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Shanghai Stories: A musical evening celebrating an intersection of cultures - Nov 5, 2010 |
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Written by Francis Wong
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 21:58 |
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Featuring explorations of jazz with Chinese traditional instruments. Performances by Melody of China with composer/saxophonist Francis Wong and special guests Wayne Wallace, Deszon Claiborne and Tatsu Aoki. The concert will feature "Shanghai Stories", a new composition by Francis Wong supported by a grants from Individual Artist Commissions, a program of Cultural Equity Grants of the San Francisco Arts Commission, Zellerbach Family Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Presented by Melody of China and Asian Improv aRts
8 p.m., Friday, November 5 at Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Tickets: $14 and $17
Discounts are available for students, seniors and groups. For tickets please call (415) 474-1608 or online www.oldfirstconcerts.org/tickets/. To learn more about Melody of China, visit www.melodyofchina.org. For more information about Asian Improv Arts, please visit www.asianimprov.org.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 August 2010 09:47 |
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Lenora Lee's "Passages" in SF Sept 24-26 and NY Nov 3-7, 2010 |
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Written by Francis Wong
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 19:04 |
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I am doing the recorded score for Lenora's upcoming interdisciplinary work! “Passages,” is a new interdisciplinary collaborative work between dancer Lenora Lee, media designer Olivia Ting, composer/sound designer Francis Wong, lighting designer Patty-Ann Farrell, and dancers Marina Fukushima and Kevin Ho. It is in homage to Lee’s grandmother on her mother’s side, Lee Ping To, who immigrated through the Angel Island Immigration Station in 1940, the year that the Station was closed. An excerpt of the work will be performed on the Station July 31, 2010, at the Chinese Historical Society of America August 14, 2010, and at CounterPULSE September 12, 2010. The full length work will be presented September 24-26, 2010 at Dance Mission Theatre by Asian Improv aRts in collaboration with the Chinese Historical Society of America and the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. It will also be performed in New York November 3-7, 2010 at the John Ryan Theater as part of White Wave’s Wave Rising Series. Click here for more info!
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Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2010 21:54 |
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Diaspora Tale profiled on Culture Wire at youtube.com |
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Written by Francis Wong
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Wednesday, 02 June 2010 07:28 |
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Culture Wire, an online show produced by the SF Arts Commission, did a feature on the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center and its 13th Annual United States of Asian America Festival. In the piece, the performance of Diaspora Tale #2 is featured. Check it out! |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 05 August 2010 17:41 |
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Asian American Jazz Festival Poland July 30 - August 1, 2010 |
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Written by Francis Wong
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Saturday, 31 July 2010 08:26 |
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Under the theme, "Blues and Beyond", a multicultural group of US artists is performing in Poznan, Poland for the Asian American Jazz Festival Poland. This is the second edition of the Festival, the first was in 2007. I am thankful to once again be a part of this event hosted by the Estrada organization in Poznan. Last night, my trio with Chad Taylor and Tatsu Aoki was greeted to a rousing welcome the first night of the festival in the Old Square, which has had an amazing revitalization since the end of communist rule. It is humbling to play among these centuries old buildings; we were told that one of the churches had stones from a ninth century building. Tonight will be concerts by Dohee Lee (performing FLUX, originally commissioned by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and produced by Asian Improv aRts) with me, Tatsu Aoki and Any Homma, Jeff Chan's Horns of Plenty and the Chicago Blues with Jimmy Burns, Greg McDaniel and Chad Taylor. Tomorrow is Yoko Noge's Japonesque. We have been overwhelmed by the hospitality of the community here! |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 05 August 2010 02:13 |
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