The Asian Religions & Cultures Initiative Presents

Music of the Silk Road
A Symposium & Performance

Saturday, November 2, 2002
1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Cantor Center for Visual Arts Auditorium

Co-Sponsored by:
Center for East Asian Studies
Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
Department of Music
Inner Asia/Silk Road Group
Society of Afghan Professionals
Stanford Lively Arts

For information, contact SCBS
Map of campus


Alma Kunanbaeva
University of Wisconsin/Madison

"Interpreting Nomads:
Some Thoughts after the Silk Road Festival Experience"


Bo Lawergren
Hunter College

"Before Folklore:
Silk Road Music in Images"


Hafez Modirzadeh
San Francisco State University

"In Search of Makam X:
Aural Archetypes in Asian Modal Practices"


Melody of China
Music Ensemble

Performance of Silk Road music

4:30 p.m.