Balinese Gamelan, Mongolian throat-singing and an Asian-Appalachian fusion will all be part of a free concert, held in warren Wilson College’s in Kittredge Recital Hall, on Thursday, April 23.
Press release from the college:
“A Concert of World Music and Dance,” a display of music and culture from Central and Southeast Asia, will be presented April 23 at Warren Wilson College. The concert, free and open to the public, begins at 7:30 p.m. in Kittredge Recital Hall, near the north entrance to campus.
The program, with student performers and special guests, will include Balinese Gamelan and Dance; Inner Mongolian Throat-Singing and Music; and “Asialachia” Explosion: A Fusion of Music from Asia and Appalachia.
Kuo-Huang Han, ethnomusicologist emeritus from Northern Illinois University and the University of Kentucky, will be a special guest of the WWC Gamelan Ensemble, directed by WWC music professor Kevin Kehrberg in performing gamelan music from Bali. The group will also be accompanied by Balinese dance from WWC sociology professor Siti Kusujiarti and students who recently studied dance with Kusujiarti and Kehrberg in Bali.
In addition, the concert will feature a performance of music from Central Asia by Tamir, an extraordinary throat-singer and accomplished musician from Inner Mongolia. The grand finale will be the global music explosion from Asia and Appalachia as WWC alumna and fiddle superstar Rayna Gellert joins Tamir, Han, Kehrberg and Warren Wilson faculty member Jeff Keith.
The concert is sponsored by the Warren Wilson music department. For more information contact Kevin Kehrberg at 828-771-3765 or kkehrberg@warren-wilson.edu .
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