Join scholar Joanna Lee as she guides classroom audiences through the sounds, instruments and structures of the traditional Chinese orchestra.

Academy Award(r)-winning composer Tan Dun and scholar Joanna Lee discuss creative, physical and philosophical challenges of melding the ancient music of China with contemporary Eastern and Western motifs.

Professor Lan Lan Wang draws us into the world of the Yunnan peoples, one of China’s largest ethnic minorities, and sheds light on the challenges they face as they struggle to preserve their musical traditions in the face of globalization.

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