Red Poppy Art House

Lily & Khatch: An Evening of Lullabies from Europe & Armenia
2019-10-26 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Lily and Khatch released their separate lullaby albums—Louloudhia: A Collection of Lullabies from Europe and Oror ou Nani: Armenian Lullabies, respectively—within a month of each other and decided to collaborate in presenting their shared passion in a joint concert. Having received wide reception in the Bay Area and across the states, both albums evoke softness, ask for rest, and bring the meditative qualities of voice and instruments to light, urging audiences to feel deeply, contemplate, and rest.

FEATURING:
Lily Storm – vocals, frame drum
Khatchadour Khatchadourian – vocals, duduk, frame drum
Supporting Musicians
Diana Rowan – harp
Dan Cantrell – accordion

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Lily Storm is a singer specializing in traditional music, with particular emphasis in Eastern European styles. She is a member of Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble, touring with them nationally and internationally, and also performs as a solo artist, collaborating with many Bay Area musicians. Last year she released a second solo album, a collection of European lullabies called Louloudhia. Storm holds a masters in music from Holy Names University, and a BA in mathematics from Bryn Mawr College. She teaches math and music at a K-8 public school and evening community workshops for adults.
Khatchadour Khatchadourian was born in Lebanon and grew up singing for seven years in the Syrian-Armenian children’s choir Karoun. He credits the start of his musical focus on meditative genres to his early years singing in Armenian Orthodox church. In 2006 he began playing the Armenian woodwind, duduk. Khatchadourian holds bachelor’s degrees in both anthropology and Middle Eastern studies from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a founding member of Sayat Nvaq Ensemble, Saideh & Khatch, Dahmkash, and Yeraz Trio. He is also a supporting musician in the Kaavya Connections: World Poetry, Literature & Music. Khatchadourian combines sacred Armenian and Arabic voice with duduk and electronica, working within global music, meditation, sound healing, and ambient music genres. Oror ou Nani: Armenian Lullabies is his fifth album.
Diana Rowan is an award-winning musical artist performing worldwide. Born in Ireland and raised the child of an Irish diplomat, Rowan has traveled, lived, and performed on six continents. As a natural outgrowth of this inspiration, her music interweaves global music, art, spirituality, and mythology. She can be heard on many CDs and soundtracks, including her solo albums Panta Rhei, The Bright Knowledge, and the forthcoming As Above, So Below. Rowan’s 30+ year performance career spans venues such as the World Harp Congress in Australia, Washington D.C.’s Smithsonian, the US Embassy in Vietnam, and Eastern European cathedrals. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she holds a PhD in music theory (world harp composition techniques), plus an MM in piano performance (classical). Rowan founded Bright Knowledge Guild, the online academy for creatives, featuring Virtual Harp Summit and Bright Knowledge Harp Circle. Her first book, The Bright Way: 5 Steps to Freeing the Creative Within, will be published by New World Library in January 2020.
Dan Cantrell is an Emmy award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist known for his innovative film scoring approach and his virtuosic abilities on the accordion, piano, and musical saw. His extensive scoring catalogue spans a wide range of emotion and style. Cantrell’s compositions for film and television have earned him numerous awards including an Emmy for KQED’s Homefront, a Golden Gate Award for the soundtrack to the documentary Divided Loyalties, and an Annie nomination for his work on three seasons of Cartoon Network’s The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. His orchestral music was recently featured by the Oakland Symphony, and his chamber music was performed at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and in Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center. Cantrell also recently composed a suite of choral music performed by the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir as part of their yearly concert series.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Rumberos de Radio Habana: Monthly Community Rumba
2019-10-27 14:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-24 14:00 - 17:00, 2019-12-22 14:00 - 17:00
Rumba music originated in the Afro-Cuban neighborhoods of Havana and Matanzas as the soundtrack to community, partnered dancing and get-togethers as a means of cultural expression. Its global diaspora means rumba rhythms have found their way into other genres of music such as country, rock, and blues, and continue to impact the genres of today. Rumberos de Radio Habana bring their own contribution to the Red Poppy on the fourth Sunday of each month for a free afternoon of beat-making, hip-shaking, and good company.

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Time: 2:00pm event
Admission: Free; donations accepted for musicians ($5-10)
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Rob Garcia 4: NY Artist Playing Adventurous & Melodic Jazz
2019-11-01 19:30 - 22:00
“A prime mover in the current Brooklyn jazz scene” (Time Out-New York) and “one of New Yorkʼs great jazz drummers and composers” (Capital New York), Rob Garcia brings his group to the Red Poppy playing his original music plus arrangements of American folk songs, as well as music by Chopin and Jimi Hendrix.

FEATURING:
Rob Garcia – drums, compositions
Matt Renzi – tenor saxophone
Dave Ambrosio – bass
TBA – piano

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Rob Garcia continues to be a strong presence in the New York and international jazz scene as a sideman and bandleader. He has collaborated with such stellar artists as Joe Lovano, Sheila Jordan, Dave Liebman, Wynton Marsalis, Diana Krall, Myra Melford, Joseph Jarman, Anat Cohen, Vince Giordano, Reggie Workman, Bill McHenry, and Wycliffe Gordon. Having played on over 70 albums—including Grammy winners—he has also released six critically acclaimed albums as a bandleader. His CD Perennial was in the “10 Best Jazz Albums of 2009” in the New York Observer, and his most recent album, Finding Love in an Oligarchy on a Dying Planet, includes special guests such as jazz legend Joe Lovano and vocal sensation Kate McGarry. Garcia has also been a major force in artist-run jazz organizations. He is the founder and artistic director of Connection Works, a member of the Brooklyn Jazz Underground, and a founding member of the Douglass Street Music Collective. (Photo by: April Renae)
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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CANCELLED - Citizens Jazz: Music of Jazz Great Benny Golson
2019-11-02 19:30 - 22:00
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. If you have already purchased tickets for this event, please note a refund will be issued as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Citizens Jazz explores the brilliant compositions of an unknown giant of jazz, Benny Golson. Raised with an impeccable musical pedigree, Golson has played in the bands of the world-famous Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Earl Bostic, and Art Blakey. Few jazz musicians can claim to be true innovators, and even fewer can boast of a performing and recording career that literally redefines the term “jazz.” Golson has made major contributions to the genre with a long list of great standards, and he is the only living jazz artist to have written eight standards for jazz repertoire.

FEATURING:
Riley Bandy – alto saxophone
James Mahone – tenor saxophone
Grant Levin – piano
Caroline Chung – upright bass
Ruthie Price – drums

Jackeline Rago & VMP: Venezuela 360° Musical Journey
2019-11-08 20:00 - 22:00
Join Jackeline Rago and the Venezuelan Music Project (VMP) to celebrate the beauty and diversity of Venezuela in a 360° musical journey. Featuring styles of music from different regions of the country, the evening will explore tonada llanera and joropos from the plains, tambores and Afro-Venezuelan percussion from the coast, calypsos from the southeast, plus gaita zuliana, tamborera, and more from the western region.

