Acknowledgments

We are deeply indebted to numerous individuals whose help and support has made this research possible. In particular, we would like to thank Silpathorn Artist Anant Nakkong for his insightful supervision over the Thai music portion of this project and for challenging us to promote Thai musical traditions in new contexts. For the Romantic guitar that was used in preparation for the concert, we would like to thank Nalin Komentrakarn for kindly lending us her instrument. Furthermore, we express deep appreciation to Naris Charaschanyawong for offering us another Romantic guitar when the tuning mechanism of the first instrument was broken just days before the concert. The latter is an authentic instrument made in 1837 by the legendary French guitar builder René François Lacôte.

We give special thanks to Sakrapee Raktaprajit for being our research coordinator throughout the process. This research could not have been completed without his constant and unwavering support.

We are grateful to Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music (PGVIM) for providing us with the funding to complete this project.

Lastly, to all who have assisted us at various stages of our project, we extend our gratitude: our sound engineer Prateep Jattanakul; poster and artwork designer Krittin Teerawittayaart; audio-visual staff Tuchawong Sirisawat, Palut Pawaratison, and Orapa Kaewfong; photographer Anuwat Nakpawan; website designer Pattarapol Sukvajeeporn, Panuphong Phuttima; editor Sethapong Janyarayachon; and all supporting staff at PGVIM – their assistance has been invaluable to the completion of our project