SONG OF ASIA: Celebrating the Music of Central Asia
The Otterbein University Choirs
Sunday, February 19, 7:00p
Riley Auditorium, Battelle Fine Arts Center
Celebrate the cultures of Central Asia with the Otterbein choirs this February. The singers of the university's Men's Chorus, Women's Chorale, and Concert Choir will honor the music of India, Nepal, China, and Mongolia with arrangements of traditional folks songs as well as works that celebrate Mongolian horses, the beauty of the Himalayas, and the excitement of Bollywood. The performance is free and open to the public.
Silk Road Concert
April 9, 7:30p
Grace Lutheran Church, Westerville
ACT OUT Reading Series
KWATZ! The Tibetan Project: The Sound of a Hammer Hitting the Head
April 13 at 7:30p
Campus Center Pit Theatre
Ernest Abuba's unconventional script combines mystical visions, music, song, and dance to explore Tibet under Chinese oppression. Kwatz is a Buddhist term for a new awakening, in this instance brought about by an assault when a wandering vagrant drives the claws of a hammer into a Tibetan immigrant's head. The play explores this man's visions while having an out of body experience. Abandoning conventions of plot or character development, Abuba immerses his audience in a groundlessness that is at the heart of Buddhist teachings and traditions.
Source: http://en.unesco.org/silkroad/network-silk-road-cities-map-app/en