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Events Calendar

Erhu-Pipa Duo: Wang Guowei & Sun Li
Saturday, May 13, 2023
2 pm EST
NYPL / Morris Park Library
985 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10462

Musicians perform solo works from their respective repertoire and together in music representing regional folk styles.


Where the Water Lies – Songs of Teresa Teng on Erhu
Artist: Wang Guowei, erhu

Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month
Friday, Apr. 21, 2023
4-5 pm EST
Flushing Library, Rooms A & B / Lower Level
41-17 Main St., Flushing, NY 11355


Lunar New Year Celebration
Artists: Wang Guowei, erhu; Wang Junling, zheng
Monday, Jan. 23, 2023
6:30 pm EST
Hoboken Public Library
500 Park Ave., Hoboken, NJ 07030


Welcome to the Lunar New Year
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023
2 pm EST
NYPL / Webster Library
1465 York Ave. (E. 77th-78th St.), New York, NY 10075

Wang Guowei introduces the erhu and playing techniques, performing in solo and at times accompanied by a recorded sound track that he created. Additional commentary is provided by Susan Cheng.


Phases of the Moon
Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022
3 pm EST
The First Chinese Baptist Church
21 Pell St., New York, NY 10013

An afternoon of Chinese music for the community and friends.


Premiere Works XXVIII
Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022
7:30 pm EST
DiMenna Center for Classical Music/Benzaquen Hall
450 W. 37th St., New York, NY 10018

Program: JOEL HOFFMAN: huo_shenhua_fire myth (world premiere); SHEN YIWEN: Yong (U.S. premiere); ZHOU LONG: PipaGongs; WANG GUOWEI: Leaving Home; HUA YANJUN: Listening to the Pines


Colgate University
Friday, Oct. 14, 2022
12:30 pm EST – class lecture
7 pm EST – “Silk and Bamboo Music” concert
Hamilton, NY


Masterpieces of Pipa Music with Sun Li
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022
3:30 pm EST
Flushing Library (NYC) – in-person & virtual concert

Sun Li demonstrates playing techniques of pipa and zhongruan, and performs a colorful repertoire of classical, folk and contemporary music.


Autumn Moon Festival Concert
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022
6 pm EST
Flushing Library (NYC) – in-person & virtual concert

Music From China celebrates the Autumn Moon Festival with the Chinese community and friends, featuring a trio of erhu, pipa and ruan performing music with themes of the moon, nightscapes and nostalgia.


Masterpieces of Erhu Music with Wang Guowei
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022
3:30 pm EST
Flushing Library (NYC) – in-person & online concert

Erhu artist Wang Guowei performs masterworks of the Chinese 2-string fiddle, bringing his unique voice to this iconic instrument, performing solo and with digital accompaniment created by the artist.


Staunton Music Festival
Monday, Aug. 15, 2022 – Meet the Musicians: Wang Guowei & Sun Li
Wednesday, Aug. 17 – Meet the Composer: Chen Yi & “Chinese Fables”
Wednesday, Aug. 17 – Take Five concert: Zhou Long’s “Tales from the Cave”
Thursday, Aug. 18 – (Neo-)Baroque concert: Chen Yi’s “Fiddle Suite”
Central United Methodist Church
14 North Lewis St.
Staunton, VA


Masterpieces of Chinese Music
Middlebury College Chinese Language School
Artists: Wang Guowei, erhu; Sun Li, pipa; Yu Chen, dizi, Susan Cheng, daruan

Saturday, July 30, 2022
4 pm EST – Chinese instrument workshop
7:30 pm EST – concert at Mahaney Center for the Arts
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT


Poetry in Music
Artists: Wang Guowei, erhu; Sun Li, pipa; Anna Urrey, dizi; Susan Cheng, daruan

Sunday, March 27, 2022
2 pm EST
Dweck Auditorium/Brooklyn Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY


Haverford College Residency
Artists: Wang Guowei, erhu; Sun Li, pipa; Susan Cheng, daruan

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 – concert at Jaharis Recital Hall
Feb. 23, 24 – class lectures
Haverford (PA)


First Night Morris County
Artists: Wang Guowei, erhu; Wang Junling, zheng; Susan Cheng, daruan

December 31, 2021
7 pm, 8:15 pm EST
Morristown (NJ)


MFC & 21st Century Composers (III)
Youtube Premiere
Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021
7 pm EST

Pre-recorded performances of “Tales from the Cave” (ZHOU LONG), “In Search of Beginnings” (ZHANG ZHILIANG), “Soul: In Remembrance (WANG GUOWEI)


Poetry in Music
Artists: Wang Guowei, erhu; Sun Li, pipa; Anna Urrey, flute; Wang Junling, zheng; Susan Cheng, daruan

Sunday, December 18, 2021
2 pm EST
Flushing Town Hall (NYC) – in-person concert

Quintet of Chinese strings with Western flute performs music inspired by Shijing poetry from Confucian times to the great poets of the Tang and Song dynasties.


Masterpieces of Chinese Music
Artists: Wang Guowei, erhu; Wang Junling, zheng

Saturday, December 11, 2021
2 pm EST
Westfield Memorial Library (NJ) – in-person concert


Chinese Silk Strings
Artists: Ann Yao, zheng; Sun Li, pipa

Thursday, October 21, 2021
6:30 pm EST
Flushing Library (NYC) – virtual concert

The artists demonstrate techniques and perform masterworks of two iconic Chinese plucked “silk string” instruments.


Double Ninth: Chong Yang Festival Concert with Wang Guowei & Music
From China

Thursday, October 14, 2021
6:30 pm EST
Flushing Library (NYC) – virtual concert

Traditional and contemporary Chinese music created by erhu artist/composer Wang Guowei, featuring world premiere of “Soul” in remembrance of those lost to COVID-19.


Masterpieces of Chinese Music
Friday, July 16, 2021
7:00 pm EST
Middlebury College Chinese Language School – virtual concert

Live instrument demonstration and performance (live & virtual) by 3 artists: Wang Guowei, erhu; Ann Yao, zheng; Sun Li, pipa.


Music From China & 21st Century Composers (II)
Thursday, June 24, 2021
8:00 pm EST
Youtube Premiere
URL: https://youtu.be/gzia4HmyV-I

Second in the online series of contemporary Chinese music created for traditional or in collaboration with Western instruments features works by Zhou Long (Mount a Long Wind), Liang Wenxi (Autumn Cicada), and Chen Yi (Chinese Fables).


Masterpieces of Chinese Music
Thursday, June 17, 2021
11:00 am EST
Brooklyn Public Library – free virtual concert
URL: https://fb.watch/6QD1OVuoZL/

In conjunction with Brooklyn Public Library’s celebration of Immigrant Heritage Month, Music From China performs traditional Chinese music with musicians on three iconic Chinese instruments: Wang Guowei, erhu; Sun Li, pipa, Wang Junling, zheng.


NORTON MUSEUM OF ART/ Art After Dark
Virtual Concert: Music From China featuring Wang Guowei

Friday, May 14, 2021
6:00 pm EST
Online concert
URL: https://youtu.be/_1aHXJBfhgs

Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a virtual concert highlighting the contributions of Chinese artists and culture in connection to the museum’s extensive collection of art from China. Musician and composer Wang Guowei performs master works of erhu and related 2-string fiddles.