FEATURING:
Jackeline Rago – Venezuelan cuatro, percussion, vocals
Anna Maria Violich – vocals, percussion
Jimmy Kansau – vocals, percussion
Donna Viscuso – flute
Yonathan Gavidia – percussion

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
The Venezuelan Music Project (VMP) showcases the tradition of Venezuelan music in which the intermingling of indigenous, African, and European influences has yielded a vivid array of musical forms. Jackeline Rago, musical director of VMP, is a Venezuelan multi-instrumentalist, educator, composer, and musical producer. She has been a leader of Venezuelan cultural awareness in the Bay Area and around the world for many years.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:30pm doors / 8:00pm show
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CANCELLED - Caminos Flamencos: Flamenkeando (Night 1)
2019-11-15 19:30 - 22:00
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the date and time of this event have been changed to Saturday, November 23 as a double show. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Caminos Flamencos is an Emmy-winning troupe known for its improvisational and passionate representation of flamenco infused with modern influences of jazz, rock, and Latin. Led by virtuoso guitarist Jason “El Rubio” McGuire and director Yaelisa, they will be joined by Spanish singer El Grillu, highly respected dancer Fanny Ara, as well as special guests, which will feature rocking flamenco dance and song styles that represent flamenco in the 21st Century.

FEATURING:
Jason “El Rubio” McGuire – guitar
Jose “El Grillu” Blanco – vocals
Fanny Ara – dance
Yaelisa – dance
(plus special guest TBA)

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Emmy award-winning choreographer Yaelisa and her troupe have graced a variety of stages such as the SF Opera, the Segerstrom Concert Hall, Yoshi’s Jazz Club, the New Parish, and the John Ford Amphitheater in LA among others. They have worked in the mediums of film, video, theater, television opera, contemporary dance, and even Latin jazz music, while maintaining their love for traditional flamenco. Caminos Flamencos has been nominated three times for an Izzie Award and won the prestigious award in 2004.

EVENT DETAILS

The date and time of this event have been changed to Saturday, November 23 as a double show.

Huarango: Contemporary Afro-Peruvian Music
2019-11-16 19:30 - 22:00
Huarango is a contemporary proposal of Afro-Peruvian music, with influences of classical music and jazz, anchored in the strong presence of Afro-Peruvian percussion such as cajón cajita and quijada de burro (donkey’s jawbone).

FEATURING:
Pierr Padilla ​(Peru) – performer
Javier Trujillo ​(Peru) – guitar
Kyla Danysh ​(USA) – violin
Pedro Rosales ​(Peru) – percussion

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Huarango is a new musical project born in the city of Oakland, California, based in Afro-Peruvian musical roots and the cultural heritage of its people. Huarango has the purpose of being an agent of diffusion of Afro-Peruvian culture in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Michael Winograd & Christina Crowder / Book of J: 100 Years of Klezmer
2019-11-17 19:30 - 21:30
Join klezmer clarinet virtuoso Michael Winograd and accordion whiz Christina Crowder for over 100 years of Jewish music in one night!
Old worlds collide in Book of J, as musicians Jewlia Eisenberg (Charming Hostess) and Jeremiah Lockwood (The Sway Machinery) take inspiration from the intersection of the sacred and the radical to create hit songs from out of the depths of American psalmody, Yiddish folklore, and international Jewish liturgical traditions.

FEATURING:
Michael Winograd – clarinet
Christina Crowder – accordion
Book of J
Jeremiah Lockwood – vocals, guitar
Jewlia Eisenberg – vocals

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
In 2019, clarinetist Michael Winograd released his long-awaited LP, Kosher Style, reaffirming his central role in today’s international klezmer landscape. He tours the world performing with his band the Honorable Mentshn, collaborates with Pakistani superstar Zeb Bangash in the group Sandaraa, records and plays with a veritable who’s who of today’s top Klezmorim (Frank London, Itzhak Perlman, Geoff Berner, Alicia Svigals, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Daniel Kahn, to name a few), appears in stadiums with Vulfpeck, produces records, and is the artistic director of KlezKanada and a founder of the Yiddish New York festival.
Christina Crowder has been performing and researching Jewish music for over 20 years, beginning in Budapest, Hungary, and continuing with a Fulbright grant to Romania to document Jewish music. Her current research is examining the connections between Jewish, Bessarabian, and Greek music through a project with Walter Zev Feldman at NYU Abu Dhabi, and she is the operations director of the newly founded Klezmer Institute. She has been a guest instructor in klezmer accordion and ensemble performance in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and was both the musical director and performer in the 2019 Oregon Shakespeare Festival production of the Broadway play Indecent.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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CANCELLED - Briana Di Mara / StringQuake: New World Fusion Collaborations
2019-11-22 19:30 - 22:00
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. If you have already purchased tickets for this event, please note a refund will be issued as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Violinist and composer Briana Di Mara teams up with the amazing StringQuake trio with brand new original compositions, as well as exciting new collaborations of the music from her debut album, Haven. StringQuake will open the night with their dazzling array of string wizardry, and the evening will progress to feature Di Mara’s cross-cultural melodic fusion with members of Stringquake and special guest artists.

FEATURING:
Briana Di Mara – violin, santur
Amelia Romano – electric harp
Josh Mellinger – percussion
Misha Khalikulov – cello
Gopal Slavonic (special guest) – guitar
Bianca Rodriguez (special guest) – dance

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Eclectic Bay Area violinist Briana Di Mara brings her love of the instrument and its soulful expression to every performance. She was trained in western classical music as a child and has since gone on to study and perform a wide variety of traditional styles including Celtic, Balkan, Turkish, and Arabic. She harmoniously weaves these influences into her own sound and musical compositions, and is known for her evocative improvisations and skillful ability to play a broad range of genres from many different cultures. Her debut album, Haven, has earned rave reviews and reflects the dynamic collaborations that she has built around her original compositions.
With an emphasis on exciting and unexpected grooves, adventurous improvisations, and rich soundscapes, StringQuake has captivated audiences far and wide. The group formed in 2012 with the mission to use their distinctive instrumentation—electric harp, cello, and percussion—to transcend audience expectations. They have produced an outpouring of original recordings that harken to the diverse collaborative cultural scene found in their native San Francisco Bay Area.

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This event has been cancelled.

