MURFREESBORO — The
gentle, poignant tones of Chinese music will greet patrons of MTSU’s James E.
Walker Library soon.
Xiaojun Huo, who is first chair of erhu in the folk music
division of the China Opera and Dance Theater, will share her talents from 2 to
2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in the library’s first-floor atrium.
The erhu is a two-stringed, bowed musical instrument which
sometimes is called a “southern fiddle,” or, in the Western world, a “Chinese
violin.” Its origin can be traced to instruments introduced into China sometime
in the 10th century.
An erhu is played as a solo instrument or in groups, in
small ensembles as well as major orchestras. It can be used in both traditional
and contemporary music arrangements.
Dr. Arunesh Nadgir, an assistant professor of piano in the
MTSU School of Music, will accompany Huo.
This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored
by MTSU’s Confucius Institute in collaboration with the James E. Walker Library
and the School of Music. A searchable campus map with parking details is
available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap13-14.
For more information, contact Dr. Guanping Zheng, director
of the Confucius Institute, at 615-494-8696 or cimtsu@mtsu.edu.
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