Red Poppy Art House

Salsa Dance Party Benefit
2018-09-30 15:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
2018 marks the 15th anniversary of the Red Poppy Art House, a landmark accomplishment we’d love to celebrate with you all! Beginning September 30th through the end of the year, we’ll be hosting a series of events and online campaigns in honor of our sweet 15th.
To kick off our birthday season, we’re starting with a Salsa Dance Party Benefit in support of the Red Poppy. Spend Sunday dancing away the afternoon with us! Both first-time dancers and experienced salseros are welcome.
Admission is a suggested donation of $5-15 (sliding scale), but please give at the level you feel comfortable. All funds raised will directly benefit the space and its programs.
Have a favorite salsa song? Email info@redpoppyarthouse.org or message us on Facebook with your top tunes! We’re putting together a custom playlist of all your favorites for the dance party.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 3:00pm event
Admission: $5-15 sliding scale (suggested donation)
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Will Brahm + Homenaje: An Homage to Music Around the World
2018-09-29 19:30 - 22:00
Led by guitarist Will Brahm, Homenaje—meaning “tribute” in Spanish—pays homage to the support and unity of various types of music and cultures from all around the world. With roots in jazz, Cuban, African, Venezuelan, Israeli, and classical music, the group strives to bring different people together through their original songs.

FEATURING:
Will Brahm – guitar
Chris Wabich – drums/percussion
Ross Shodek – bass
Dina Zarif – vocals

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Born in Portland, Oregon, Will Brahm moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and attended the Cole Conservatory of Music at Cal State Long Beach. He graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in jazz guitar performance as a five-time KJazz scholar. Having always loved music from different cultures around the world, he formed his global music group Homenaje. Their debut album, La Mariposa y el Mentiroso, was released in 2017 and features all original compositions of Brahm’s. He tours extensively within the United States and has performed his music throughout Canada, Asia, and Europe. Brahm also plays with the critically acclaimed New West Guitar Group and has worked with artists including The Gordon Goodwin Phat Band, Kim Richmond, Jimmy Branly, Otmaro Ruiz, Gretchen Parlato, Sara Gazarek, and Jane Monheit.
Dina Zarif is a performer and vocalist who combines Western classical singing with Middle Eastern styles inspired by her Persian roots. Some of her credits include SF International Arts Festival, Palace of Fine Art, San Jose Stage, Golden Thread Productions at Brava Theater, and the staged reading of Layla & Majnun at BAMPFA as part of the symposium with Mark Morris Dance Group and the Silk Road Ensemble. Zarif tours both nationally and internationally as a costume designer and actress in the shadow production Feathers of Fire. She received her MA in landscape architecture and currently is the director of programming at Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Georgy Gusev & Jacopo Giacopuzzi: Musical Review of Russia Through the Revolution
2018-09-28 19:30 - 22:00
Cellist Georgy Gusev and pianist Jacopo Giacopuzzi present an unstoppable force in the world of classical music. True models of complete 21st century musicians, both Gusev and Giacopuzzi draw on an exceptional cultural heritage.

FEATURING:
Georgy Gusev – cello
Jacopo Giacopuzzi – piano

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
A graduate of the famed Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, Georgy Gusev moved to Italy to study with Giovanni Sollima and earn his Master of Cello at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in December 2013. Gusev performs at major festivals and venues worldwide with renowned musicians such as Natalia Gutman, Giovanni Sollima, Enrico Dindo, Rocco Filippini, Monika Leskovar, Boris Andrianov, Eliso Virsaladze, and many others. Among his recent projects, his series of compositions for cello solo, titled The Traveler’s Diary (originally Breviario per Nomadi), has been used as background music for various shows by the Italian national broadcasting company RAI, as well as a few films. Cello Drive, his first solo album as a cellist and composer, was released by the UK label North2North. Gusev is also a founder of the Creative Laboratory GOSH Projects, an association of young musicians of Russia, as well as Masters of Music, an international music festival held each year in Moscow since 2013.
As a soloist and chamber musician, Jacopo Giacopuzzi has performed recitals at major festivals and venues throughout the United States and Europe. Born in Italy to a family of pianists, he studied in Weimar at the Liszt Hochschule and earned his first master’s degree cum laude in piano performance under the guidance of Virginio Pavarana. Giacopuzzi is a winner of 14 international competitions including the International Piano Competition San Donà di Piave, Premio Crescendo in Florence, International Liszt Competition in Los Angeles, and the Beverly Hills National Auditions. He has taught at the Conservatory of Verona E.F. Dall Abaco (2012–2014), worked as a collaborative pianist at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels (2010), and has been invited to serve on competition juries and participate in presentations and concerts throughout California. His most recent musical engagements take him every summer to iPalpiti Festival in Los Angeles, Pianofest in the Hamptons, and the Maui Chamber Music Festival in Hawaii.
Learn more: Georgy Gusev Facebook | Jacopo Giacopuzzi Facebook

