Have Bow Will Travel showcases bowed string instruments from diverse cultures.

Sina Ettehad, Marjan Alekhamis, Mohammad Amini and Babak Banihoseini perform Persian music on kamancheh, kamancheh alto, ghaychak alto, and percussion.

Lan Tung premieres Montreal composer Tim Brady’s Concerto Etude for solo erhu (Chinese violin) and fixed media.

Crossbridge Strings brings together all-star improvising musicians from Iranian, Taiwanese, Indonesian, avant-garde, jazz, and western contemporary music backgrounds: Meredith Bates (violin), Joshua Zubot (violin), James Meger (bass), Sina Ettehad (kamancheh), Lan Tung (erhu & vocals), and Sutrisno Hartana (rebab, suling, vocals).

Traditional and contemporary sounds meet unexpectedly, transcending cultural/genre boundaries and demonstrating improvisation in different approaches.