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SUMMARY:The Living Legacy Project: Akha Oral Tradition School
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DESCRIPTION:World Music Center Distinguished Scholar Series\nLecture by Vic
	toria Vorreiter\nDirector\, Songs of Memory Project\nExecutive Director\, 
	Cultural Crossroads Asia\n\nCultural Crossroads Asia (CCA)\, an initiative
	 founded by Victoria Vorreiter\, aspires to preserve the tangible culture 
	of ethnic groups of the Golden Triangle through the CCA Museum in Chiang M
	ai\, Thailand\, and to sustain their Intangible heritage through the Livin
	g Legacy Project\, educational programs in mountain villages.\n\nIn 2023\,
	 CCA launched its first Living Legacy Project: the Akha Oral Tradition Sch
	ool\, a year-long course in Ban Saen Suk\, an Akha village in the mountain
	s of Chiang Rai\, Thailand. Each week master Akha musicians teach Akha you
	th age-old songs\, instruments\, stories\, and instrumental craftsmanship 
	so they can reconnect with their Akha heritage and maintain the unbroken c
	hain of ancestral wisdom for future generations.\n\nAdditionally\, CCA is 
	collaborating with filmmakers to create: 1) short films of our master Akha
	 musicians performing/describing Akha repertoire\, and crafting instrument
	s\; and 2) a documentary about the Akha oral tradition experience\, which 
	follows the students’ growing awareness and skills. These films will be fe
	atured online to reach Akha throughout the diaspora as well as an internat
	ional audience.\n\nVictoria Vorreiter has led her life in search of the he
	art's response to melody and rhythm. Trained as a classical violinist at t
	he University of Michigan and DePaul University\, Victoria performed profe
	ssionally in orchestras\, while also specializing in the Suzuki Method\, i
	nspiring children to learn music through the Mother Tongue principle\, ‘or
	al tradition.’ This led to teaching positions in England\, France\, and th
	e US\, and speaking/teaching engagements around the world. Victoria then t
	urned to documenting world music. After her first film\, The Music of Moro
	cco and the Cycles of Life\, in 2002\, she moved to SE Asia to document th
	e ancestral music of ethnic groups in remote mountain villages in Laos\, M
	yanmar\, China\, and Thailand. The Songs of Memory Project arose from her 
	two decades of archival work: a sweeping collection of books\, photos\, fi
	lms\, recordings\, and multi-media exhibitions. The ‘Songs’ vision has now
	 evolved into Cultural Crossroads Asia\, a dynamic initiative composed of 
	the CCA Museum in Chiang Mai to preserve ancestral traditions of the Golde
	n Triangle\, and the Living Legacy Project in the villages to sustain them
	. (See also www.TribalMusicAsia.com)\n\nEvent Website: https://schoolofmus
	ic.ucla.edu/event/the-living-legacy-project-akha-oral-tradition-school-imp
	arting-ancestral-songs-stories-and-ceremonies-to-akha-youth/\n\nSource: ht
	tps://community.ucla.edu/event/c54de74f-3595-4df6-9e68-d2645d559f81
LOCATION:https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMudeisqjMjGNIe05c0bJUbTBSA
	xGgcAp59#/registration
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