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Rumberos de Radio Habana: Monthly Community Rumba
2018-09-23 14:00 - 17:00, 2018-08-26 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.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 2:00pm event
Admission: Free; donations accepted for musicians ($5-10)
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Flamenkeando: Flamenco Meets Gypsy Jazz
2018-09-22 19:00 - 21:30
Caminos Flamencos, an award-winning flamenco troupe, collaborates with members of gypsy jazz group Barrio Manouche to present an eclectic evening of flamenco, jazz manouche, and Latin vibes. Seven artists improvise and explore between their musical worlds to create a blend of sounds rooted in flamenco dance and music, yet open in a free-style form much like a chamber jazz ensemble.

FEATURING:
Jason “El Rubio” McGuire – acoustic guitar
Felix de Lola – vocals
Javi Jimenez – guitar
Luis Jimenez – percussion
Yaelisa – flamenco dance
Fanny Ara – flamenco dance
Marina Elana – flamenco dance

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Yaelisa, renowned flamenco choreographer and artistic director of dance company Caminos Flamencos, has performed with many of Spain’s finest artists, including Alejandro Granados, Antonio “El Pipa,” Manuel and Antonio Malena, Domingo Ortega, Enrique “El Extremeno,” Yeye de Cádiz, Mateo Soleá, El Junco, Juan Ogalla, Geronimo, Felipe Maya, and many more. Her choreography has been commissioned by several modern dance companies such as John Malashock & Company, Rose Polsky, and Collage Dance Theatre. In 1995, she was one of 11 international choreographers in Spain—and the only American choreographer chosen among them—invited to present her choreography at the prestigious Certámen de Coreografía in Madrid. Internationally recognized as a master teacher, Yaelisa has developed a teaching style that emphasizes cultural understanding and knowledge of the cante. In 1993, she was the recipient of an Emmy Award for Choreography for the PBS program Desde Cádiz a Sevilla, as well as an NEA Choreography Fellowship. In 2005, Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos received an Isadora Duncan Dance Award in the category of “Best Company Performance,” and in 2006, she was given the Profiles in Excellence Hispanic Leadership Award by ABC-7. Yaelisa served as choreographer and consultant on a production of Garcia Lorca’s Blood Wedding for the Shotgun Players theater company in 2007. In 2014, she choreographed San Francisco Opera’s production of La Traviata, and in 2015, her production of Nuevos Tendencias was nominated for two Isadora Duncan Dance Awards. In recent years, Yaelisa and her company have worked in film, music video, and television, and as guest artists with Pacific Symphony and California Symphony.  She is also the co-founder and artistic director of the New World Flamenco Festival held at Irvine Barclay Theater in Irvine, California.
Jason “El Rubio” McGuire began playing guitar at the age of nine. He received formal training in Dallas, Texas, from the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where he studied jazz and classical guitar, as well as theory and composition. While in school, he received DownBeat Magazine’s prestigious Dee Bee Award in the category of “Instrumental Jazz Soloist.” He began performing as a flamenco guitarist in New York, playing alongside the legendary Pedro Cortes Jr. In 1995, McGuire recorded with famed jazz manouche guitarist Carlos Heredia on his album, Gypsy Flamenco, and released a recording of his own composition, Distancias, in 2005. He has accompanied and collaborated with many great artists, including Savion Glover, Yaelisa, Alejandro Granados, Andres Peña, Antonio El Pipa, Enrique El Extremeño, Carmela Greco, José Cortés, Manuel and Antonio Malena, among others. McGuire has been awarded a California Arts Council Music Fellowship and has been nominated three times for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award. He is also an accomplished recording engineer and producer, sharing credits with David Schiffman (Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash) on the album What’s in Your Mind (Powerslave Records) from the band Zeromind. McGuire currently serves as a music director for both Caminos Flamencos and The New World Flamenco Festival. In 2015, he formed his own trio, Terceto Kali.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Alex Hand Band: Eastern European Folk Jazz
2018-09-21 19:30 - 22:00
The Alex Hand Band is riding the wave of its first full-length album, 2018’s Traders of the Lost Arts, with performances featuring songs from this record as well as an upcoming one. The music is a mix of Romanian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian traditional folk dance tunes with original compositions inspired by years of playing these styles and studying music in Eastern Europe.

