Musicians from a Different Shore

Mari Yoshihara is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.She is the author of Embracing the East: White Women and American Orientalism.

"An excellent overview of the role that Asians and Asian Americans have come to play in the world of Western classical music. It is beautifully written, extremely lucid, and well researched. What is particularly enlightening here is the author's dedication in seeking out many musicians to interview and her integration of these stories into a coherent whole."-Timothy D. Taylor, Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology, University of California, Los Angeles

• PrefaceIntroduction: A Rising Scale in Relative MinorChapter 1. Early Lessons in GlobalizationVoicesChapter 2. The Roots and Routes of Asian MusicChapter 3. Playing GenderChapter 4. Class NotesVoicesChapter 5. A Voice of One's OwnConclusion: Musicians FirstAcknowledgementsNotesSelected BiographyIndexAbout the Author