Thursday, April 2, 2026, 12-1pm
Smith Reading Room, Olin Library
252 Church St., Middletown
Free and open to the public. All welcome!
Light snacks served.
Wesleyan’s Central Asian Music Ensemble under the direction of Assistant Professor of Music Saida Daukeyeva performs a concert exploring the connection between music, sound, and animistic worldviews in Central Asian nomadic cultures. The ensemble program features instrumental tunes and songs that evoke images of animals, birds, and landscapes.
The Central Asian Music Ensemble is dedicated to the study and performance of music from a region at the crossroads of Eurasia, encompassing the post-Soviet states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Founded in the fall of 2023, the ensemble brings together Kazakh and Kyrgyz plucked and bowed lutes, plucked zithers, end-blown flutes, clay ocarinas, jaw harps, and percussion instruments.
For more information about the Ensemble, visit the Central Asian Music Ensemble website.
Enjoy this clip from their December 8, 2023 concert.
Sponsored by the World Music Archives & Music Library.