Dr. Andrea Clearfield, award winning composer who has held several fellowships at the Wurlitzer Foundation will show original footage from her Tibetan music fieldwork documenting Tashi Tsering, the last royal court singer of Lo Monthang, Nepal, in a restricted Himalayan region near Tibet. She will discuss how this ancient culture has influenced her life and music, and perform examples of her Tibetan influenced compositions with guest musician Heidi Svoboda (gongs).

Sunday August 20th, 7pm

Sliding Scale $10-$20

Check out this 3 minute interview with Andrea about her work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a_AJQ7Kh0w

To learn more about this region of Upper Mustang, Nepal, visit:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/01/05/a-fortress-in-the-sky-the-last-forbidden-kingdom-of-tibetan-culture/?utm_term=.942932f5c9ea

Two of the musical pieces that they will perform:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiraaOHjCrQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qg0cK5ZMws