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Chicago schoolchildren participating in The Stone Horse: A Silk Road Journey

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Passion-Driven Learning
Chicago schoolchildren participated in The Stone Horse: A Silk Road Journey, a story-concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Silk Road Ensemble. Students had a hands-on learning experience with different percussion instruments before having a chance to take the stage with professional musicians before an audience of more than 10,000.


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2009 Press Releases


November 12, 2009
The Silk Road Project introduces cross-cultural music and education at the American Museum of Natural History
Weekly performances will animate the Museum's Traveling the Silk Road exhibition each Sunday from November 15, 2009, through August 15, 2010; Along the Silk Road curriculum training on November 18, 2009


November 11, 2009
Silk Road Project website wins Community Choice Award
DotNetNuke Corp. presents award for "most creative/original site" at OpenForce '09 Connections

 

October 19, 2009
The Silk Road Project focuses on passion-driven education during residency at Harvard University
Three-day series of events includes Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma concert and award ceremony, music workshop, presentations and roundtable discussions from October 20 to 22, 2009

 

October 1, 2009
Silk Road Ensemble explores uncharted territory with new CD: Off the Map
Album of globe-spanning music newly commissioned from Osvaldo Golijov, Gabriela Lena Frank, Evan Ziporyn and Angel Lam is available on CD November 10, 2009, with an early digital release October 13, 2009

 

August 12, 2009
Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma concert tour in Europe
Concerts at music festivals in England, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Romania from September 11 to 19, 2009

 

May 27, 2009
Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma concerts at Lincoln Center
Three-part concert series at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts features a free outdoor performance in Damrosch Park on June 9, broadcast on PBS's Live From Lincoln Center


February 25, 2009
Silk Road Project debuts passion-driven education model in New York City
The Silk Road Project to share music, global perspectives and passion-driven learning with New York schoolchildren; program is cornerstone of the Silk Road Project's 10th-anniversary celebration

February 16, 2009
Silk Road Project residency at Rhode Island School of Design
The Silk Road Project's Spring 2009 residency at Rhode Island School of Design includes behind-the-scenes look at new multimedia work with set desing by RISD alumnus Henrik Søderstrøm

February 2, 2009
North American concert tour by the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
Renowned Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma to embark on a six-city North American tour as part of the Silk Road Project's 10th-anniversary celebration: program to feature North American premiere of a multimedia performance of classic Arabian love story Layla and Majnun


January 17, 2009

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma pre-inaugural performance
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma performs at the New Republic inauguration celebration