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Angel Lam holding a score and explaining a concept to bassist Jeffrey Beecher

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Composer at Work
Composer Angel Lam rehearses her composition Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain with Jeffrey Beecher at a commissioning workshop at Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts. Collaboration between composers and performers is a hallmark of the Silk Road Project's commissioning process.

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2012 Press Releases


January 13, 2012
Silk Road Ensemble Develops New Music at Harvard University And Gives Students Behind-The-Scenes Access to the Creative Process
January 16 – 23, 2012, new commissions workshop brings to campus composers David Bruce, Vijay Iyer, Glenn Kotche and Kojiro Umezaki

The Silk Road Ensemble performing at globalFEST 2012
The Silk Road Ensemble comes to Harvard after a much-lauded performance at globalFEST in New York City. The group also recently performed at the Kennedy Center Honors in tribute to its artistic director, Yo-Yo Ma. © JENNIFER TAYLOR


 
"Called “insistently eclectic” by the New York Times and commended for their “pure joy and unyielding virtuosity” by NPR Music, the performers in the Silk Road Ensemble draw on musical traditions from around the world."