Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Lecture recital on Chinese songs from the musical heritage of Han to the present. This lecture recital will focus on three main areas: (I) Different types of Chinese songs and their historical backgrounds–Ancient, Folk and Contemporary Art (II) Significant Chinese traditional singing techniques versus Western classical styles–Throaty/nasal versus Open/mask (III) Demonstration of live performance
Virtuosity is an art of extremes, of playing an instrument or wielding a brush at the breathtaking limit of technical power. In this multimedia exploration of the topic of the virtuoso in art, literature and music, Dr. Charles A. Riley II, the author of a dozen books on the arts, examines the issue of whether … Read more
The lecture will focus on the cultural-psychological aspect of Asian Americans’ experiences. Both the international context for their early emigration and the American cultural environment for their acculturation process will be examined (adaptation = selective process vs. unconditional assimilation). The interrelatedness between the two larger contexts will be analyzed to interpret the behavioral patterns that … Read more