Caminos Flamencos: Flamenkeando (One Night, Two Shows)
2019-11-23 19:00 - 22:00
*UPDATE: This performance has changed from one show to a double show. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Caminos Flamencos is an Emmy-winning troupe known for its improvisational and passionate representation of flamenco infused with modern influences of jazz, rock, and Latin. Led by virtuoso guitarist Jason “El Rubio” McGuire and director Yaelisa, they will be joined by Spanish singer El Grillu, highly respected dancer Fanny Ara, as well as special guests, which will feature rocking flamenco dance and song styles that represent flamenco in the 21st Century.

FEATURING:
Jason “El Rubio” McGuire – guitar
Jose “El Grillu” Blanco – vocals
Fanny Ara – dance
Yaelisa – dance
(plus special guest TBA)

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Emmy award-winning choreographer Yaelisa and her troupe have graced a variety of stages such as the SF Opera, the Segerstrom Concert Hall, Yoshi’s Jazz Club, the New Parish, and the John Ford Amphitheater in LA among others. They have worked in the mediums of film, video, theater, television opera, contemporary dance, and even Latin jazz music, while maintaining their love for traditional flamenco. Caminos Flamencos has been nominated three times for an Izzie Award and won the prestigious award in 2004.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: (First Show) 6:30pm doors, 7:00pm show / (Second Show) 8:30pm doors, 8:45pm show
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Los Tangueros del Oeste: Intersection of Tango, Flamenco & Hip-Hop
2019-11-30 19:30 - 22:00
Steeped in the nuevo tango styles of Astor Piazzolla, Gotan Project, and Bajo Fondo, bassist/composer Sascha Jacobsen’s newest project combines beats and textures from electronica, with influences from flamenco filtered through an improvisational lens.

FEATURING:
Sascha Jacobsen – bass
Carlos Caminos – guitar
Seth Asarnow – bandoneon
Ishtar Hernandez – violin

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Hailing from an illustrious musical family dating back at least five generations to a bassist for the Moscow Opera in the early 19th century, Sascha Jacobsen is a bassist who loves expanding on traditional forms. He’s explored his passion for tango in ensembles like the Musical Art Quintet and Trio Garufa, and his latest project, Los Tangueros del Oeste, might be his most adventurous yet. The group features Seth Asarnow on the accordion-like bandoneon, Daniel Riera on analog synthesizer and EWI (electronic wind instrument), and violinist Ishtar Hernandez. Focusing on Jacobsen’s original compositions, the band’s singular nuevo tango sound is cool and impassioned, sensuous, seductive, and utterly dance-inducing.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Zhu Zhuye maman: Sculpture Show & Interactive Performance
2019-12-01 18:00 - 21:00
This sculpture exhibition and performance honors the artist’s lost baby, Zhubin. The sculptures, created shortly after the death of the artist’s newborn baby, reflect the feelings she was going through as a mom losing her child, transforming the pain to pieces of sculpture.
“Dakheel”
We are in a continuous repetitive world. All beings are in a constant cycle of birth and death. Life comes out of death and death comes after life. What makes our moments worth living is love, compassion, and unity. In the interactive performance, the artist will be playing a repetitive rhythm with the Iranian percussion instrument daf. Guests are welcome any time between 6:00pm – 9:00pm. They are invited to interact with the performance either by improvising a song, playing their choice of musical instrument, or by tearing a piece from the bottom of the long dress that the artist will be wearing, writing a wish on it and re-attaching it to the dress. The tradition of the wishing tree is common in several countries including Iran.

FEATURING:
Rayyaneh Karami – daf

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Rayyaneh Karami has always been involved in multimedia art, especially painting and sculpting. Her work has been showcased at many galleries in California, Seattle, and in Iran. She learned and played daf in Tehran under the supervision of Mr. Eshaghi. Karami holds a BA in computer science from Baha’i Institute of Higher Education and her MFA from Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

(Photo & video credit: Vahid Zamani)

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Time: 6:00pm event
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Makrú: Rumba Ska with Global Beats
2019-12-06 19:30 - 22:00
A fusion of rumba flamenca, ska, reggae, cumbia, Turkish songs, and other global beats⁠—plus lyrics in Spanish, English, and Turkish⁠—Makrú will keep you dancing and aware of what’s happening in the world.

FEATURING:
Jenny Rodriguez – vocals, vihuela, percussion
Raúl Vargas – vocals, cajón
Alberto Gutierrez – vocals, guitar
Haluk Kecelioglu – vocals, electric guitar, oud, violin
Vinicio Peñate – electric bass
Jesse Weber – drums & percussion

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Landing in San Francisco from different parts of the world, various characters got together for different motives and goals at the end of 2008 and became Makrú—a musical tool to express their points of view and support the causes they believe in, chasing equality and unifying people along the way while doing what they love. The group has played at the Great American Music Hall, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Rickshaw Stop, the Chapel, and the New Parish among many other venues in the Bay Area, as well as in Los Angeles, San Diego, Oregon, Mexico, Spain, and Perú. Makrú has been a part of benefits for affected workers of Chevron, Workers Rights, Cesar Chavez Day, Elimination of Violence towards Women and Girls, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), Moms Against Poverty, Prospera, and other events fighting sexual and racial discrimination.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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December 7th MAPP
2019-12-07 17:00 - 22:00
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural happening that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.

RPAH PROGRAM

Time
Performance/Event
Description

5:00-6:30pm
In Conversation with Dance by Ella Noe
Visual exhibition opening

5:30-5:45pm
Painting Demonstration by Ella Noe
Music by Peter Whitehead

7:30-8:10pm
Classical Revolution
Chamber music

8:20-9:00pm
Vox Tremolo
Original dance music

9:10-10:00pm
Shimmering Leaves
Experimental improvisation

ABOUT THE PROJECTS & ARTISTS

In Conversation with Dance by Ella Noe
Visual Exhibition & Painting Demonstration

Red Poppy Art House welcomes back artist Ella Noe, who brings to this month’s MAPP pure physical sensitivity. Movement, sound, and colors introduce the evening with a synesthetic experience. In Conversation with Dance gathers a series of works developed starting from a boundaries-free dialogue of Noe with the atavistic force of movement. The artist and the curator will be present during the opening reception.

