This was an unusual event held at Rollins Chapel. As it was a snowy night, there weren’t a lot of people at the show, but most of those present were students.
The actual program was:
- Kangwon
- Dreams
- Hidden Landscape
- Sugunga
- Yi-Gu Ren: Thinking of an old Friend
- Prism
- Lullaby
- Diu Diu Dang
The pieces were introduced mostly by Jeffrey Roberts, who played a flat zither-like instrument called the guqin. It was not loud enough compared to the other instruments
The other speaker was Kaoru Watanabe, who played flutes and drums. He had been part of Kodo Taiko drum group, that I have seen before at the Hop. He wrote Prism and the Lullaby, and this latter was my favorite.
Ying-Chieh Wang played the erhu, a Chinese violin, which has a nice strong sound.
Gamin played the piri, like a bamboo recorder, with a screechy sound a bit like a kazoo. She also played a very unusual instrument that looked like a big hookah, called a saenghwang. It had a beautiful windy kind of sound.
Woonjung Sim played Korean drums.