. It will be an important moment for two generations of Taiwanese-American musicians to share the stage.”

NACMS artists featured in this concert include Kevin Lin, winner of the Irving M. Klein Competition and Concertmaster of London Philharmonic Orchestra; William Wei, Queen Elisabeth Competition finalist; Andy Lin, NACMS Artistic Director; Nan-Cheng Chen, NACMS Executive Director; Richard Lin, First Prizewinner of the 2013 Sendai International Music Competition in Japan and veteran member of NACMS, Cindy Wu. 

Tickets for “Seasons of Legacy” will be available in March at the Kaufman Music Center’s website: www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org. For more information, please visit: www.newasiacms.org. 

NACMS Annual Concert- Seasons of Legacy
April 15, 2017 at 8PM
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center (129 West 67th Street • New York, NY 10023)

New Asia Chamber Music Society opens its 2017-2018 season concert with a special evening of music sure to awaken the senses of the familiar and the new. The charming Vivaldi Four Seasons begins the evening, setting the stage for New Asia’s interpretation of the Seasons in a commissioned work titled ‘Spring’ by Taiwanese composer Hung-Ping Chang, featuring Andy Lin on Erhu. The Chausson’s Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet concludes the evening, featuring special guest artists Cho-Liang Lin and Orion Weiss, as they lead the next generation of concert artists with them on stage.

Program:
Vivaldi Four Seasons (45 min) 
Solos:
William Wei (Spring)
Richard Lin (Summer)
Kevin Lin (Fall)
Cindy Wu (Winter)

Hungping Chang’s “Spring” for erhu and strings (5-10 min) (World Premiere)
Erhu: Andy Lin
NACMS Strings

Ernest Chausson - Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet (41 min)
Violin solo: Cho-Liang Lin
Violin 1: Kevin Lin
Violin 2: William Wei
Viola: Andy Lin
Cello: Nan-Cheng Chen
Piano: Orion Weiss

Musicians: (Order by last name)
Nan-Cheng Chen (Cello) 
Yi-Hsuan Chiu (Double Bass)
Jung-Hsuan Ko (Cello)
Ting-Ru Lai (Violin)
Richard Lin (Violin)
Kevin Lin (Violin) 
Andy Lin (Viola and Erhu)
Maki Masayuki (Harpsichord)
Suhyun Park (Violin)
William Wei (Violin)
Cindy Wu (Violin)

Special Guest Artists: Cho-Liang Lin (Violin) and Orion Weiss (Piano)


About New Asia Chamber Music Society
Hailed by New York Concert Reviews as “an impressively organized and professional group… comprised of many young and gifted players”, the New Asia Chamber Music Society (NACMS) is propelled by a shared passion for classical chamber music and profound respect for the works written by the composers of our time. NACMS was founded in 2010 by an idealistic group of young Asian-American virtuosi, graduated from America’s most prestigious music schools, including The Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute. Based in New York City, NACMS is committed to bringing audiences exceptional performances of the finest works of chamber music, drawn from the canon of western music as well as contemporary Asian culture. This unusual young collective also seeks to reach out to its technologically-wired peers around the world, through the creation of innovative new work in future partnership with other arts organizations.

The New Asia Chamber Music Society gave their sold out inaugural performance at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in 2011, and have since then presented concerts throughout New York City at venues including Queens Museum, Flushing Town Hall, Sheraton Hotel, Taiwan Center, Chelsea Museum, Taipei Culture and Economic Center of New York and Carnegie’s Zankel Hall. During the 2015-2016 season, members of NACMS toured Taiwan through three sold-out performances at venues such Taiwan’s National Concert Hall and gave masterclasses hosted by National Taiwan Normal University and Tainan National University of Arts.

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Rider University's Moore Library, the Office of Multicultural Affairs 
and ASAR (Asian Students at Rider) 
are pleased to invite you to a ribbon cutting of 
HERSTORY: The Legal History of Chinese American Women
Thursday, April 6  11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Moore Library Lobby 
Light refreshments will be served.
This exhibit presents a rare look at Chinese American women's history, 
told though legal cases fought throughout the United States.  

The exhibit will be displayed from April 1 - May 12, 2017. 
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