“Space is not a static, inert thing. Space is alive; space is dynamic; space is imbued with movement expressed by forces and counterforce; space vibrates and resounds with color, light, and form in the rhythm of life.” — Hans Hoffmann
Movement can manifest in many forms—slow, active, regular, wild, linear, syncopated. Even when we see no movement outside, there is still a fire dancing inside of us. Since it ensues transformation (it’s the arrow that propels man into the future), movement is life.
Noe’s art is the fascinating encounter between two different forms of movement, apparently distant: the movement within the space and the movement on a canvas. As co-creator of a synesthetic experience, alongside dancers and musicians, Noe engages in a romantic conversation with dynamic energies. She is open to an improvisational dialogue with the participants. None of the participants know how the piece will develop nor how it will conclude. Their trust in the atavistic force of movement will guide them through a path built on unexpected gestures.
Colors and lines impress the dialectic forms of movement onto the canvas, in an attempt to record the impermanent art of dance. While portraying the dancers’ movement, Noe pours the emptiness and the fullness of space into the bi-dimensional experience of live painting.
The cross-pollination of the arts manifesting within Noe’s works suggests that a collective dialogue is more healing than a monologue, that feeling is more effective than listening, and that the experiences we live include many main characters, beside us. Finally, the sense of connection is the sound that keeps our own life moving on a shared stage.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Ella Noe was born to Romanian parents in Israel and raised in four different countries in South America. As an adult, she lived in Spain, England, and Romania, finally landing in San Francisco 16 years ago. Her connection to the Bay Area has been critical to her art. Her working experience includes youth from a wide diversity of backgrounds—from Bedouin children in Israel to adolescent orphans in Romania. In the Bay Area, Noe has worked as a photography and art teacher for organizations such as MOCHA, MCCLA, and Red Poppy Art House. She was part of the San Francisco Studio School of Painting, Drawing, Photography and Mixed Media for over 10 years.
Noe believes our experiences in life shape who we are as artists. The search for movement in her work and the need to piece together elements from different areas to create a new reality comes from a constant moving from place to place and the disquiet of not having roots anywhere. This led Noe to have a very rich life in experience, and also constant questioning of belonging, of a search for depth, of connection of creating something that is greater than the sum of all the parts and all the experiences.

ARTIST STATEMENT:
My passion in life is creating movement, which is quite a paradox for an artist that works on the static medium of paint and canvas. I also love dancing myself, and my time dancing has inspired my work as a painter. I have been fascinated by dancers and wanted to experiment with capturing the energy and movement of dance onto the canvas. I had no rigid vision for an outcome, I just wanted to co-create an experiment in movement and expression, and invited a dancer into my studio to play with the idea of generating a conversation that would bounce off the dance floor onto my canvas and back.
We listened to each other’s sounds: music, yes, but also words, gestures, brushstrokes, and fed from one another’s expression and energy to learn about where movement generates, why we long to express it, and the dialectic between the paint and the pose, the pigment, and prancing.

Classical Revolution
Chamber Music

Classical Revolution was founded in the fall of 2006 with the goal of making classical chamber more relevant in our neighborhoods and communities. After a successful first year of weekly shows at Revolution Cafe in San Francisco’s Mission District, the organization began to receive invitations to perform at other local venues including Amnesia and Red Poppy Art House, soon to be followed by the Legion of Honor and de Young Museum, and then places like Yoshi’s SF and Herbst Theater. In its 10th anniversary year, Classical Revolution undertook a cycle of Beethoven’s 9 Symphonies, performed at venues around San Francisco including de Young Museum, Fort Mason’s Cowell Theater, and a performance of the 9th Symphony at Grace Cathedral in front of a 1,000-person audience.
Press articles from The New York Times, Strings Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and The Economist brought wider attention to Classical Revolution’s efforts. As interest grew outside of San Francisco, the network of chapters began to develop, with over 40 cities hosting Classical Revolution around the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, as well as Indonesia, Argentina, South Korea, and Japan. Over 1,000 musicians have performed at more than 1,200 Classical Revolution events in over 125 different venues in the Bay Area alone.

FEATURING:
Charith Premawardhana – violin, guitar
Elektra Schmidt – piano
Scot Moore – violin

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Originally from Athens, Greece, pianist Elektra Schmidt studied in Paris and is currently based in San Francisco. She enjoys performing chamber music as well as solo piano in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. Schmidt serves on the staff for Red Poppy Art House and performs regularly for Classical Revolution events, as well as Flower Piano each summer at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens.

Vox Tremolo
Original Dance Music

Vox Tremolo (“the voice that trembles”) is the brainchild of bassist and composer Joe Lewis. Vox & Co. plays original music for the people—music for your imagination and your hips. This performance anticipates Lewis’ monthly residency at Revolution Cafe, showcasing new original grooves and compositions.

FEATURING:
Spencer Owens – guitar
Joe Lewis – bass
Sam Jones – drums

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Joe Lewis is known to many as the godfather of Revolution Cafe’s beloved music program. His numerous collaborations include extensive work with groups such as fpodbpod, Family Folk Explosion, and Quinn DeVeaux. A Bay Area native, Lewis has been working and living in the Mission District for well over a decade, including a brief yet highly productive stint as proprietor and curator of Blue Six Acoustic Music Room on 24th Street.

Shimmering Leaves
Experimental Improvisation

Led by percussionist and cultural sensei Dave Mihaly, Shimmering Leaves is a semi-rotating group of some of the Bay Area’s most prominent creative musical minds performing original compositions and improvisations. Folkloric, futuristic, extemporaneous, poetic, painterly, tender, and pugilistic, Shimmering Leaves has released four recordings and performs regularly around the Bay Area and beyond.

FEATURING:
David Boyce – saxophone
Charith Premawardhana – viola
Joe Lewis – bass
Dave Mihaly – percussion

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Dave Mihaly is a San Francisco-based composer and bandleader. He has played in many groups in the SF Bay Area and NYC and has performed all over the U.S., Canada, Europe, China, Australia, and New Zealand. Shimmering Leaves is a project he started in 2001 to feature his original compositions, songs, and sonic strategies. The most recent ensemble record, Light in the Ring, the Ali Suite, features David Boyce and Michael Cavaseno on the Calar label. Mihaly also appears with the group Unbound Worlds’ album Chengdu Dream, recorded at the He Duoling Museum in Chengdu, China.
San Francisco-based saxophonist David Boyce is well known for his ultra-kinetic musicality as a member of Sameer Gupta’s free jazz group the Supplicants, legendary jazz/hip hop trio The Broun Fellinis, and numerous other Bay Area bands.

ABOUT THE CURATORS

Elena Mencarelli (visual art exhibition) is an artist and freelance curator. After having graduated with a master’s in visual arts from the University of Bologna (Italy) in 2016, she moved to San Francisco and has since collaborated with Red Poppy Art House Exhibitions. She had previously worked for gallery60six in SF, artist Anne Nowak, Spazio Testoni, and Spazio Nour. From 2013 to 2014, Mencarelli was the artistic director of Make Your Mark Art Gallery in Melbourne, AU. Her work was published in Make Your Mark Art Magazine (2013) and in the catalogue of the dual exhibition of M. R. Ballestra and Alan Sonfist—A Better Landscape (2016). Mencarelli is also the author of the essay Maria Rebecca Ballestra, A Phenomenology of Posthumanism (Mimesis Editore, 2019). Learn more here.

