Tradition and Discovery: Teaching Chinese Music in the West | March 9–12
With the rise of China as a global musical, cultural force, music education can play a major role in creating cross-cultural connections and understanding. For the second annual conference of the US-China Music Institute we explored the successes and challenges in teaching Chinese music in the United States, Canada, and Europe, through lectures, workshops, and performances.
Harmony and Power: The Role of Music in the Cultivation of the Literati in Ancient China | March 30–31
To be considered fit to govern, officials in ancient China needed to be cultivated in the arts, especially music. An international group of scholars explored this phenomenon and its reverberations in contemporary china, from the perspectives of history, literature, musicology, art history, and philosophy.
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