Lunar New Year’s Virtual Celebration – Music From China Presents
Masterpieces of Chinese Music

Friday, Feb. 19, 2021
4:00 pm EST
NY Public Library/Muhlenburg Library – free online concert

Hear & watch live & recorded performances! Learn about Chinese musical instruments! Discover the stories behind the music! Q & A


Celebrate Lunar New Year with Music From China
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021
12 noon EST
Chatham Square Library (NY) – free online concert
To Register: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2021/02/13/lunar-new-year-celebration-nong-li-xin-nian-yin-le-hui

Hear & watch live & recorded performances! Learn about Chinese musical instruments! Discover the stories behind the music! Q & A


Music From China & 21st Century Composers
Friday, Dec. 18, 2020
8:00 pm EST
Online concert
Youtube Premiere
URL: https://youtu.be/jWhWa37pvrU

Contemporary Chinese music shows how traditions can mix and how ancient art forms can take on new life. Join Music From China’s fascinating musical adventures in pre-recorded performances of new work by 21st century composers: Zhou Long (PipaGongs), Shengnan Cao (Lord of the Xiang), Yang Yong (River Songs).


Master Erhu Musician Wang Guowei: Alone and with Friends
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020
7:30 pm EST
Online concert
Youtube Premiere
URL: https://youtu.be/SMcCv1twlGo

Enter Wang Guowei’s world of erhu music in a pre-recorded video performance of traditional and contemporary compositions.


Music From China Concert
Sunderland Language School – Chinese School

Saturday, July 25, 2020
Workshop – 2:30 PM
Concert – 7:30 PM
Mahaney Center for the Arts
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753


The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in Chinese Art from the 10th to the 14th Century
Artists: Wang Guowei, erhu; Sun Li, pipa; Wang Junling, zheng

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020
5:30, 8:00 pm
Princeton University Art Museum, upstairs center galleries
Princeton, NJ 08544
$25; youth: 50% discount

In celebration of an exhibit of Chinese art focusing on banquets in the eras of the Song, Liao and Yuan dynasties, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra in partnership with the Princeton University Art Museum present Music From China in a chamber concert of traditional Chinese music.


Chamber Concert of Traditional Chinese Music
Artists: Wang Guowei, erhu; Sun Li, pipa; Wang Junling, zheng

Monday, Feb. 10, 2020
1:00 pm
Monroe Township Public Library
4 Municipal Plaza
Monroe Township, NJ 08831
Free & open to the public

Presented by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra in partnership with the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission.


Masterpieces of Erhu & Pipa Music
Artists: Wang Guowei, Sun Li

Sunday, Dec. 1, 2018
2 PM
Westfield Memorial Library
550 East Broad St., Westfield, NJ 07090

Repertoire of two iconic Chinese instruments is performed in solo and duets.


Premiere Works XXVI: Hundred Antiques

Friday, Nov. 9, 2018
8 PM
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th St., New York, NY 10025
Tickets: $20, $10 students/seniors
Box office: 212-864-5400
www.symphonyspace.org

The sound of contemporary Chinese music composed for traditional and Western instruments is heard in works by Zhou Tian, Zhou Long, Yang Yong, Wang Amao and Wang Guowei. Presenting its world premiere is Zhou Tian’s Hundred Antiques co-commissioned by Music From China and the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art.


Hundred Antiques

Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018
7:30 PM
Meyer Auditorium at Freer Gallery of Art
1050 Independence Ave., Washington, DC

Zhou Tian’s Hundred Antiques is premiered in DC, co-commissioned by Music From China and the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian, in conjunction with the exhibition “Resound: Ancient Bells of China.” The music combines the two most popular Chinese traditional instruments (erhu, pipa) with two Western instruments of equal status (violin, cello), with bianzhong (ancient bronze bells). Program same as Premiere Works XXVI.


Masterpieces of Chinese Music

Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018
2 PM
Flushing Library
41-17 Main St., Flushing, NY 11355

Master works from the time-honored traditions of Chinese classical and folk music are performed on erhu (2-string fiddle), pipa (lute), zheng (zither), ruan (moon guitar), and dizi (bamboo flute).