FEATURING:
Alex Hand – guitar
Gabe Case – bass
Kevin Gerzevitz – accordion, keys
Isaac Schwartz – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Alex Hand has performed at the Red Poppy with Istanbul Connection, Jessica Fichot, Mahala, as well as his own band. The Alex Hand Band started in 2014 as a Django Reinhardt-style, acoustic jazz/swing quartet and evolved into an electric guitar-led Balkan folk jazz ensemble. After studying folk music in Eastern Europe in 2015, Hand has gathered a group of Bay Area jazz, classical, and Balkan musicians and mobilized a project bringing progressive rock and jazz sensibilities to traditional music, crafted in the chaos of communist regimes, gypsy villages, and community dance.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Levoná Ensemble: Music & Stories from Around the World
2018-09-20 19:30 - 22:00
The Levoná Ensemble combines flamenco, Arab, Jewish, and other musical traditions and weaves them together with stories, both ancient and new. Five master musicians form a rich tapestry that is at once a taste of the orient and a new creation all on its own—the kind of energy that only comes when distant cultures overlap and celebrate their differences.

FEATURING:
Faisal Zedan – percussion, vocals
Josh Mellinger – percussion
Asaf Ophir – woodwinds, vocals
David McLean – flamenco guitar
Patrick Kelly – bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Levoná began as the band for the highly acclaimed Bay Area musical Love Sick, winning the Theatre Bay Area Award for “Best Ensemble” along with the cast in 2017. Love Sick went on to receive the prestigious Glickman Award for “Best New Play” in 2018, and audiences and critics alike praised its vibrant music as the heart of the play’s energy and wide appeal. Levoná have since continued to perform as an independent group, keeping that same energy alive in both dance and concert halls.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Hazel Reading Series: Stories by Women
2018-09-17 20:00 - 21:30
Hazel Reading Series is a vibrant literary community founded in 2013. Each month, the all-women lineup of writers is carefully selected by the readers of the previous month. Through this curation-by-evolution process, they have created a sense of lineage and have come into contact with some of the best writers in the Bay Area—some at the beginning of their careers, some who have already published several books—and hosted evenings that are as unpredictable as they are unforgettable.
Hosted by Sara Marinelli, Hazel Reading Series comes to the Red Poppy for an incredible evening of stories by women.

FEATURING:
Kirstin Chen
Emily Dezurik-Badran
Sara Brody
Heather Bourbeau
Emily Pinkerton
Andrea Garcia-Vargas

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 8:00pm event
Admission: $5-10 suggested donation. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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Triism / Chord Four: Balkan Folk & Jazz Meets California Avant-Garde
2018-09-15 19:30 - 22:00
Triism is a jazz trio from Northern California that plays creative arrangements of original compositions, Balkan folk music, pop songs, and jazz standards. Featuring saxophonist Levi Saelua, bassist Alex Reiff, and drummer Jim Frink, their collaborative arrangements often develop from conversations about politics, pop culture, science, and comedy.
Chord Four, a chord-less Los Angeles-based ensemble, then takes the stage to perform a wide repertoire heavily influenced by jazz, as well as the traditional music of Ghana, Indonesia, India, and the Balkans. This, along with their variable instrumentation, makes for a dependably intriguing collection of sounds and timbres.

