Lucy Yao of Chromic Duo performs \u201cFrom Roots We Carry\u201d in Rudder Forum. Emily Caroline Sartin\/Texas A&M University Division of Marketing & Communications.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe performance of \u201cFrom Roots We Carry\u201d encapsulated story narration from Chan and Yao as they played. The piece was a collection of stories from people in the Asian-American community who shared where they came from and traits they inherited from their families. Chan said it is helpful to know where we came from, because we all have a story about how life has impacted us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The performers had the audience members ponder three questions during the piece, and then take on the anonymous task of writing their responses on a small sticky note, leaving it on a board as they left the show. The questions: What are some of the things you felt like you inherited from your family? What are some of those things you want to keep, like legacies and traditions? And what are some of these things you want to shed, because they are no longer worth carrying?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yao said they spoke with first- and second-generation immigrants in developing the piece, and each person revealed how much they learned or inherited from their parents. The duo wanted to create a piece that added value and understanding of these traits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chromic Duo is a grand prize winner of the Young Classical Artists Trust and Concert Artists Guild Competition. Yao lives in New York and was born in Michigan, with family roots in Shanghai, China. Chan grew up in colonial Hong Kong, China, and lives in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLucy Yao and Dorothy Chan of Chromic Duo perform \u201cFrom Roots We Carry\u201d in Rudder Forum. Emily Caroline Sartin\/Texas A&M University Division of Marketing & Communications.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nEmily Caroline Sartin\/Texas A&M University Division of Marketing & Communications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nEmily Caroline Sartin\/Texas A&M University Division of Marketing & Communications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nEmily Caroline Sartin\/Texas A&M University Division of Marketing & Communications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nLucy Yao of Chromic Duo looks at the sticky notes written anonymously by audience members. Emily Caroline Sartin\/Texas A&M University Division of Marketing & Communications.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Musicians Dorothy Chan and Lucy Yao, known as Chromic Duo, performed a free concert Oct. 18 at Rudder Forum, hosted by the Texas A&M School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts. The performance, titled \u201cFrom Roots We Carry,\u201d …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":17881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,144,90],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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