VOCALLY IN HARMONY:
Alash, a
group of Tuvan “throat-singers,” performed a mini concert in Olin
Library March 8. The throat singers are able to use a solo voice to
extract two or three sounds simultaneously. Their appearance was
sponsored by the Center for the Arts and the Russian Department.
Alash is an ensemble of
singers playing traditional instruments that came to Wesleyan for a
colloquium, workshop, demonstration and performance under the
auspices of the Open World Cultural Leaders Program, an initiative of
the U.S. Congress designed to build mutual understanding between the
U.S. and Russia. The singers drew more than 50 Wesleyan spectators to
their mid-day performance and 380 to the CFA performance. (Photos by Olivia Bartlett)