Erhu-Cello Duo
Artists: Wang Guowei & Michael Katz

Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018
2 PM
Bruno Walter Auditorium
NY Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023

The duo performs contemporary work by composers Zhou Long, Lei Liang, Yang Yong, and arrangements by Wang Guowei inspired by Chinese classical music, opera, and folk genres.


Music From China Youth Orchestra
2018 Summer Music Program

July 21-22, 28-29, Aug. 4-5
3 Saturdays & Sundays @ 1:30 – 5 PM
Willow Grove Presbyterian Church
1961 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Tuition: $400 + $20 registration fee

Group lessons in erhu, yangqin, zheng, liuqin, hulusi and percussion for beginner and intermediate levels, and orchestral playing culminating in a public recital.
Download form:
https://musicfromchina.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mfc_summer_program-registration_2018.pdf

https://musicfromchina.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mfc_summer_program_flyer_2018.pdf


Music From China Concert
Middlebury Language School – Chinese School

Saturday, July 7, 2018
Workshop – 2:30 PM
Concert – 7:30 PM
Mahaney Center for the Arts
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753


Chinese Music-Jazz Fusion
Music From China & P.S. 126 Jazz Combo

Thursday, June 14, 2018
3 PM
Chatham Square Library
33 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002

Performance by P.S. 126 students which culminates a Chinese-jazz fusion music program directed by Wang Guowei


“Music Rainbow XI”
Music From China Youth Orchestra annual concert
Wang Guowei, conductor

Saturday, June 2, 2018
7:30 PM
The Concert Hall at Drew University
Dorothy Young Center for the Arts
36 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ
Tickets: $10 suggested donation (at the door)

The orchestra performs folk music across China and Taiwan, and featuring memorable songs of popular 70’s singer Teresa Teng. Music composed by the orchestra’s zhongruan player Laura Fan and zheng player Bree Zhang are premiered.


“Going Places”
Music From China Youth Orchestra

Sunday, May 27, 2018
2 PM
Flushing Library
41-17 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355

Wang Guowei conducts the orchestra in an afternoon of folk music across China and Taiwan, and featuring memorable songs of popular 70’s singer Teresa Teng.


Masterpieces of Erhu & Pipa Music
Artists: Wang Guowei, Sun Li

Thursday, May 3, 2018
4 PM
Queens Library / Queensboro Hill
60-05 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355


Masterpieces of Chinese Music at Bard College

Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017
3 PM
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504

Traditional Chinese music concert with discussion relating to history, philosophy, poetry and language.


Premiere Works XXV

Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017
8 PM
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th St.
New York, NY 10025
Tickets: $20, $10 students/seniors
Box office: 212-864-5400
www.symphonyspace.org

The 25th concert of Music From China’s Premiere Works series features new and commissioned works by award-winning composers Mathew Rosenblum, Zhou Long, Wang Guowei, and winners of the 2017 Music From China International Composition Prize. Works are composed for Chinese instruments including pipa, erhu, zheng, dizi, with cello and percussion.


Workshop Performance

Monday, Oct. 16, 2017
2:15 – 3:55 PM
School of Contemporary Arts
Ramapo College of New Jersey
505 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, NJ 07430


Music From China Youth Orchestra
2017 Summer Music Program

July 29-30, Aug. 5-6, 12-13
1:30 – 5 PM
Willow Grove Presbyterian Church
1961 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Tuition: $400 + $20 registration fee
https://musicfromchina.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MFC_Summer_Program_Registration_2017.pdf

Group lessons in erhu, yangqin, zheng, liuqin, hulusi and percussion for beginner and intermediate levels, with orchestral playing culminating in a recital.


Music From China Concert
at Middlebury College

Saturday, July 8, 2017
8 PM
Mahaney Center for the Arts
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753


Masterpieces of Chinese Music

Saturday, June 24, 2017
2:30 PM
Queens Public Library / Elmhurst
86-07 Broadway
Elmhurst, NY 11373

A quartet with erhu, pipa, zheng and ruan performs masterpieces from the time-honored traditions of Chinese classical and folk music as well as contemporary work unique to Music From China.