FEATURING:
Triism
Levi Saelua – woodwinds
Alex Reiff – bass
Jim Frink – drums
Chord Four
Andrew Conrad – tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, melodica
Brandon Sherman – trumpet, flugelhorn, melodica
Emilio Terranova – double bass
Colin Woodford – drums, cymbals, melodica

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Triism
Saxophonist/composer Levi Saelua has worked as a professional musician since the age of 16. He has had the opportunity to perform with artists in a wide array of genres, from jazz to classical and hip-hop to bluegrass. He studied jazz composition and saxophone at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, with composers Bill Dobbins and Dave Rivello, as well as saxophonists Chien-Kwan Lin, Jose Encarnacion, and Charles Pillow. Saelua has performed and/or studied with artists such as Maria Schneider, Bob Brookmeyer, Jeff Beal, Fred Sturm, Bob Mintzer, Ryan Truesdell, and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. He has written, produced, and played on albums for groups in California, Chicago, and New York, and has traveled the world performing for audiences in the U.S., Australia, Asia, and Europe.
Alex Reiff studied jazz performance at Sacramento State University and has performed with world-class musicians such as Donny McCaslin, Steve Turre, Dave Pietro, Nancy King, and Wycliffe Gordon. He is featured on numerous Sac State Vocal Jazz and Big Band recordings, as well as Perseverance by the Alex Jenkins Sound Immersion. Some of his musical influences include Charlie Haden, Jimmy Garrison, Wilbur Ware, Tom Waits, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, and Wayne Shorter.
Jim Frink started with music at an early age and has played drums professionally since high school. He studied music at UC Santa Cruz, has performed internationally, and has played and recorded in a wide variety of styles, including jazz, rock, funk, country, pop, Brazilian, and Slavic folk music. Along with maintaining a private drum teaching studio, he has given clinics at the high school and university level as a guest lecturer.

Chord Four
Chord Four is an award-winning avant-garde ensemble of improvisers and composers creating original music which balances intricate rhythms and harmonies. In 2017, Chord Four won first place in the first international CONAD Jazz Contest and has performed at the Umbria Jazz Festival, as well as many jazz venues throughout the West Coast.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Jessica Fichot: French Chanson & Shanghai Jazz
2018-09-14 19:30 - 22:00
Accompanied by her accordion, toy piano, and fiery band, Los Angeles-based chanteuse and songwriter Jessica Fichot draws from her multi-ethnic French, Chinese, and American heritage to create an intoxicating multilingual amalgamation of French chanson, 1940s Shanghai jazz, swing, and international folk.

FEATURING:
Jessica Fichot – vocals, accordion, toy piano
Ippei Ichimaru – upright bass
Mike Bjella – clarinet, saxophone

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
With three acclaimed albums under her belt—Le Chemin, Le Secret, and Dear Shanghai—Jessica Fichot has brought her music to audiences around the world, regularly performing in China, Mexico, Canada, and across the U.S and western Europe. Backed by a group of talented musicians and singing in French, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and English, Fichot can switch with ease from a lively French chanson to a moving Mexican classic or a jazzy Shanghai gem. The group performs styles that are varied but are always united by Fichot’s gorgeous, expressive singing voice. An active composer, she has written hundreds of children’s songs for various educational programs, and she also composes interactive music for indie video games. Her original songs have been featured in movies, TV shows, and commercials. (Photo by: Nicolas Kaviani)
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Maracujá: A Journey Around Latin America Through Music
2018-09-09 19:30 - 22:00
Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Caitlin Belem and guitarist Terrence Rosnagle take you on a trip through Latin America, playing sumptuous samba, bossa nova, cumbia, son, and much more.

FEATURING:
Caitlin Belem – vocals, saxophone, guitar, fiddle, hand percussion
Terrence Rosnagle – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Caitlin Belem grew up in a house full of music in Northern Wyoming, falling in love with the fiddle at a young age, as well as learning to sing and play saxophone and guitar. She has explored many genres, from Brazilian bossa nova, samba, and Cuban son, to American jazz, blues, and swing. Aside from Maracujá, Belem sings and plays with Modern Bygones and various local and traveling musicians. She has performed everywhere from living rooms, to 1,200-seat concert halls, to television programs in Barcelona and Brazil. Belem also teaches music through school programs, private lessons, workshops, and summer camps.
Terrence Rosnagle grew up in the Los Angeles area and was initially inspired by Delta blues to play the guitar. As an adult, he became fascinated by not only the sound, but the complex synthesis of African, European, and Middle Eastern musical traditions that make up Latin American and Brazilian music. Rosnagle later moved to Spain to study and play flamenco guitar; then to Istanbul to study ud and Turkish music; and eventually to South America to soak up folkloric and Brazilian guitar styles. He has performed, toured, played on radio and television, and has given workshops and classes in the United States, Spain, and Turkey.

