Professors Cho and Suh will give an introductory lecture to Korean classical music and the sounds to classical Korean instruments, the Geomungo [guh-moon-go], a zither, played by plucking the silk strings on a long board with a bamboo pick, and the Daegeum [deh-gum], a bamboo flute with a reed that produces a unique timbre. A petting zoo featuring several instruments from the Stearns Collection will be available for audience members to try.

Cosponsored by the U-M Center for World Performance Studies, the U-M Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, and the Ann Arbor District Library