Color and Sound

How much can sound open or narrow the lens through which experience is filtered? What sound does disappointment make? What color is a scream? How can one sense represent the attributes of another? What sound does red lipstick make? The poems in Prof. Linda Jackson’s book What Yellow Sounds Like explore sound and color and … Read more

Sound of Silk

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