"Understanding Tibetan Monastic Music in the 21st Century"

This panel will provide an introduction to Tibetan musical structure and theory in preparation for the evening's performance by the Gyuto Monks. The panel will also situate the monks' performance in the context of the history of Tibetan monastic rituals and will include anthropologicalperspectives on the cultural transformations that occur when a ritual is displaced from the monastery to the stage. Panel participants include: Ben Bogin, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley; Keila Diehl, Lecturer, Stanford University; and Jessie Wallner, Ph.D. candidate, Indiana University. The panel discussion is organized in conjunction with the performance of the Gyuoto Monks Tibetan Tantric Choir on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 8 pm at Zellerbach Hall, presented by CalPerformances in association with the Center for Buddhist Studies and the Institute of East Asian Studies.