Altai Throat-Singers

Altai throat-singing is traditionally used to accurately convey oral history by transmitting images into the audience’s minds with sound. Three different types of throat-singing are demonstrated in this piece -- normal range with overtone, a base drone, and a whistle-like overtone. Music by the student’s folk music group “Echo,“ sponsored by the ethnocultural center “Sacred Altai,“ directed by Svetlana Shatrovna Katynova. These talented young Altai musicians are, against great odds,