When I was taking the summer vacation after a semester at Wesleyan University in 2005, I received a sudden phone call from Los Angles. The person on the other side of the phone told me he had just returned from China after participating an event called "Africa Meets Asia" at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. He said the event was a huge success and he was deeply impressed by the passionull
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Preface
First Part: Articles from Guest Professors
A Banana in the Central Conservatory of Music
Scholarly, Cultural and Musical Encounters
——Finnish and Chinese Musicological Conference
Ethnomusicology by Whatever Name
——Cultural Relativist, Cultural "Ringers", and the Rest of Us
Music in China and Australia
——Exploring a World of Potential
Jazz in China: Duke Ellington and Miles Davis
Building Bridges; Nourishing the Soul
——Ten Years of Musical Activities in China
Zhu Jianer, Tibet, and Symphony no.3
Reflections on Musical Convergence and Adaptation between East Africa
(Ethiopia, Eritrea) and East Asia (Japan, China)
International Exchange in Music: Effective Means Toward Defining Ourselves
Gathering Community
Second Part: Articles in Chinese Perspectives(English Translation: Zhang Boyu, worked together with the Trans Translation Term. Proofreads: Jade Brown Jade Brown Roslan and Anna Yates)
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