UCLA Faculty Women’s Club: Music in Cultural Contexts
Wed 10/15 • 12PM PDT
UCLA University Club Library • Los Angeles CA
We invite you to join us for a chamber concert featuring Jillian Risigari-Gai and the Thai Ensemble.
Jillian and her ensemble will take us to the musical roots of the HARP: from Latin America (Arpa de Lianera and Jarocho) to the British Isles, Ireland and France. We will hear harp traditions of Southeast Asia: Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia: Double Action Harp and Saung-Gauk (Myanmar).
– Cambodian Boat Festival Song, arranged by Sastra Moon with Rane Prak (Ethnomusicology Ph.D. student) on Wot and Mel Liu (UCLA alumna) on percussion.
– Where the Wind Covers the Sky, arranged by Sastra Moon with Rane Prak on Wot and Mel Liu on percussion.
– Bai Sri Su Khwan, a traditional song from Thailand, arranged by Sastra Moon with Rane Prak on Wot and Mel Liu on Electric Bass.
– Finally, we travel to China and listen to A Drunken Fisherman's Song at Sunset, Joan Huang.
– We close our exceptional music performance with Shere of Influence from Space. Suite Galactique: Exosphere, with Caroline Lizotte.