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...honor the Silk Road’s legacy of fusion among Eastern and Western cultures, Ma and a rotating group of musicians from around the world play traditional and original music in concert and host educational events. They’ve recorded three albums and traveled from Manhattan to Kyrgyzstan. But according to SRP Chief Executive Officer Laura Freid, the organization agreed last year on the need to “look for a new intellectual home?...
...don’t think Harvard lacks the resources [for the study of Eastern musical traditions],” says Koh, “but I think we lack the participation of students who should be interested in Eastern music…Harvard students are familiar with the fact that those two worlds exist, but don’t know how to link them. The Silk Road Ensemble will definitely be a link...
...shouldn’t be too surprising that no one is too sure about the form that their five-year residency at Harvard will take. Shelemay felt the situation could be summed up in a quotation from late composer Lou Harrison, known for his fusion of Eastern and Western styles: “Cherish the hybrids—they’re all we?...
...works to attack the problem from all three angles and bring another high-profile musician to campus this fall, other schools on the eastern seaboard are using a variety of effective tactics—from termbill fees to corporate sponsorships—to make their concerts happen...
...Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, which offers Arabic courses, faces many challenges to maintain the quality of the department as the number of enrolled students rises, according to Granara...