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Creating a Life with Music
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble conduct "Creating a Life with Music” workshops for advanced high-school music students. These workshops go beyond discussions of technique, incorporating performance and addressing ways for students to pursue careers in music in today’s global society.

Silk Road Ensemble member Bassam Saba demonstrates the oud to a young visitor at the Nara Museum in Japan.

Silk Road Ensemble member Bassam Saba demonstrating the oud to a young visitor at the Nara Museum in Japan

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Education Overview

We have a passion for education, and our goal is to inspire self-motivated learning through the arts.

The Silk Road Project provides a gateway to greater understanding of the world through active educational programs and resources and multidisciplinary explorations of topics inspired by the Silk Road.

Current educational initiatives include:

  • Along the Silk Road, an interactive curriculum
  • The Road to Beijing, a Silk Road Ensemble DVD with lesson plan
  • “The Silk Road: A Musical Journey,” a live introduction to the instruments and music of the Silk Road Ensemble

Silk Road Ensemble members serve as artists in residence at Harvard University and Rhode Island School of Design. The Ensemble also conducts short-term residencies in museums and universities and workshops with music students.

“Passion-driven education liberates students and gives them the self-confidence to discover who they are as individuals and how they fit in the world.”
– YO-YO MA

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

  • NY Teacher Training
    February 25, 2009
    Teachers College
    A workshop with Yo-Yo Ma to introduce the Along the Silk Road curriculum to sixth-grade teachers in New York City schools – learn more and register online