Was held on Sunday, August 15, 1999 in the Performing Arts Building, Room A323, at George Mason University in Fairfax.  Trained as a classical pianist and well versed in Vietnamese and Western literature, Steven Vinh Lac Tran compared and contrasted Vietnamese and Western music.  The young, dynamic speaker delighted the audience with his keen analyses from linguistic perspective.  He also performed some short piano compositions. 

At this event, Vinh Lac also debuted his two new CD albums entitled "Vietnamese Romances" and "Con Ta.o Xoay Va^`n".  The former CD is a compilation of transcriptions for piano solo of Vietnamese popular songs, while the latter is a collection of Vietnamese singing translations from Western operas and songs.