The Silk Road Project University Residencies

Harvard University and Rhode Island School of Design

Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Silk Road Ensemble performing with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra during the Ensemble’s Harvard University residency in 2006 © Harvard Crimson 2006

Motivated by a goal of igniting a passion for learning and teaching through the arts, the Silk Road Project is affiliated with both Harvard University and Rhode Island School of Design, where the Silk Road Ensemble collaborates with students and faculty as artists in residence.

Both five-year affiliations began in 2005 as a way to strengthen the interdisciplinary educational offerings of all three institutions. For more information, read the press release.

Silk Road Ensemble residencies at Harvard University

At Harvard, the Ensemble interacts with students, conducts workshops and shares works in progress. Led by a wish to inspire self-motivated learning, the Silk Road Project is working with the Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences to facilitate multi-cultural artistic and intellectual collaborations and to develop interdisciplinary curricula in the arts, literature, history and music of the Silk Road region.

Learn more about the November 2007 residency at Harvard.

Silk Road Ensemble residencies at Rhode Island School of Design

At RISD, the multi-year partnership has resulted in numerous collaborative studio projects, providing RISD students and faculty the opportunity to work with members of the Silk Road Ensemble to explore cross-cultural and interdisciplinary artistic expression through workshops, performances, storytelling and visual art.