Chinatown Live Music Series

Mar. 9–Aug. 9, 2025

The “Chinatown Live Music Series” is a collection of experimental music events held in small unconventional venues in Edmonton’s Chinatown. Inspired by the jams hosted at the Yardbird Suite and New Standards at The Common, the event would showcase a semi-pro to pro level musician as the night’s headliner, immediately followed by an open-mic to create opportunities for amateur musicians to perform. With a run from May to July of this year, five events on a biweekly basis will be hosted at rotating venues to showcase the various vibrant businesses that are located in our North and South Chinatown area.

Key Impact Area: Promoting diversity and inclusion in Alberta’s music industry.

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About Jyn-Ting Ying 應琬霆

Jyn-Ting Ying 應琬霆 (They/Them) is a queer non-binary Asian-diasporic artist and musician based in Amiskwaciwâskahikan, or what is known as Edmonton, Alberta. Their music blends their classical and jazz training with their love of fantastical soundtracks and avant-garde electro-pop. Jyn-Ting’s debut album “Black Silk, Living Eyes” explores themes of fetishization and intergenerational trauma through Wendy Chen and Li Qingzhao’s poetry, reimagined into electro-acoustic soundscapes. Outside of their solo projects, Jyn-Ting provides musical support in the form of piano accompaniment to Sorry Not Sorry Improv, and commissioned compositions on interdisciplinary projects such as “Do You See What I See”.

Contact

Email: info@westanthem.com

Alberta spans five treaty territories and eight Métis settlements. Like their ancestors, many Indigenous individuals and families make their homes across the prairies, including the Blackfoot Confederacy – Kainai, Piikani, and Siksika – the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Stoney Nakoda, and the Tsuu T’ina Nation. The Métis People of Alberta include the Six Regions of the Métis Nation of Alberta. Many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, both from here and as visitors from elsewhere, have helped care for these lands for generations. We recognize they have traditions and relationships to the land far outstretching the arrival of settlers.

We are extremely grateful for these lands on which we reside, work, and play. We make this acknowledgement as an act of gratitude and reconciliation. While championing the arts in Calgary and across Alberta, we intend for our work to contribute to the valuing of traditional art forms and result in greater opportunity for the creative Indigenous talent who walk these lands today.