Learn more: Website | Facebook
Photo by: Kristina Moravec

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Sayat Nvaq Ensemble: Troubadour & Village Music of Eastern Armenia
2018-09-08 19:30 - 22:00
Sayat Nvaq Ensemble is a San Francisco Bay Area group that delves into the rich traditions of Eastern Armenian music. The group draws its inspiration equally from the two main pillars of Armenian secular music: the classical troubadour poet traditions of the Ashougs and Gousans—such as Sayat Nova, Ashot, Djivani, and Sheram—as well as the popular regional village music found throughout the countryside. Sayat Nvaq Ensemble invites audiences, both old and new, to share its deep appreciation of this evocative musical tradition.

FEATURING:
Shea A.J. Comfort – duduk, shvi, ploul
Leslie Bonnett – vocals, violin
Haig Kassabian – dhol
Khatchadour Khatchadourian – vocals
Briget Boyle – harmonium, vocals

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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Ultrafaux & Evan Price: Balkan Folk, French Musette & Jazz Manouche
2018-09-07 19:00 - 20:30
Acclaimed violinist Evan Price (Turtle Island Quartet, Hot Club of San Francisco) joins dynamic Baltimore-based acoustic trio Ultrafaux for a lively night of original music inspired by Balkan folk, bebop, swing, French musette, and Brazilian choro. The show also includes special arrangements of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli tunes, as well as improvisations based on spontaneous suggestions from the audience.

FEATURING:
Michael Joseph Harris – guitar
Evan Price – violin
Sami Arefin – guitar
Zach Serlet – upright bass

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Ultrafaux, led by guitarist/composer Michael Joseph Harris, has performed its inspiring original music at top festivals all over the world, including Festival Django Reinhardt in France, Django by the Sea, Django-A-Gogo, Django Birthday Festival, Djangoary Festival, Midwest Gypsy Swingfest, The Kennedy Center, and Charm City Jazzfest to name a few. The trio has performed all over the United States, Canada, and Europe and has recorded three albums since 2014. Ultrafaux also serves as the core trio for Hot Club of Baltimore, a band specializing in the traditional repertoire of Django Reinhardt. Harris’ music has been featured on Django Festival #9, #10, and #11, an annual compilation of the top jazz manouche in the world by acclaimed Norwegian producer Jon Larsen. (Photo by Jeffrey MacMillan)
Violinist Evan Price is a 10-year veteran of the world-renowned crossover ensemble the Turtle Island Quartet. During his tenure in Turtle Island, Price gave over 500 performances in concert venues from Latvia to Australia and had the opportunity to collaborate with many musical luminaries, such as Cuban clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera, The Ying Quartet, pianists Dr. Billy Taylor and Kenny Barron, as well as classical guitarists Sergio and Odair Assad. Price recorded five albums with Turtle Island, two of which—Four + 4 and A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane—received Grammy awards in 2006 and 2008 in the Classical Crossover Album of the Year category. Since 1998, he has been proud to call himself a member of the Hot Club of San Francisco, perhaps the most venerable jazz manouche band in the U.S.
Learn more: Ultrafaux Facebook | Ultrafaux YouTube

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show
Admission: $20-25 door / $20 online. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Petros Klampanis Trio: Mediterranean Jazz
2018-09-06 19:30 - 22:00
Bassist and composer Petros Klampanis is curious in his approach, always seeking distinctive ways to integrate elements from multiple genres ranging from classical music to pop.

