Choose one or more of the instruments listed below and write a report about it.

1. Explain how it produces sound.
2. In what country or countries will you find this instrument?
3. To what European instrument (if any) would the instrument be related?

shakuhachi zilli masa sitar

suona zurna pungi

koto kamauche sarangi

di shofar vina

qin zummara naqqara

Categorize the above instruments into one of the four following categories:

aerophone

chordophone

idiophone

membranophone

Research and write a paper about the life of one of the following Afro-American composers.

William Grant Still: African American composer whose musical works included African American themes and spanned the jazz, popular, opera, and classical genres.

Le Chevalier de Saint-George: Composer, violinist, conductor--and duellist.

Margaret Allison Bonds: African American composer, pianist, and musical director.

Tania León: Afro-Cuban composer and conductor,

Ethnomusicology is the study of non-Western and folk music.

Part 1:

Select one of the following projects and report on your experience.

1. Attend a Native American pow-wow in your area and write about the music and your experience.
1. Interview a Native American participant about the music he or she performs.
2. Attend a performance by an ethnic music group--for example, a gamelan, a Celtic ensemble, or a mariachi band--and write about the music and your experience.

Find a compact disc of music by one of the following ethnic groups and write a review of the music.

Tuvan throat singing

folk music of Norway

music of Bolivia