Performance sparks knowledge. Dialogue deepens understanding. Education advances cross-cultural exchange.

My work brings performance, scholarship, and education together through the intersections of music, language, and culture.

Invitations & Collaborations

What I can offer

Po-Wei Weng leading college students in a participatory Peking Opera percussion workshop — Scholarship becomes shared practice through listening, demonstration, and participation.

I collaborate with teachers, schools, universities, and cultural organizations to create programs that encourage cross-cultural dialogue and exchange through Peking Opera, East Asian performing arts, and arts education.

Each engagement combines scholarly interpretation with live practice, inviting audiences to encounter music and theater through listening, movement, language, demonstration, and shared performance.

Available formats

Lecture-Demonstrations
Hands-on Workshops
Artist-Scholar Residencies
Custom Programs

Each engagement is adapted to its audience, educational goals, institutional setting, and available time.

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“As soon as Mr. Weng started his lesson, he was electric; he had a captivating flair that invited everyone to engage wholeheartedly.”
Student feedback Boston College

Performance

I use performance to make cultural knowledge audible, visible, and shared across traditions.

Dizi and East Asian instrumental ensemble performance
Peking Opera music, percussion, and musical demonstration
Artist-scholar residencies and community programs
Programs that combine performance, context, and conversation

Po-Wei Weng playing dizi alongside a pipa player in a Chinese music ensemble — Performance becomes knowledge through listening, gesture, and shared practice.

Scholarship

I examine how musical knowledge moves through sound, speech, gesture, notation, film, and cultural memory.

Peking Opera percussion, oral notation, and musical transmission
East Asian performing traditions and arts education
Language, sound, and embodied musical knowledge
Music, gender, and cultural representation in martial arts film

Po-Wei Weng presenting research on music, media, and cultural representation at a scholarly conference — Scholarship creates dialogue between performance, cultural memory, and contemporary questions.

Education

I design participatory learning experiences that connect close listening, active practice, interdisciplinary dialogue, and cross-cultural exchange.

Lectures for colleges, schools, libraries, and arts organizations
Hands-on Peking Opera percussion and oral-notation workshops
Courses connecting music, language, theater, film, and popular culture
Global education, institutional partnerships, and cross-cultural programs
Curriculum, faculty development, and arts education leadership

Po-Wei Weng leading a participatory Peking Opera percussion workshop — Education invites people to learn across cultures by listening, participating, and reflecting together.

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Let's create a program suited to your students, institution, or community.

Whether you are planning a performance, lecture, workshop, residency, or cross-cultural initiative, I would be glad to discuss your goals and develop an appropriate format.

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