Berkeley
- Dharma Chinese Orchestra of Berkeley (founded ?)
Oakland
- California Cantonese Opera Troupe (加州實驗音樂曲藝團; est. 1993; co-founded by Jeffrey K. Wong 黄国山 and Rickson Cheng)
- California Chinese Orchestra (加州中樂團; est. 1993; co-founded by Jeffrey K. Wong 黄国山 and Rickson Cheng; executive director: Katherine Leung; former executive director: Rickson Cheng, [1993-2012]; former music director: Jeffrey K. Wong [1993-2010])
- Great Wall Orchestra & Chorus (founded 1995)
- Purple Silk Orchestra & Chorus (founded 1995)
Novato
- Chinese Orchestra of North America (founded ?)
Santa Clara
- California Youth Chinese Symphony (founded ?)
San Franciso
- California Chinese Orchestra (founded 1993)
- China’s Spirit Music Ensemble (華韻樂團; est. 2003; dir. Winnie Wong; former co-director: Wei Hou)
- Golden Gate Ensemble (founded ?)
- Gold Mountain Music Ensemble
- Flowing Stream Ensemble (流水音樂社; est. 1972; artistic director: Betty Wong; co-manager: Shirley Wong-Frentzel)
- Jumping Buddha Ensemble (founded 1996)
- Melody of China (founded 1993; 8 members)
- Music Gathering (founded 1998)
- Purple Orchids (founded 2006; 4 members)
- San Francisco Guzheng Music Society Orchestra (founded 1982)
- San Francisco Guzheng Music Society Youth Ensemble 1 (founded 1990)
- San Francisco Guzheng Music Society Youth Ensemble 2 (founded 1998)
- San Francisco Li Hong Beijing Opera Troupe
- Six Golden Flowers (六朵金花; one of the groups within the San Francisco Gu-Zheng Music Society Youth Ensemble; 6 members; est. 2003; dir. Weishan Liu) http://www.guzheng.org/Text/yensemble.htm
- South Bay Chinese Orchestra (南湾中华国乐团)
San Jose
- Chinese Classical Music Ensemble (late 1960s through 1970s; dir. Lou Harrison; members included Lou Harrison, William Colvig, and Richard Dee; no longer active)
- Gordon Lee Studio (1995-2000)
- Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra (founded 2000; 3 groups; 130 members)
- Pi-pa Ensemble (founded ?)
- Sinitic Ensemble (c. 1962-c. 1974)
Santa Clara
- California Youth Chinese Symphony Orchestra (加州青年國樂團; est. 2007; music director and conductor: Jindong Cai; executive director: Yongping Tian, artistic director: Phil Young; deputy executive director: Zhang Yu; former music director and conductor: Jian Ding)
- California Youth Chinese Symphony Faculty Ensemble (加州青年國樂團教師)
- California Youth Chinese Symphony Orchestra Junior Orchestra (加州青年國樂團學生樂團)
Stanford
- Stanford Chinese Music Ensemble (est. 2011; conductor: Jindong Cai)
- Stanford Gu-Zheng Ensemble (dir. Daisy You)
Sunnyvale
- Cantonese Opera Association – Silicon Valley (矽谷粵劇研究會; est. 2001)
- Chiffon Fu Guzheng Ensemble (傅旭芳古箏樂團; est. 1998; dir. Chiffon Fu)
Mae Mai 
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I am interested in combining Western jazz with traditional Chinese instruments, for a traveling art exhibit on the persecution of the Falun Gong in China. I am a composer and violinist and lover of jazz living in Vallejo, where we have a Vallejo Jazz Society and so have community support and resources. I also know some of the best jazz musicians in the country (two of them played on my CD — Ray Charles’ bass player and Etta James and Santana’s keyboard player. Please contact me to explore the possibility.
Here’s a link to a track of my music:
[audio src="http://www.jazzsacra.com/Jean_Quiet_Seems_5-20-08.mp3" /]
Peace,
Daniel Zwickel ben Avram.
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