Back by popular demand, the California State Railroad Museum & Foundation are proud to welcome the Great Wall Youth Orchestra for special live musical performances. The “Harmony Across Time” concert uses music to connect railroad history with the present and future for an immersive cultural experience. With a visual backdrop surrounded by historic locomotives, railcars, and railroad stories that have lasted through the ages, the multi-sensory concert experience inside the Museum is in partnership with the Purple Silk Music Education Foundation.

Student musicians will be performing on traditional Chinese instruments, adding an extra layer of cultural immersion to the visit. The special concert offers an opportunity for the community to enjoy both the and the rich sounds of Chinese music in a dynamic and engaging setting.

The live performance and public schedule for April 26 is as follows:

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Small “spot” performances at various locations throughout the Museum
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Main performance in Roundhouse
2:30 p.m.to 3 p.m. – Audience and museum visitors are invited to meet the talented students and see the instruments after the conclusion of the live performance

Visitors who come to experience the concert may also want to explore and tour the world-class Museum. Of particular interest, the “Chinese Workers’ Experience” exhibit in the first-floor Transcontinental Gallery showcases and shares stories of the of Chinese railroad workers who were essential in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. In addition, the Railroad Museum is home to the priceless “lost” Gold Spike and precious artifacts cast at the same time as the gold spike used at the Promontory Summit ceremony, plus the famous “Last Spike” painting by Thomas Hill that illustrates the scene of the famous joining of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads.

The “Harmony Across Time” concert is included with the price of Museum admission. For more information about “Harmony Across Time,” please visit www.californiarailroad.museum/purplesilk.

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