A Change of Guard

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Saturday 15 October 2011

Grant will help save Cambodian musical heritage in Modesto

DEBBIE NODA/dnoda@modbee.com - Mao Roth, 57, plays a skor, Chhip Chhoun, 65,on the khhem. Chhoun and The Bridge, have won $40,000 grant to present free performances at the center. (10-14-11).

DEBBIE NODA/dnoda@modbee.com - Chhip Chhoun, 65, holding a khhem, Muy Kim, 77, with the tror and Mao Roth, 57, with a skor, the instruments they play. Chhoun and The Bridge, have won $40,000 grant to present free performances at the center. (10-14-11).

Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011
By Lisa Millegan Renner
lrenner@modbee.com

Cambodian musicians in Modesto are determined not to let their musical traditions fade away.

They applied for and won a $40,000 grant from the Creative Work Fund to teach their art to youth.

Chhip Chhoun, 65, and other skilled performers will give free biweekly concerts beginning in January at The Bridge Community Center, a nonprofit facility in west Modesto that provides services to the Cambodian community. Some of the money will go to purchase traditional instruments for young people.

DN Cambodian music

Speaking with the aid of an interpreter, Chhoun said he was happy to have the funding to help preserve an important cultural practice.

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