Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Asia Society Presents! Common Practice 21C: Classical, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Music
Asia Society presents Common Practice 21C, a three-day festival hosted by Rice University. It explores the cross-fertilization of cultures by navigating international selections of classical and new music by composers from the United States and China, as well as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Korea.
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The Common Practice era — roughly 1600 to 1900 — was defined by its adherence to customary harmonic and melodic practices in Western music. Similarly, older Chinese music remained grounded in its own traditional perspective and performance practice. Until recently, these two musical cultures had little crossover.
Common Practice 21C is a three-day festival hosted by Rice University. It explores the cross-fertilization of cultures by navigating international selections of classical and new music by composers from the United States and China, as well as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Korea. Experimentation will blend traditional forms with electronic and mixed media to create a 21st-century musical culture.
The program includes classical and world premiere music by Michael Sidney Timpson, Ching-Wen Chao, Lei Liang, and others. Musicians include the Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra (Taiwan), guzheng soloist Jiuan-Reng Yeh, and pipa musician Chia-Ning Liang. This concert at Asia Society closes the Common Practice 21C festival.
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.