The music of this Taiwanese quintet features a fusion of traditional and western instrumentation, including bass/zhong ruan, vocals, erhu, zhong ruan, and percussion, with modern dance and Tai-chi movement. Featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, the ensemble’s music has been described as "joyous, evocative, and enchanting" by the New York Public Theater. This concert is co-sponsored by the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music, the UIUC Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies and the Spurlock Museum.
This concert takes place at Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL at 2:00 p.m. and is admission is free. For further information, contact Kim Sheahan at (217) 244-3355 or ksheahan@illinois.edu
Spurlock announces a new Exhibit: “North of the Northern Lights: Exploring the Crocker Land Arctic Expedition 1913–1917” – which will be open from Tuesday, October 6, 2015 to Sunday, July 31, 2016.
In 1913, the University of Illinois co-sponsored a scientific expedition to Northern Greenland. Presented a century later, archival photographs and ethnographic artifacts document the intersection of the lives of the Polar Inuit and the American scientists. The Museum invites visitors to consider how aspects of this encounter fit into our current understanding of the study and representation of indigenous peoples.
North of the Northern Lights and its associated events are sponsored by the Dr. Allan C. Campbell Family Distinguished Speaker Series and co-sponsored by the University of Illinois European Union Center, funded in part by a US Department of Education Title VI grant. This exhibit is located in the Campbell Gallery, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL; admission is free, and for further information, contact Beth Watkins at (217) 265-5485 or ewatkins@illinois.edu.
Thanks to Kim Sheahan of Spurlock Museum for this information item.
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