Susan Cheng, Wang Guowei, and a third member of their ensemble Music from China will present traditional and contemporary compositions of Chinese “silk and bamboo” music. Similar to the group’s workshop at Ramapo in Spring 2015, the workshop will focus on  he instruments, ensemble interaction, approaches to program music (instrumental music that portrays non-musical topics), contemporary and traditional compositions, and the significance of the music in contemporary Chinese culture. This time, however, student will be able to try some of the instruments and more time will be allocated to performance.