Instrumentation: string orchestra (4:00)
First Performance: San Francisco, Ritz-Carlton, 2009
for his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. San Jose Youth Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Quartuccio, cond.
Arranged for an orchestra of cello, strings and Tibetan singing bowl after the Tibetan folk song by Tashi Sharzur also known as Techung.
Snow Lion of Peace was composed by Tashi Dhondup Sharzur (Techung) and arranged for cello solo & string orchestra by composer William Susman at the suggestion of Tibetan singer Tsering Wangmo. Performed by the San Jose Youth Chamber Orchestra with Graham Nelson, cello soloist and, Anthony Quartuccio, conducting.