Mike Block is a pioneering cello player, singer, composer, and educator, hailed by Yo-Yo Ma as the "ideal musician of the 21st-Century." As an educator, Mike is passionate about creativity and collaboration, and is the founding director of Silkroad’s Global Musician Workshop. Along with tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das, participants in this workshop will gain a better understanding of how improvisation factors in the work of this exceptionally eclectic duo.
Co-sponsored by Center for Advanced Study (external link) ; Robert E. Brown Center for World Music. The Spurlock Museum acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
