Cambodian Living Arts
World Education
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210 USA
T: 617 482-9485 x536
F: 617 482-0617

Cambodian Living Arts
World Education
#37, Street 105
Sangkat Boeung Prolit
Khan 7 Makara
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
T: (855 23) 216 854
F: (855 23) 218 369

People

Feature: Arn Chorn-Pond

As a chid, Arn Chorn-Pond survived the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime by playing revolutionary songs on the flute. Today, he is an internationally recognized human rights leader and speaker, the recipient of the Reebok Human Rights Award, the Anne Frank Memorial Award, and the Kohl Foundation International Peace Prize. He is also the subject of the Emmy-nominated documentary, The Flute Player.

As the founder of Cambodian Living Arts, formerly known as the Cambodian Master Performers Program, Arn has dedicated his life to healing and to helping others heal from the trauma of violence and war, bringing solace and renewal to war-torn Cambodia by helping to revive its great artistic traditions.

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Students

CLA supports nearly 300 students in music classes throughout Cambodia, providing them with lessons, a monthly stipend, and instruments to practice on, as well as performance, networking, and peer learning and teaching opportunities. CLA also provides scholarships to exceptional students who have been designated by a panel of teachers as likely future masters of their craft.
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Sinat Nhok

Scholarship student

Teachers

CLA supports 16 Master musicians and 2 head teachers as part of its Teaching Program. Each of the Master musicians in its program was a professional musician who survived the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime. Our teachers are some of the most respected traditional musicians in Cambodia, literally the last living masters of their craft.
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Yim Saing

Flute teacher, "King of the Wind Instruments"

Ieng Sithul

Wedding music and dance

Yoeun Mek

Traditional wedding music

Tep Mari

Pin peat music

Sok Duch

Classical wedding music

Prum Uth

Smot chanting

Suon Peng

Chapei dong veng

Seng Norn

Kan toeming music

Noy Samnang

Mahaori singing

Nong Chok

Bassac opera (Lakhaon Bassac)

Mao Phoeung

Pinpeat Ensemble

Man Men

Classical wedding music

Ling Srei

Kan toeming

Kung Nai

"The Ray Charles of Cambodia," chapei dong veng

Khi Mom

Yike Opera

Chek Mach

Unknown - 2002

Iech Khan

"The Flying Takhe," Mahaori

Phorn Dav

b. (unknown) - 2006

Keot Ran

Assistant Master
Kompong Speu

Board Members

Although CLA is a project of World Education, it maintains its own advisory board, which governs fundraising, finances, and program development of the Cambodian Living Arts project in consultation with World Education staff. CLA's advisory board is bi-continental, with half of its members living in Cambodia, and half in the United States. Below is a full list of board members and board members emeritus.
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Arn Chorn-Pond

Founder and Spokesperson

Charley Todd

Co-President
Former headmaster of Watkinson School, part-time in Cambodia

Ingrid Martonova

Co-President
World Education program director, Cambodia

Swift C Barnes

Treasurer
California, USA

Alec White

Retired teacher, Governor Dummer Academy
Massachusetts, USA

Dickon Verey

Co-founder, Ptea Ponleu Vichea
Rhode Island, USA

Parker Barnes

Musician, student
Massachusetts, USA

Scot Stafford

ethnomusicologist and composer
California, USA

Phlouen Prim

Deputy Director, Artisans d’Angkor
Siem Reap, Cambodia

Chat pier Sath

visual artist
Massachusetts, USA

Bun Rith Suon

Amrita Performing Arts
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Judith Thompson

Children of War
Massachusetts, USA

Theary Seng

Executive Director, Center for Social Development
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Samkhan Khoeun

Cambodian Expressions of Lowell, MA
Massachusetts, USA

Carol Dugger

California, USA

Ea Saraboth

ANZ Bank
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Sophy Him

composer
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

John Burt

Founding Board Chair and Board Emeritus
USA

Staff Members

CLA has dedicated staff in both Cambodia and the United States.
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Phany Tum

CLA Country Manager

Beni Chhun

Development Officer

Seng Song

Program Coordinator

Ratanak Ros

Assistant Program Coordinator

Sarin Chuon

Senior Engineer, Studio CLA

Sam Ath Cheng

Studio Engineer

Rithywoint Lysovann

Bookkeeper

Sambor Om

CLA House Manager

Tiffany Karkman

Staff Associate
World Education Boston