Ho Chan
Ho Chan plays every instrument of the pin peat ensemble, a form of percussive Cambodian classical music. He began to study at age 16 with his grandfather. In 1975, under the Khmer Rouge regime, Chan was forced into slave labor camps; he fled to Thailand in 1979 where he joined a pin peat ensemble headed […]
Dong Suk Kim
Dong Suk Kim plays and teaches the kayagum, a Korean zither-like, 12-stringed instrument. Born in North Korea, Mr. Kim moved to South Korea when he was a year old and began his studies in kayagum, folk music, court and folk dance. After graduating from Seoul National University in music theory and composition, he came to […]
Jorge Lechuga
Jorge Lechuga is the founder and lead singer of the Wildhorse Singers and Dancers, a Native American northern traditional pow wow ensemble that performs and tours throughout Southern California, the United States and internationally. Mr. Lechuga began singing and playing the traditional Native American drum over 25 years ago with the help of other community […]
Tom Sauber
Tom Sauber is a multi-instrumentalist and singer who is teaching traditional Southern fiddle. In the 45 years that Mr. Sauber has devoted to playing traditional music, he has performed with extraordinary musicians in old-time, bluegrass and Cajun music. He is particularly known for his long-time partnerships with Oklahoma fiddler Earl Collins and North Carolina banjo […]
Tzvetanka Varimezova
Tzvetanka Varimezova was born in Bulgaria and received a B.A. degree in choral conducting and folk instrument pedagogy from the Academy of Music and Dance in Plovdiv. She was a soloist and assistant choral director for a number of professional women's choirs in Sofia, including the Bulgarian National Ensemble of Folk Song and Dance. Ms. [...] Ian Whitelaw
Ian Whitelaw plays the Great Highland bagpipe, an instrument deeply embedded in Scottish culture. His teachers include Andrew Wright, president of the Piobaireachd Society, and Robert Nicol, former piper to King George VI. Mr. Whitelaw has performed for many film and television programs, and has performed at the Mormon Tabernacle, at The Universal Amphitheatre with […]