FEATURING:
Petros Klampanis – bass
Julian Shore – piano
Ofri Nehemya – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Named a “bass ace” by Bass Player Magazine, NYC-based Petros Klampanis grew up in Greece surrounded by the confluence of Mediterranean and Balkan folk music. His varied musical life journey brings “aggressive melodicism, beautiful intonation, and uniquely personal string writing,” as noted by fellow bassist Drew Gress. Klampanis’ second album as a leader, Minor Dispute, was selected as one of the best jazz records in 2015 by NPR. His most recent release and Motéma Music debut, Chroma, was featured in major international radio and press outlets including FIP, TSF, WBGO, Jazz Magazine, DownBeat, and JazzTimes.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Adam Agee & Jon Sousa / Adrianna Ciccone & Colin Cotter: Traditional Irish Fiddle & Guitar
2018-09-02 19:30 - 22:00
Adam Agee & Jon Sousa are on tour to celebrate the release of their second duo album, Ceol na gCarad, which is Irish for “Music of Friendship.” Featuring tunes gathered over the many years of travel in Ireland, their stage performance is characterized by an uncanny musical intimacy, allowing for the truest expression of the music to flow through them and through the hearts of all who are present. Adrianna Ciccone and Colin Cotter also team up as a duo for a full evening of fiddle/guitar explorations.

FEATURING:
Adam Agee – fiddle
Jon Sousa – guitar
Adrianna Ciccone – fiddle
Colin Cotter – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Adam Agee & Jon Sousa have been journeying together through the Irish idiom on fiddle, guitar, and tenor banjo, enchanting listeners on both sides of the Atlantic for over a decade. The Colorado-based duo has put down musical roots in County Clare, where the two lived together and now make frequent visits. Their connection to their instruments and the transcendent energy in their music captivate and uplift audiences of all ages. (Photo by Nate Shepard)
Only a few young Canadian fiddlers today can show off the breadth and range of North American fiddling like Adrianna Ciccone. With a “distinctive stamp and swing that is both rooted and infectious,” she crosses back and forth across the continent with ease. Ciccone showcases Cape Breton reels, crooked French-Canadian brandys, the rollicking rhythms of Ottawa Valley step-dancing tunes, and way down to Southern Appalachian string band tunes, all while incorporating Irish and Métis influences. A graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, her debut album, The Back of Winter, produced by Bruce Molsky, won Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year at the 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards.
Colin Cotter picked up the fiddle at the age of four, beginning a life-long journey building upon several generations of his family’s intimate relationship with traditional Finnish music. Over time, musical influences from Scotland, Quebec, New York City, and West Africa crept in, rendering his distinct, folky sound. A self-taught guitarist, Cotter has developed an accompaniment style that, in tandem with his hard-hitting, poignant songwriting, bridges the gaps between American and Celtic folk music and rock.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $15-20 door / $15 online. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Open Studio: Adrian Arias Presents "Dream Escapes"
2018-09-02 11:00 - 14:00
Join Adrian Arias for this special opportunity to view and purchase recent works while relaxing and creating art with community. Pisco sours, coffee, garden-fresh organic fruits, along with sweet and savory pastries will be served. Everyone is encouraged to invite friends who are interested in collecting Adrian’s work.
The event includes:
– Artist talks by Adrian Arias
– Painting performance by Adrian Arias at 12:37pm
– Community drawing and writing circle
– Up-close and personal conversations with Adrian
– and more!
For more information, please contact Renee Baldocchi.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 11:00am event
Admission: Free
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Call Me Blaze Quartet: World Ukulele Soul Project
2018-09-01 19:30 - 22:00
Kyle Blaze brings original pieces and arrangements with the musical expertise of Terrence Brewer on guitar and Ami Molinelli Hart on percussion. In a distinct blend of authentic cool, Call Me Blaze Quartet explores bossa nova, samba, salsa, jazz, funk, and soul.

FEATURING:
Terrence Brewer – guitar, ukulele, guitalele
Ami Molinelli Hart – percussion
Kyle Blaze – vocals, electric bairtone ukulele
TBA – bass
Student performers – TBA

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Kyle Blaze is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, singer, and educator. His soothing baritone voice, cosmic electric baritone ukulele, and his hilarious stage presence is infectious and leaves audiences wanting more. He started playing guitar in 1990 and continues to this day; however, when he picked up his first ukulele in 2010, he was immediately captivated and made it his focus. The simplicity of the four strings and a raised low note made the use of chord clusters, chordal melodies, and a distinct improvisational technique possible for Blaze. He received his master’s degree in 2010 and, since then, he stays extremely busy teaching and performing.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Dromeno: Folk & Urban Music of Greece
2018-08-31 19:30 - 22:00
Dromeno is a traditional ensemble presenting authentic regional music from the Greek mainland and beyond, overlapping into the surrounding regions and finding the musical legacy that connects the traditions of the Balkans. Featuring wide-ranging instrumentation, the group is able to span the sounds of Greece, from Western Macedonia and Ipiros, through Thessaly and Thrace.

