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10/14/02

CLASSICAL GUITAR RECITAL SET AT SLU

CANTON - A recital by classical guitarist Kishor Gurung will 
take place at St. Lawrence University on Sunday, October 20, 
at 4 p.m. in Gilbert Recital Hall, Griffiths Arts Center. Gurung 
will also hold a guitar workshop, on Saturday, October 19, at 
11 a.m. in Gilbert Recital Hall. Both events are open to the 
public, free of charge.
	A native of Nepal, Gurung was awarded a full scholarship 
to study guitar at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and 
graduated in 1983 as the first Nepali to do so. In addition to 
his numerous TV and radio appearances, Gurung has also appeared, 
as a soloist, with the Long Island Youth Orchestra of New York. 
	In 1986, Gurung received a grant from the East-West Center 
to pursue graduate studies in ethnomusicology at the University 
of Hawaii in Honolulu. This led him to the ethnic enclave of 
Yangjakot, near the Pokhara Valley of West Nepal, where he 
undertook his field research on Ghantu, the narrative musical 
observance in which prepubescent girls go into a trance-like 
state.
	Gurung has been a member of an advisory committee to 
state-run Radio Nepal and has lectured at the Tribhuvan 
University in Kathmandu. He is also the founder and president 
of the Classical Guitar Society of Nepal and a member of the 
Folklore Society of Nepal. 
	For more information, contact the music department 
at 315-229-5192.

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