Artists from the China National Music Orchestra perform in front of the Yu Ying Charter School students on Dec 10. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Yu Ying Charter School is the only public school in DC to offer Chinese language immersion. The choir of the school performed for the first ladies of the US and China during President Xi Jinping's US visit in September.

A large-scale multimedia Chinese folk music play titled Chinese Charmw ill be held at the Kennedy Center from Dec 11 to 13. The China National Music Orchestra will also perform during the play. Organizers have invited students aged 8 to 11 of Yu Ying Charter School's choir to join the play. These forty students spent two months practicing the Chinese melody Hong Yan.

The Chinese Culture Talks will be held at the Kennedy Center on Dec 11, introducing Chinese folk music to more audiences. Chinese director Wang Chaoge and young Chinese composer Jiang Ying will give a presentation on the knowledge of Chinese folk music.