Charith Premawardhana (music performances) is the founder and director of Classical Revolution. Born in Sri Lanka, raised in Chicago, and residing in San Francisco since 2004, he studied at Oberlin Conservatory, Rice University, and San Francisco Conservatory. Premawardhana is proficient in the violin, viola, and guitar, having played all three instruments since an early age. His experience gained in running Classical Revolution has led to a keen interest in fostering a vibrant network of musicians, which he draws from in contracting concert appearances with performers such as Foreigner, Evanescence, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, and Pritam Chakraborty. He has recorded on dozens of albums including for the Mars Volta, Madeleine Peyroux, Third Eye Blind, and the Coup, and he has appeared on stage with artists such as Deltron 3030, Josh Groban, and Garth Brooks. Premawardhana maintains an active performance schedule that takes him to cities around the U.S. and abroad.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 5:00pm visual exhibition / 5:30pm painting demo / 7:30pm performances
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
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Mizuho Sato Flamenco: Live Flamenco Performance
2019-12-13 19:30 - 22:00
Flamenco brings you an invigorating and spiritual awakening through chant-like singing and footwork to connect with Mother Earth. Explore your own love towards this planet and feel the vibration of our existence through this intimate live show.

FEATURING:
Mizuho Sato – baile
David Mclean – guitar
Marlon Aldana – percussion
TBA – vocals

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Mizuho Sato was born in Japan and started classical ballet at the age of three, performing on stage and winning balletic competitions. She encountered flamenco in Tokyo when entering university, which led her to study the art form with the great masters in Spain. In 2004, she relocated to Los Angeles and started teaching and performing. Sato was featured in Forever Flamenco at the Ford, the L.A. flamenco documentary Kumpanía directed by Katina Dunn, motion capture for Puss in Boots, and more. She moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2015 and loves to educate and inspire the world.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Yuri Liberzon: Guitar Concert ft. Works by Bach, Piazzolla & More
2019-12-14 19:30 - 22:00
Currently recording an album of Bach’s music, classical guitarist Yuri Liberzon comes to the Red Poppy to perform some of his works originally written for solo violin.

FEATURING:
Yuri Liberzon – solo guitar

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Yuri Liberzon is a Russian-Israeli internationally acclaimed concert classical guitarist and recording artist. Born in Novosibirsk, Russia, and raised in Israel, Liberzon has been recognized for his impressive technical ability and musicality. Based on his achievements in the music field, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has granted him permanent U.S. residency as an alien of extraordinary ability.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Rebirth Canal: Latin/Vietnamese Jazz
2019-12-20 19:30 - 22:00
Rebirth Canal is a bold new ensemble led by pianist, vocalist, and composer Camille Mai. Featuring Bay Area heavyweights Ernesto Mazar Kindelán, Marcelo Perez, Daniel Riera, and Ahkeel Mestayer, their original music fuses lush neo-soul harmonies with Afro-Cuban and Brazilian rhythms, overlaid with the microtonal undulations of Vietnamese folk music. Their next stop—Havana Jazz Festival 2020!

FEATURING:
Camille Mai – piano, vocals
Ernesto Mazar Kindelán – bass
Marcelo Perez – drums
Ahkeel Mestayer – percussion
Daniel Riera – flute, electronic wind instrument (EWI), synths

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
“A pianist, vocalist, composer, and leader of the band Rebirth Canal, Camille Mai has created a protean body of songs infused with Latin American rhythms filtered through an abiding affection for the slinky grooves of the late, pervasively influential producer J Dilla. But that’s just the rhythmic foundation of a sound that can encompass traditional Vietnamese modes, jazz improvisation and harmonies, French chanson and beyond” (Andrew Gilbert, Berkeleyside). Mai was Resident Artist at Red Poppy Art House in 2014, and has recorded with Grammy nominees/awardees John Santos, Greg Landau, and Nahuel Bronzini.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Corazón Tango: Discovering Contemporary Argentine Tango
2019-12-21 19:30 - 22:00
Corazón Tango presents popular contemporary Argentine tango pieces arranged by world-renowned maestros from 1980 to the present. Trained in Buenos Aires under the living tango maestros, the group will perform a variety of trio, quartet, and quintet arrangements, including rare, original Piazzolla quintet pieces—such as “Kicho,” “Revirado,” and “The Four Seasons” series—as well as his early tango work—”Villeguita” and “Melancólico Buenos Aires”—which demonstrates the evolution of his music before he moved onto nuevo tango. The evening will also feature contemporary tango music written by Maestro Horacio Salgán, Víctor Lavallén, Leopoldo Federico, and many more. Guest singer Teresa Tam joins the group to present traditional tango pieces.

FEATURING:
Hanel Yeon – bandoneón
Sumi Lee – piano
Ahram Kim* – violin
YoonHo Jeong – contrabass
Maximiliano Larrea* – guitar
Teresa Tam* – vocals
(*guest artist)

