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Skidmore College

Tuvan Throat-Singing Workshop with Alash Ensemble

March–April 2022 Music Workshops

Join Alash Ensemble in a workshop on Monday, April 4 at 4:30p.m. in Zankel’s Ladd Concert Hall to learn the basics of throat-singing from master vocalists! Come learn about these extraordinary vocal practices in a casual and open environment. The three multi-instrumentalists who make up Alash – Bady-Dorzhu Ondar, Ayan-ool Sam and Ayan Shirizhik – have won numerous awards for their performances of Tuvan sygytkargyraa, and öö&Բ;(known collectively as “throat singing”), techniques that involve producing multiple pitches at one time.

Alash will be in residency at Skidmore College from April 3-4, 2022 as part of the Filene Anniversary Concert Series and will offer a concert for the Skidmore community on April 3 at 2:00 p.m. The concert is open to the Skidmore community and the workshop is open to the Skidmore community and the public.

Mon. April 4, 2022
4:30–6:30 p.m.

No registration necessary.

Special thanks to Sarah Choi ’22 for designing the advertisement poster for the World Music Workshop series.