Chinese music finds new foothold in United States

New York's Bard College Conservatory of Music will teach an undergraduate program in Chinese musical instrument performance starting next fall.

Bard will work with Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music to create the program, said to be the first of its kind at a Western college.

Students will be able to apply in January for a first year that will focus on the erhu, pipa and guzheng, all stringed instruments.