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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: Harmony and Power: The Role of Music in the Cultivation of the Literati in Ancient China Saturday, March 31, 2018 To be considered fit to govern, officials in ancient China needed to be cultivated in the arts, especially music. An international group of scholars will explore this extraordinary phenomenon and its reverberations in contemporary China, from the perspectives of history, literature, musicology, art history, and philosophy.Saturday, March 31Conference Sessions9am to 1pm2:00 to 4:30pmLászló Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building Speakers:Erica Brindley (Penn State, Asian Studies)Susan Blake (Bard College, Philosophy)Jindong Cai (Bard College, Music and Arts)Robert Culp (Bard College, Historical Studies)Patricia Karetsky (Bard College, Art History)François Picard (Paris-Sorbonne, Ethnomusicology)Lothar von Falkenhausen (UCLA, Art History and Archaeology)Ye Yang (UC Riverside, Comparative Literature)Yang Yuanzheng (University of Hong Kong, Music)Ying Li-hua (Bard College, Asian Studies)ConcertNot East Not West: Chinese Instruments in Modern Timeswith Zhao Jiazhen and Friendsfrom the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China8pmOlin Hall, Bard CollegeFor more information contact the US-China Music Instituteuschinamusic@bard.edu845-758-7026uschinamusic.bard.eduFree admission. Register online at uschinamusic.bard.edu.An opening concert and discussion, “Guquin: An Ancient Chinese Instrument and Its Revival,” will be held on Friday, March 30, at 7:30 pm at the Chapel of the Holy Innocents. For more information: bard.edu/inside/calendar/event/?eid=134299&date=1522452600. Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Location: Bitó Conservatory Building Sponsor: US-China Music Institute; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music Contact: Robert Martin. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-7196 Website: http://uschinamusic.bard.edu If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://www.bard.edu/conservatory/events/