On November 17, the Chinesefolksongs.com website launch ceremony was held at the CIE. About 20 teachers attended the event and many of them are music teachers.
The Chinesefolksongs.com website is designed for music teachers around the world who want to teach their students Chinese songs in a culturally responsive way. Currently there are 13 songs in three categories: ancient poems, popular classics, songs and games. Each of the songs is available in Pinyin version with English Translation, Chinese characters, audio and notation, and some of them with video.
Ms. Kim Friesen Wiens, a music teacher in Meadow School, made a huge of effort and put a lot of work for the website with the help of Mr. Ken Lam and also the partner school in Shandong Province. The Confucius Institute in Edmonton is the sponsor for this project. In the future, more songs and videos will be added to the website.