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Hanel Yeon is a classically trained pianist who obtained a bachelor’s degree in composition from Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul, and is a professionally trained tango bandoneonist from La Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce. She has studied with top bandoneon maestros such as Rodolfo Daluisio, Rodolfo Mederos, Federico Pereiro, and Dino Salouzi, as well as piano maestros Nicholas Ledesma, German Martinez, and Hernan Posetti. While living in Buenos Aires for 10 years, Yeon was a widely respected piano teacher and shared the stage with several maestros at prestigious venues. She currently performs with the tango group Scaimmarella as a pianist and bandoneonist. Her previous work includes performing as a pianist at the theater Tango Porteño from 2012-2019, playing with Siamarella Group in the 2015 Tarbes en Tango Festival in France, and performing as a bandoneonist in the Buenos Aires Tango Festival and often with the group Romantica Milonguera.
Sumi Lee is a classically trained pianist who obtained a master’s degree in music, piano performance, from San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She has also been professionally trained as a tango pianist from La Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce, the most prestigious tango orchestra school in the world sponsored by the city government of Buenos Aires. Lee is a widely respected piano teacher and is on the Board of Directors for the San Francisco branch of Music Teachers’ Association of California. While living in Buenos Aires, she performed with living maestros and musical directors such as Víctor Lavallén, Jose Pepe Colangelo, Osvaldo Piro, Roberto Alvarez, Daniel Binelli, Mauricio Marceli, Nicolas Ledesma, and many more. Her latest concert at Teatro General San Martin in Buenos Aires was sold out to a large audience and aired live via national radio 2*4 and TV. Since moving back to the Bay Area in 2018 after receiving her diploma, she plans to perform authentic Argentine tango music and tour the U.S. and Asia with her own group and produce her own contemporary tango music.
Ahram Kim was born in Gwangju, South Korea, and started playing violin at the age of five. She continued her studies in classical music while also having a passion and curiosity for different styles of popular and folk music from all over the world. After graduating from university, she flew to Buenos Aires in 2009. There, she received a diploma of orchestral studies of classical music from Instituto Superior del Teatro Colón, and in 2012 also graduated from Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce. Between 2012-2017, Kim played in the first violin section of Buenos Aires Philharmonic and has been working in operas with Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colon as a guest artist. She has studied tango violin with Miguel Angel Bertero since 2011 and has played and recorded with many tango musicians in Argentina. Kim was the solo violinist in the tango show Cátulo as well as the tango performance Milonga by Sidi Larbi Chercaoui.
YoonHo Jeong is a classically trained contrabass player who also has been professionally trained as a tango bassist from La Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce. He has performed in concerts throughout Argentina and South Korea, such as international tango festival Mundial 2017 and 2018. While living in Buenos Aires, Jeong also performed at prestigious concert venues such as Kirchner Cultural Centre, Teatro General San Martin, Teatro Coliseo, Usina del Arte, Biblioteca Nacional, and Parque Centenario. After receiving his diploma in 2018, he moved back to Seoul, South Korea, and is planning to perform authentic Argentine tango music and tour many cities in Asia with his own tango group.
Maximiliano Larrea is an accomplished guitarist, arranger, and composer from Rosario, Argentina, and is one of the leading interpreters of classical and contemporary guitar of the new tango generation. After completing a degree in classical guitar, he moved to Buenos Aires where he studied tango and folk music in the prestigious Manuel de Falla Conservatory under legendary guitarist Juan Falú, as well as tango arranging and composition from renowned masters Diego Schissi, Nicolas Ledesma, and Gabriel Senanes. In Argentina, Larrea worked as a guitarist, arranger, and director of multiple acclaimed tango and Argentine folk music groups including Cuartero Revirado, Quinteto Negro La Boca (Sony Argentina), Quinteto Clandestino, and Aires Trio. Most recently, he has been working as an arranger for the New Mexico-based quintet Q-Tango, performing with various tango bands in the Bay Area—such as Mariano Barreiro Quartet and Trio Larrea-ODay-Durso—and preparing the launch of his new musical project, Maximiliano Larrea Tango Trio.
Teresa Tam grew up playing violin in orchestras and singing in choirs since her childhood in Taiwan. While attending UC Davis as an undergrad, she made her solo debut with the prestigious American Bach Soloists in the Bay Area, performing the “Magnificat, BWV 243” in D major by Bach. Tam has had the honor of performing as a soloist under the direction of conductors Jeffrey Thomas, Joshua Rifkin, and more. After receiving her M.M. in vocal performance from Boston University, she then began collaborating in various duos with jazz guitarists and performed as a featured soloist with jazz bands around the Bay Area. As an avid Argentine tango dancer, Tam has formed a new voice and guitar duo with Maxi Larrea. Together, they blend jazz and tango melodies with the harmonic complexity of these two rich genres to breathe new life into familiar songs. When she is not busy performing, Tam is crafting custom modern portraitures as a photographer for clients worldwide.

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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Janam: Inventive Folk from the Balkans & Beyond
2020-01-11 19:30 - 22:00
Janam presents an eclectic mix of driving, odd-metered Balkan tunes, edgy Appalachian ballads, sultry modal songs from Asia Minor, and original compositions inspired by these traditional forms. In honor of the new year, the performance will feature contemplative and celebratory songs of renewal, revelry, and inclement weather.

FEATURING:
Dan Auvil – percussion, vocals
Tom Farris – laouto, guitar
Juliana Graffagna – vocals, accordion
Gari Hegedus – oud, saz, mandocello, mandolin
Shira Kammen – violin, harp, vocals

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Blending funky Balkan rhythms, gritty Appalachian ballads, arresting vocal harmonies, and enchanting acoustic textures, Janam creates a distinctive musical experience. Janam unites some of the Bay Area’s most playful and imaginative devotees of southern Balkan and American roots music who weave together folk tunes and their own colorful compositions, taking their audience on a labyrinthine musical ride.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Marta Pereira da Costa: Leading Female Fado Guitarist from Portugal
2020-01-16 19:30 - 22:00
Marta Pereira da Costa is the world’s first and only female professional Portuguese guitarist of fado music, the soulful sound of Portugal recently acknowledged by UNESCO as part of the World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage.

FEATURING:
TBA

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Marta Pereira da Costa started playing the piano at the age of four, and at eight began to study the classical guitar. At 18, she began to study the Portuguese guitar at the hand of Carlos Gonçalves, one of the most important “Amália Rodrigues” guitarists. Pereira da Costa had the opportunity to play with names like Mariza, Camané, and Carlos do Carmo, and then became a touring member of Mário Pacheco’s musical group, where she toured Portugal and abroad. In 2012, she made the existential decision to abandon her work as a civil engineer in order to pursue her full-time professional career in music, deciding to focus on her solo career as a Portuguese guitar player. It was also in 2012 when she recorded for Rodrigo Costa’s Fados de Amor, the first album in the history of fado where the record’s Portuguese guitar portions are solely played by a woman. The album was awarded “Best Fado Album of 2012” by the prestigious Amália Rodrigues Foundation.
Her career ascended in 2015, presenting the sold-out concert Fado and the Portuguese Guitar held at the CCB (Belem Cultural Centre of Lisbon). Pereira da Costa went on to play at the Festival Musiques Rares in France and toured all over Portugal, Italy, and elsewhere in Europe. On the other side of the Atlantic, she journeyed on to perform in Brazil, and then on her first U.S. tour in 2019, she debuted at SXSW, the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, and Lincoln Center’s Atrium, touring from New York to California. In March of 2020, she will debut at the Savannah Music Festival in Georgia.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Grupo Falso Baiano ft. Julio Lemos: Brazilian Choro Jazz & Samba
2020-01-17 19:30 - 22:00
Grupo Falso Baiano plays Brazilian choro with their own style of jazz. Featuring Brazilian guest guitarist Julio Lemos, this concert will feature some original compositions by both Falso Baiano and Lemos.

