Abstract:The khaen is a bamboo free-reed mouth organ prominent among people of Lao ethnicity in Laos and Northeast Thailand and is likely related to ancestors of other Asian free-reed instruments as well as to Western free-reed instruments. New Musical Geographies is an ongoing project by composer/performer Christopher Adler to promote the khaen as a concert instrument in the Western contemporary concert music tradition by encouraging the composition of new works for the instrument. To date, the project includes 17 sol… Show more
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