Programs
Asian/Pacific Americans in Music: A Selected Bibliography
Quicklinks: Adult Nonfiction | Music CDs | DVDs | Web Resources | Kids Fiction | Kids Nonfiction | Kids Music CDs
Adult Nonfiction
Balinese Dance, Drama & Music: A Guide to the Performing Arts of Bali
By I. Wayan Dibia
Dangdut Stories: A Social and Musical History of Indonesia’s Most Popular Music
By Andrew N. Weintraub
The Dawn of Indian Music in the West: Bhairavi
By Peter Lavezzoli
Desi Rap: Hip-Hop and South Asian America
By Ajay Nair and Murali Balaji
Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam
By Mark LeVine
India: Your Passport to a New World of Music
By Sunny Jain
Journey of a Thousand Miles: My Story
By Lang Lang with David Ritz
Mongolian Music, Dance and Oral Narrative: Performing Diverse Identities
By Carole Pegg
Musicians from a Different Shore: Asian and Asian Americans in Classical Music
By Mari Yoshihara
My Music, My Life
By Ravi Shankar
Pilipino Music and Theater
By Raymundo Bañas y Castillo
P’ungmul: South Korean Drumming and Dance
By Nathan Hesselink
Songs for the Spirits: Music and Mediums in Modern Vietnam
By Barley Norton
Songs of the Caged, Songs of the Free: Music and the Vietnamese Refugee Experience
By Adelaida Reyes
Sounds of the Silk Road: Musical Instruments of Asia
By Mitchell Clark
Music CDs
Four Feathers
By James Horner
Music from the Outskirts of Jakarta: Gambang Kromong
Night Song
By Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
The Rough Guide to the Music of Japan
The Rough Guide to the Music of Malaysia
The Rough Guide to the Music of Vietnam
Silk Road
By Kitaro
Songs Before Dawn: Gandrung Banyuwangi
DVDs
The Beat, Beat, Beat of Korea Rak
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Le Dernier Prophete
By Jerome de Missolz
Web Resources
Art Babble: Asian Art Channel
Art Babble is a collection of art videos from several museums, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. The Asian Art Channel offers a video of Balinese jazz guitar, Shanghai jazz, a Chinese guqin performance and much more.
ArtsEdge Multimedia Library
ArtsEdge is an interactive website from the Kennedy Center that has arts resources for educators, families and students. The multimedia section has stories, music and video clips. Search by keyword (e.g., “Japan”), genre or media type to hear the music of India, the sounds of China and more.
Asia Society: Performing Arts
Asia Society is a nonprofit educational organization providing Asian news, country profiles and a gateway to Asian culture and arts. Watch videos of concerts ranging from traditional Sufi music to Javanese hip-hop and Japanese pop-punk.
The Silk Road Project
Founded in 1998 by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, The Silk Road Project promotes innovation and learning through the arts. The Music & Artists tab features videos of ensemble performances, photos and descriptions of instruments and segments from the “Silk Road Radio.” Teachers can use the Education section to find curriculum guides and lesson plans.
Smithsonian Folkways
Watch Smithsonian Folkways videos from Asia and the Pacific and Central Asia, including Korean Chang-go and mountain music of Kyrgyzstan. Link to Soundscapes to learn about music ranging from Afghanistan to Hawaii.
Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries Podcast Series
Learn about Asian music by listening to podcasts from the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries concert series. This podcast series includes music from India, Iraq, Persia, Japan, Sri Lanka and more. Most podcasts include links to additional photos, related artwork and exhibitions. Check out the link to Radio Asia to listen to streaming music.
Kids Fiction
Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing
By Guo Yue and Clare Farrow, illustrated by Helen Cann
Barefoot Books, 2008 (Ages 10 and up)
The Nightingale
By Hans Christian Andersen, retold by Stephen Mitchell, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
Candlewick, 2002 (All ages)
Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs
By Lensey Namioka, illustrated by Kees de Kiefte
Little, Brown, 2000 (Ages 10 and up)
Yellow Umbrella
(With music CD)
By Jae Soo Liu, music by Dong ll Sheen
Kane/Miller, 2002 (All ages)
Kids Nonfiction
Children’s Book of Music
(With music CD)
DK, 2010 (Ages 8 and up)
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki: Teaching Music from the Heart
By David R. Collins
Morgan Reynolds, 2002 (Ages 10 and up)
The Red Piano
By André Leblanc, illustrated by Barroux
Wilkins Farago, 2009 (Ages 8 and up)
A Song for Cambodia
By Michelle Lord, illustrated by Shino Arihara
Lee & Low, 2008 (Ages 10 and up)
Sunday in Kyoto
(with music CD)
By Gilles Vigneault, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch
Secret Mountain, 2009 (Ages 8 and up)
Asian Americans of Achievement: Yo-Yo Ma
By Richard Worth
Chelsea House, 2007 (Ages 10 and up)
Kids Music CDs
Asian Dreamland
Putumayo Kids, 2006 (All ages)
Hawaiian Playground
Putumayo World Music, 2008 (All ages)
The Rough Guide to World Music for Children
World Music Network, 2010 (All ages)