Music From China Youth Orchestra
“Take the Stage” Teen Performing Arts Festival
presented by Chatham Square Library

Saturday, June 10, 2017
2 PM
Chatham Square Library , Community Room
33 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002

The Music From China Youth Orchestra participates in a festival showcasing the talents of Chinese American youths to promote their cultural heritage in the Chinatown community.


“Egg Rolls, Egg Creams & Empanadas Festival”
Museum at Eldridge Street

Wednesday, June 7, 2017
7 PM
12 Eldridge St., New York, NY 10002

Musical traditions from Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood meet and interact as Music From China, Klezmer and Puerto Rican musicians perform separately and together to make beautiful and fun music.


“Music Rainbow X”
Music From China Youth Orchestra annual concert

Saturday, June 3, 2017
3 PM
The Concert Hall at Drew University
Dorothy Young Center for the Arts
36 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ
Tickets: $10 suggested donation
Available at the door

Wang Guowei conducts favorite repertoire pieces and the world premiere of Journey composed by orchestra member Bree Zhang.


“Dragon Boat Festival” Concert

Tuesday, May 30, 2017
3:30 PM
Brooklyn Public Library / Sunset Park branch
5108 4th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11220

One of the favorite Chinese traditional festivals is observed with music performed by a trio of erhu, pipa and ruan.


Music from China Youth Orchestra
at Westfield Memorial Library

Saturday, March 25, 2017
2 PM
Westfield Memorial Library, Meeting Room
550 E. Broad Street, Westfield, NJ 07090

Come learn about and enjoy the diverse folk music of China as youth musicians conducted by Wang Guowei perform music from the water towns of the Yangzi River and ethnic minority enclaves of Yunnan province to music along the Silk Road and the Mongolian steppes.


“Music from China by Zhou Long”
The Phillips Collection
Leading International Composers

Thursday, December 8, 2016
6:30 PM
University of Maryland Center for Art and Knowledge
at The Phillips Collection

The Phillips Collection’s Leading International Composers concert series features the work of Zhou Long performed by Music From China. The program of all Chinese instrumental works includes Green, Taiping Drum, Impression of Wintersweet, Three Chinese Folk Songs, Heng (Eternity), Valley Stream, and Mount a Long Wind.


Music From China & Talujon Percussion
Williams College Visiting Artist Series

Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016
8 PM — concert
Chapin Hall

Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016
4:15 – 6 PM
Percussion master class — Chapin Hall
Chinese instrumental master class — Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall

New York-based ensembles Music From China and Talujon Percussion partner in a rare concert of contemporary music for percussion quartet and Chinese instruments featuring the work of Zhou Long, Qu Xiaosong, Xie Peng and Wang Guowei.


Musical Brocade

Saturday, July 23, 2016
2:30 PM
Bruno Walter Auditorium
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023

The Long Wind Quartet, comprised of erhu, pipa, flute and piano, uses exciting blending of timbres of traditional and Western instruments to interpret Chinese music steeped in regional colors and a range of contemporary work. The quartet performs arrangements and compositions by Wang Guowei inspired by music from the southern Jiangnan region, the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, classical poetry and other themes of Chinese life and culture.

Wang Guowei, erhu
Sun Li, pipa
Anna Urrey, flute
Javor Bracic, piano


Music From China Youth Orhestra
2016 Summer Music Program

July 16-17, 23 (MFC Lincoln Center library concert), 24, 31, Aug. 6-7
3 Saturdays & Sundays
1:30 – 5 PM
Willow Grove Presbyterian Church
1961 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Tuition: $375 + $20 registration fee

Group lessons in erhu, yangqin, zheng, liuqin, hulusi and percussion for beginner and intermediate levels, with orchestral training culminating in a public recital.