FEATURING:
Brian Moran – 7-string guitar, mandolin
Zack Pitt-Smith – reeds
Ami Molinelli – percussion
Julio Lemos (special guest) – 7-string guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Grupo Falso Baiano is a choro group that offers a window into the history and diverse culture of Brazil. Choro is one of Brazil’s earliest popular music genres, dating back to the late 1800s, and, similar to jazz, it reflects the melding of African rhythms with a melodic and harmonic structure closely resembling Baroque Classical music.
Julio Lemos studied with renowned musicians such as Guinga, Marcos Tardelli, Marco Pereira, Alencar Sete Cordas, Rogério Caetano, Nelson Faria, Henrique Pinto, and Paulo Belinatti. He holds a master’s in classical guitar from Federal University of Goiás, guided by Dr. Werner Aguiar.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Garuda Blue: Original Arrangements of Jazz Classics
2020-01-18 19:30 - 22:00
Garuda Blue returns to the Red Poppy presenting brand new original arrangements of jazz classics and old favorites.

FEATURING:
Patrick Murray – trumpet, vocals
Matt Gafney – saxophone
Daniel Mandrychenko – guitar
Abe Imansjah – piano
Danny Castro – bass
Evan Williams – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Garuda Blue is a local up-and-coming jazz band based in the SF Bay Area. Composed of the finest young jazz musicians around, the band prides itself in delivering high-quality and sophisticated original arrangements of well-known jazz tunes. Formed as a creative project among close friends, the group has since evolved into one of the most booked jazz and party bands in the area. The repertoire of Garuda Blue is wide-reaching. Rooted in the rich tradition of jazz, the band incorporates new and fresh arrangements to well-known classics.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Badi Assad: World-Renowned Brazilian Guitarist & Vocalist
2020-01-23 19:30 - 22:00
An innovative and passionate performance artist, Badi Assad transcends traditional styles of her native Brazilian music with a mixture of pop, jazz, and global elements. She combines an extraordinary guitar talent, distinct mouth percussion, beautiful singing, and rhythmic body movement to create an exciting, fresh sound.

FEATURING:
Badi Assad – guitar, vocals

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Brazil’s Badi Assad (Bah-gee Ah-sagh) is a singer, guitarist, and percussionist who pursues performance experimentation that no other artist has done. As a singer, she is vibrant and electric, responding to her inner-passion with deft creativity. As a guitarist, she has inspired audiences and critics worldwide with a distinct combination of technical mastery and innovation that has caused many to re-examine their notions about the instrument. Through it all, Assad’s adventurous spirit and buoyant personality have become an integral part of her music. (Photo by: Alfredo Nagib Filho)
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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CANCELLED - Chimera: Mythological Modern Music
2020-01-24 19:30 - 22:00
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. If you have already purchased tickets for this event, please note a refund will be issued as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
Chimera⁠—a mythical being composed of parts from many different animals, often wildly imaginative or dazzling; also a quartet of composers who blend their voices to create emotional and compelling music drawing from Western Classical, Indian, Balkan, Middle Eastern, Celtic, and more.

FEATURING:
Sarah Jo Zaharako – violin
Katrina Wreede – viola
Moses Sedler – cello
Diana Rowan – harp

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Chimera is a symposium of Bay Area composers who put the joy of ongoing creation at the top of their artistic to-do list. All members have heavy-duty western classical training, which they combine with serious study of other musical genres to create all-original pieces of striking power. Chimera meets regularly, each member submitting compositional sketches that the entire quartet then workshops together. This dynamic process includes a lot of leeway for improvisation, meaning no rehearsal or concert is ever the same, much like every moment of life!

February 1st MAPP: MAKE LOVE NOT WAR / Haz el amor y no la guerra
2020-02-01 16:33 - 22:00
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural happening that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.

RPAH PROGRAM

Time
Performance/Event
Description
Artists

4:33-5:00pm
“Art by Mara Hernandez”
Visual Art Opening Reception
Mara Hernandez

5:00-6:00pm
Explore the Intersections of Visual Art and Poetry
Workshop & Demonstration by Mara Hernandez
Mara Hernandez

7:03-7:07pm
Adrian Arias
MC/Curator/Visual Poet in Movement
Adrian Arias

7:07-7:37pm
The Genie
Looping Guitar Innovator
The Genie (guitar)

7:49-8:19pm
Genie Santiago
Spiritual & Sensual Voice, R&B & Hip Hop from Boston
Genie Santiago (vocals), Stephanie Houten (guitar, vocals), Anais Azul (cajon, vocals)

8:33-9:03pm
Anais Azul Trio
New Medicine Music
Niko Umar-Durr (violin), Sam Marston (piano), Anaís Azul (vocals, ukulele)

9:19- 9:59pm
LoCura
Visual Poet in Movement
Luna Fuentes–Vaccaro (drum set), Danny Cao (trumpet), Bob Sanders (guitar), Joaquín Zamudio (bass), Kata Miletich (vocals)

ABOUT THE PROJECTS & ARTISTS

The workshop will begin with a presentation outlining the historical and conceptual basis for visual poetry and introducing exemplars of “vispo” works. Participants will be invited to play with words and create a community “Dream Catcher Poem”. Each participant will create a feather poem; which will be assembled into a dream catcher, weaving together the visual narratives that emerge. An array of tools and materials will be provided, including but not limited to stencils, and other writing instruments, such as pens, pencils, markers.
Poets, visual artists, and general public are encouraged to participate.
Mara Patricia Hernandez is a Mexican visual poet, digital artist, and designer; who creates multifaceted visual poetry. In her work, she combines both digital and traditional techniques, her attention to the form of a letter or the shaping of a word places language and text at the tactile and metaphoric center of her work. Much of her visual poetry has been published and exhibited around the world. She currently lives and works in the Bay Area. Learn more: Website

ABOUT THE GUEST CURATOR:
Adrian Arian is a poet, visual artist, performer, art teacher and South American cultural activist based in the Bay Area for two decades. His poetry and visual art have won awards and local and international recognition. His work has been presented at the Young Museum, San Marcos Museum, Poetic Nights of Struga, Macedonia, Benamil Residence in Spain, Venice Biennale, Latin American Biennial of Lima, etc. Creator of the multidisciplinary event Illusion Show, and the Poem of the Day. Learn more: Website | instagram | facebook.
(Adrian Arias will have solo moments in between performers)

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Spanish Guitar by Genie is an electro-acoustic project by San Francisco looping innovator The Genie. It consists primarily of finger-style Spanish guitar interpolations of modern artists such as Radiohead, Bjork, Portishead, Sade, etc. blended with his unique live-looping style. Integrating aspects of jazz and flamenco to his guitar covers, he brings forth sultry interpretations of inspiring songs from iconic artists.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Described as spiritual and sensual, Genie Santiago is a Boston based singer, poet and visual artist. Her art draws from her experience growing up in poverty as a Queer Latina. Genie is unafraid to empower others to overcome trauma, decolonize the mind, promote sexual freedom, and stray from the ideals of self-hatred that society places upon us. She can be found blessing many stages performing originals from her EP, “Know Your Worth”, and her newest single, “Spirit Party”.

