ACADEMY MISSION

•    To establish a learning environment that help student develop a lifelong appreciation of guzheng music and supports student excellence and achievement by fostering enthusiasm for the arts,


•    To provide guzheng music education of the highest quality to children and adults through private instruction, ensembles classes, master classes, workshops and performance opportunities,


•    To maintain the highest standards of excellence in teaching and performing


•    To increase public awareness and make guzheng music accessible to a broad range of audiences in the US through recitals, concerts, lectures and competitions.




Health Benefits from learning Guzheng
(Documented in many Medical and Chinese Music Therapy Journals):

•    Relax and Relieves stress, lowering incidence of anxiety and depression

•    Improves breathing capacity,

•    Improves balance and coordination

•    Achieves better physical and emotional balance, develops inner awareness and mental focus and increases joint flexibility

In general, study of music promotes a sense of achievement, therapeutic value, and the development of self-discipline, concentration, creativity, self-confidence, imagination, coordination, tactical skills, and the ability to analyze and evaluate information. There are many medical studies that prove that studying a musical instrument improves a person's ability in mathematics, long and short term memory retention, scientific and other skills.