Cantonese Music
Museum at Eldridge Street
Egg Rolls, Egg Creams & Empanadas Festival

Sunday, June 19, 2016
Noon – 4 PM
12 Eldridge St., New York, NY 10002

This block party is a celebration of the diverse ethnic communities of the Lower East Side, embracing Jewish, Chinese and Puerto Rican neighbors. The Festival features performances of klezma, cantorial, Chinese, bomba and plena music; community arts and crafts; and, of course, egg rolls, egg creams and empanadas. These folk arts, juxtaposed one next to the other, illustrate cultural commonalities while preserving the distinctive voices of each community.


Masterpieces of Chinese Music

Saturday, June 11, 2016
2 PM
Chatham Square Library
33 East Broadway, New York, NY

Saturday, June 18, 2016
2 PM
Richmondtown Library
200 Clarke Ave., Staten Island, NY

Invoking the sonorities and compelling melodies of Chinese music on traditional instruments, musicians perform immortal classical compositions and regional repertoire to reflect the landscape and folk life of China.


Music Rainbow IX
Music From China Youth Orchestra annual concert
Wang Guowei, conductor

Saturday, June 4, 2016
4 PM
The Concert Hall at Drew University
Dorothy Young Center for the Arts
36 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ
Tickets: $10 suggested donation
Available at the door

Wang Guowei conducts some of the orchestra’s favorite repertoire pieces and the premiere of his new arrangements Everlasting Affection (inspired by Yi ethnic minority music) and theme song from the popular Chinese TV drama Story of Mi Yue.


Music From China & Talujon Percussion
“Tales from the Cave”
 Contemporary music for Year of Silk Road at Queens College

February 25, 2016
8 PM
LeFrak Concert Hall in the Aaron Copland School of Music
65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367
Free admission (no ticket required)

Music From China collaborates with Talujon Percussion in a rare concert of contemporary music for percussion quartet and Chinese instruments.

PROGRAM:
ZHOU LONG: Tales from the Cave
HAROLD MELTZER: Guangzhou Circle (commission, world premiere)
QU XIAOSONG: Lam Mot
XIE PENG: Ling Long
WANG GUOWEI: Tea House II

MUSICIANS:
Music From China: Wang Guowei, erhu; Sun Li, pipa; Zhou Jing, zheng;
Anna Urrey, dizi
TALUJON: Michael Lipsey, Matthew Ward, Matthew Gold, David Cossins


Music From China Youth Orchestra
Wang Guowei, conductor
Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Lunar New Year: Year of the Monkey

February 6, 2016
3:30 PM, 4:30 PM
1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Free with museum admission

Enjoy the festive sounds of the Lunar New Year with the Music From China Youth Orchestra.


First Night Morris County
Music From China Youth Orchestra with Conductor Wang Guowei

December 31, 2015
4:45-5:30 PM, 5:45-6:30 PM
Morristown High School Auditorium
50 Early Street
Morristown, NJ 07960

Performance of traditional Chinese music for young audiences and families. The sounds of fiddles, lutes, zithers and bamboo flutes extend a happy greeting to the new year.


Percussion People 2015
Michael Sgouros, Music Director
with Music From China Youth Orchestra
Wang Guowei, Conductor

Sunday, November 22, 2015
at 2:00 PM
The Players Theatre
115 MacDougal Street
New York, N.Y. 10012
(Between W. 3rd and Bleecker St.)

Music From China Youth Orchestra is the guest of Percussion People which celebrates its 10th year Off Broadway at the historic Players Theatre in the heart of Greenwich Village. This interactive family concert takes the audience on a journey through China with musical performance by young musicians playing Chinese instruments supported by percussion instruments such as drums, gongs and cymbals. Some special sounding percussion instruments even tell the tale of a Menacing Tiger – so beware! This family concert includes an instrument building workshop prior to the performance where audience members not only enjoy the music but help to create it.

Tickets: $35, MFC code @ $25
Link to ticketing with MFC discount code:
https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10036143/prm/MFC