FEATURING:
Genie Santiago – lead vocals
Stephanie Houten – acoustic guitar and supporting vocals
Anais Azul – cajon and supporting vocals

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Peruvian first generation immigrant Anaís Azul (they/them) is a Bay Area based singer-songwriter, composer, and teaching artist. Described as “stunningly honest and vulnerable,” their artistry engages with music as a tool for community building, cross-genre collaboration, and collective healing. Anaís writes music that is in conversation with jazz harmony, classical melodies, and Latin American singer-songwriter traditions. Their songs are bilingual (Spanish and English) and primarily about mental health and queer love. Learn More: Website

FEATURING:
Niko Umar-Durr – violin
Sam Marston – piano
Anaís Azul – vocals and ukulele

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
For the past 13 years, Oakland-based band LoCura has crafted their own distinct musical identity Califas Canto, a remix of rhythms and vocal expressions from Spain to California. With the cajón drum as the pulse, LoCura weaves a tapestry of migratory beats together with lyrical poetry evoking the cultural kaleidoscope of their hometown Oakland. Their themes draw on cultural resilience, immigrants rights & border issues and making another world possible. Ana Tijoux meets Manu Chao with a touch of Lhasa.

FEATURING:
Luna Fuentes-Vaccaro – drum set
Danny Cao – trumpet
Bob Sanders – guitar
Joaquín Zamudio – bass
Kata Miletich – vocals

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 4:33pm Visual Art Opening Reception / 5:00pm Visual Art Workshop / 7:00pm Performances
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
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Fula Brothers: West African Grooves & Global Guitar
2020-02-07 19:30 - 22:00
Fula Brothers are a high-spirited meeting of veteran performers from West Africa and America, each with a history of innovation and collaboration with some of the beloved musicians of these cultures. Together they weave West African hunter’s harp, fingerstyle guitar, drums, vocals, and a bounty of improvisation into an ecstatic groove-based dialogue which the heart, and the feet, cannot resist.

FEATURING:
Mamadou Sidibe – kamale ngoni (hunter’s harp)
Walter Strauss – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Master kamale ngoni player Mamadou Sidibe is from the Wassoulou Region of Mali, West Africa. Twenty-five years ago, Sidibe played a groundbreaking role in the transformation of this region’s music from its origins in hunters’ sacred melodies–played on six-string donso ngoni (hunter’s harps)–to a music of philosophical observations, politics, and daily life. Sidibe has won several awards for songwriting including the Billboard World Music Award and the John Lennon Songwriting competition.
Fingerstyle guitarist Walter Strauss’ multi-layered style draws on American roots, jazz, classical, and cultural guitar traditions, but what makes his playing utterly distinctive is how it is informed by other global stringed instruments. He has delved deep into the harp traditions of West Africa, integrating elements of their richly layered styles and rhythmic sensibilities with his own and rendering traditional pieces on the guitar.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: (Online) $20-25 / (Door) $25 general, $20 student & senior with valid ID
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Pezhham Akhavass & Navid Kandelousi: Persian Classical Duet(TWO SHOWS)
2020-02-08 17:00 - 22:00
This collaboration between two world-class musicians from Iran brings their lifetime experience in music and art through their heart and friendship. Pezhham Akhavass and Navid Kandelousi will create moments and flow of traditional, folk, and modern Persian music rooted in radif—a collection of Iranian melodies in the modal system—and poetry based on circle rhythmic patterns.

FEATURING:
Pezhham Akhavass – tombak, daf
Navid Kandelousi – kamancheh, violin

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Pezhham Akhavass is a world-class percussionist and modern-day virtuoso of Persian percussive instruments tombak and daf. His studies in youth music theory and tombak began at the age of five, and with the support of his father, he studied tombak with Naser Farhang Far and Saeid Roudbary. Akhavass worked professionally in his 20s with the renowned Persian vocalist Shahram Nazeri from 2000-2007. He has since recorded and performed with many master world-class musicians such as Hossein Alizadeh, Aliakbar Moradi, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. In addition to tombak and daf, Akhavass is knowledgeable about Persian instruments setar, tambour, and oud, and has studied Indian tabla under the guidance of Ostad Zakir Hussain. Currently residing in San Francisco, he works on different productions and projects, teaches private lessons, and gives lectures and demonstrations in Persian music and performances.
Navid Kandelousi began studying music on the violin at the age of six. He studied Western classical music in Italy (Verdi Conservatory) and Moscow. Since 1999, he has performed as a soloist in the Iranian National Orchestra and has been invited as an international violinist in many symphonies around Europe. Kandelousi has played the main violin repertoire of Paganini, Beethoven, Sibelius, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky. A winner of several violin competitions and music awards in Iran, he has also performed in numerous concerts at Carnegie Hall (New York City) as the first violin with GateWay Symphony, Kennedy Center with maestro Yo-Yo Ma, as well as Walt Disney Concert Hall.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: (First Show) 4:30pm doors, 5:00-6:30pm show / (Second Show) 7:00pm doors, 7:30-10:00pm show
Admission: (Online) $25-30 / (Door) $30 general, $25 student & senior with valid ID
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Ricardo Peixoto & Julio Lemos: An Evening of Classic Brazilian Music
2020-02-14 19:30 - 22:00
Brazilian guitarists Ricardo Peixoto and Julio Lemos join forces to explore classic sambas, choros, bossa novas, as well as some original compositions.

FEATURING:
Ricardo Peixoto – guitar
Julio Lemos – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Originally from Rio de Janeiro, guitarist, composer, and arranger Ricardo Peixoto came to the Bay Area by way of a scholarship to Boston’s Berklee College of Music. He has performed throughout the U.S., Europe, Canada, Japan, and Brazil with artists such as Claudia Villela, the Berkeley Choro Ensemble, Flora Purim and Airto, Paul McCandless, Bud Shank, Dom Um Romão, Sivuca, Toots Thielemans, Dori Caymmi, Guinga, Arturo Sandoval, and Terra Sul among others. His 2019 release, Scary Beautiful, received a DownBeat Editor’s Pick.
Julio Lemos is professor of music at the Federal University of Goias, Brazil, where he received a master’s degree in guitar. He is now working on his PhD at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and at SF State. Lemos has performed in Brazil and throughout South America, Europe, the U.S., and China. His group Brasil in Trio released records in 2014 and 2019. The latter, Brasil in Trio interpreta Jarbas Cavendish, features Carlos Malta, Jarbas Cavendish, and Arismar do Espirito Santo. Lemos’ 2016 DVD includes guests Marco Pereira and Gabriel Grossi, and in 2019, he also released a CD of original compositions.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: (Online) $20-25 / (Door) $25 general, $20 student & senior with valid ID
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