Asian Improv aRts, Lenora Lee Dance, and API Cultural Center are pleased to present

Vijay Iyer (piano) with Hafez Modirzadeh (saxophone)

Thursday, January 23, 2020

7:30 pm – 8:45 pm

At 945 ArtSpace

945 Clay St., San Francisco, CA 94108

Tickets: $25 adv./ $35 at the door - Limited Seating!

For tickets click here

If driving, the Portsmouth Square Parking Garage is recommended, with entrance on Kearny at Clay http://www.sfpsg.com/index.html

Contact: [email protected]

This is the INAUGURAL CONCERT for 945 ArtSpace, a project of Asian Improv aRts, Lenora Lee Dance, API Cultural Center, and the Chinatown Community Development Center. The purpose of 945 ArtSpace is to provide a dedicated venue for artists and cultural activists to work in the intimate setting of a community-based storefront.

Composer-pianist VIJAY IYER has carved out a unique path as an influential, prolific, shape-shifting presence in modern music. He was described by the New York Times as a “social conscience, multi-media collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinking, and multicultural gateway.” A winner of multiple awards including a 2017 United States Artists Fellowship and 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, he holds a lifetime appointment as the Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts at Harvard University.

Composer-saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh is active in the realms of performing, teaching, recording, publishing, and presenting cross-cultural perspectives regarding musical culture, tradition, and innovation. He has been instrumental in the ImprovisAsians annual festival held at San Francisco State University for the past 15 years. He is a Professor of Music and advisor for Jazz and Creative/World Music Studies at San Francisco State University.

Both Vijay and Hafez are valued contributors to Asian Improv’s work and legacy over the decades. 945 ArtSpace is extremely proud to present these extraordinary artists and community members as part of our first season here at 945 ArtSpace.

Chinese Historical Society of America

Museum Presents:

Towards Equality Artists’ Showcase

http://www.asianimprov.org/towards_equality

Jon Jang CD Release Concert June 19 2019

http://www.asianimprov.org/jon_jang_cd_release_concert_june_19_2019

Japan Day 2019

http://www.asianimprov.org/japan_day_2019

Chinese Historical Society of America Museum Presents:

Towards Equality Artists’ Showcase

Left: Photo of Lenora Lee by Robbie Sweeny. Center: Photo courtesy Cynthia Tom. Right: Photo courtesy Katie Quan.

“Towards Equality” Women Artists Lenora Lee, Katie Quan, & Cynthia Tom will discuss their experiences leading workshops at CHSA. They will show audience members new works-in-progress, inspired by their time at CHSA.

The event will be held at the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum in San Francisco, CA

For details & artist bios, please visit https://chsa.org/event/towards-equality-artists-showcase/

Seating is limited – Purchase tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/towards-equality-artists-showcase-tickets-61614291003 Tickets include admission to CHSA’s galleries and exhibitions.

Click here to download flyer

Asian Improv aRts in association with the Sound and Social Justice Commons and San Francisco State University Creative Music Studies

Present

ImprovisAsians! 2018

October 17, 19, and 23, 2018

San Francisco State University

Creative Arts Building

1756 Holloway Ave.

San Francisco, CA

ImprovisAsians! is an annual series of performances and discussions exploring the connection between the performing arts and community-building. All events are free! Click on links for the details!

ImprovisAsians 2018: Alcatraz Reflections and Meditations #50

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 01:10 PM

InterMusic SF presents

SF Music Day 2018

Sunday September 30, 12-8pm

War Memorial Veterans Building

401 Van Ness Ave. at McAllister, San Francisco CA 94102

Admission Free

Listen local at the eleventh annual SF Music Day, the Bay Area’s free daylong music festival in downtown San Francisco, presented by InterMusic SF. SF Music Day celebrates a sweeping panorama of music of our region, with nearly 40 ensembles performing over eight hours — from string quartets to jazz combos, new music pioneers to chamber groups steeped in musical sounds from across the globe. Come with open ears, to experience all that the Bay’s vibrant music community has to offer. Visit intermusicsf.org for festival schedule and to browse the full list of music ensembles.

This year's program features:

• A special performance by the Jon Jangtet featuring Angela Wellman, Francis Wong, Gary Brown, and Deszon X. Claiborne
• "Japanese American Home Movies to Light," by Mark Izu with Brenda Wong Aoki
• Hammond organ player Brian Ho playing a set of original music with his trio.
• Pianist Motoko Honda leading her quartet Simple Excesses in a set of cinematic jazz compositions.

Info:

https://www.intermusicsf.org/sfmd

Video:

https://youtu.be/38qQEivUWmM

Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1877917932510895/

Special series of performances in CCDC housing July 19, 24, and 26!

Not knowing who we are could be wonderful. Is personal identity a "box"? Referencing the work of writer Kobo Abe, this new interdisciplinary collaboration from Melody Takata explores the investment in identity in today’s racialized and technology-driven existence. In this pursuit, Boxes brings together a multi-dimensioned ensemble drawing on artistic languages from traditional Japanese culture to the avant garde visual, media, and sound arts. Featuring musician/dancer Melody Takata, saxophonist Francis Wong, tuba player William Roper of Los Angeles, bassist, shamisen, taiko artist, and filmmaker Tatsu Aoki of Chicago, Taiko and Visual Artist Kioto Aoki of Chicago, and Grandmaster of the nagauta (kabuki style) shamisen Chizuru Kineya of Tokyo.

Admission free. Seating is limited so please reserve by going to https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3470786

Boxes is a presentation of Japan Week/SF 2018.

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Asian Improv aRts is proud to announce that renowned composer, pianist, and bandleader Jon Jang will premiere his newest work The Pledge of Black/Asian Allegiance at the 120 year old Buddhist Church of San Francisco (BCSF) on May 19, 2018 at 8 pm. Located in San Francisco’s historic Japantown neighborhood, BCSF’s address is 1881 Pine St. Tickets: $20 general $10 for BCSF members. For tickets visit: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3405264

For more detailed information visit: http://www.asianimprov.org/jon_jang_s_pledge_of_black_asian_allegiance

Dr. Amanda Kemp (Photo by Nick Gould)