FEATURING:
Christos Govetas – clarinet, bouzouki, vocals
Ruth Hunter – accordion, vocals
Eleni Govetas – double bass, saxophone, defi
Nick Maroussis – guitar, laouto
Bobby Govetas – daouli, baglama

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
For over 30 years, members of Dromeno have been performing and teaching Greek and Balkan folk music throughout Greece, the U.S., and Canada. Christos Govetas is the 1999 recipient of the prestigious Northwest Folklife Fellowship Award honoring his cultural contribution to the Greek-American and folk dance communities. He is also a contributing member of Bill Frisell’s Grammy-nominated album, The Intercontinentals. Both Govetas and Hunter are also recipients of the Ethnic Heritage Council’s Gordon Ekvall Tracie Award of 2017.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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RDL+: Modern Original Jazz - Album Release Concert
2018-08-25 19:00 - 21:30
RDL+ presents the album release performance of Pacific Voyage. In the spirit of adventure, this live performance album captures it all. From placid waters to raging seas, Pacific Voyage sails the oceans in a vessel of original composition, powered by the raw emotions of the improvisation trio.

FEATURING:
Ruthie Dineen – piano
Doug Lee – bass
Luis Salcedo – guitar
Steve Weems – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
RDL+ has been in existence since 2009 in various formations, composing and performing regularly. Led by bassist Doug Lee, pianist/accordionist Ruthie Dineen, and guitarist Luis Salcedo, the group creates original music that is nuanced, playful, grooving, and inspired. Drawing on all types of influences—jazz, Latin, classical, pop, amongst others—the group is boundless, open, and always searching. Currently, the group leads the monthly residency Bay Area Bridges at Studio Grand in Oakland, creating and collaborating with a wide range of artists. In the summer of 2018, they will release their second full-length album, Pacific Voyage.
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Time: 6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show
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Karavan Sarai: Eastern Mystic Melodies, Electronic Grooves & Dance
2018-08-24 19:30 - 22:00
Karavan Sarai returns to the Red Poppy to perform original and traditional electro-acoustic music of the Silk Road interwoven with ambient contemporary electronica. With the gracious power of belly dance to the colorful dances of the Indian gypsies, one is transported on a visual and sonic journey.

FEATURING:
Narayan Sijan – vocals, electric oud, electric saz, programming
Schirin Chams-Diba – dance, backup vocals, percussion

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Karavan Sarai’s 2018 album, Painted Sands, was in the World Music Charts Top Ten for ten weeks, peaking at number four. The group’s debut album, Woven Landscapes (2015), was in the Top Ten charts for six weeks, peaking at number six. Composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Narayan Sijan lived on the Silk Road from 1994-2006, learning music from mystics, masters, and locals. He creates an innovative alchemy of music, storytelling, and beauty in his album collaborations with two-time Grammy nominee, producer, and programmer Carmen Rizzo. Schirin Chams-Diba performs a visual feast of sacred temple and traditional dances of the Silk Road, invoking elegant dances of her native Persian lands to the magic of belly dance and the colorful gypsies of India.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Hazel Reading Series: Stories by Women
2018-08-20 20:00 - 21:30
Hazel Reading Series is a vibrant literary community founded in 2013. Each month, the all-women lineup of writers is carefully selected by the readers of the previous month. Through this curation-by-evolution process, they have created a sense of lineage and have come into contact with some of the best writers in the Bay Area—some at the beginning of their careers, some who have already published several books—and hosted evenings that are as unpredictable as they are unforgettable.
Hosted by Sara Marinelli, Hazel Reading Series comes to the Red Poppy for an incredible evening of stories by women.

FEATURING:
Heather June Gibbons
Ciera-Jevae Gordon
Venuri Siriwardane
Wesley Cohen
Charity Yoro
Mei Li Ooi

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 8:00pm event
Admission: $5-10 suggested donation. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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Daniel Riera's Future Primitive Ensemble: Multidisciplinary Space Jazz
2018-08-18 19:30 - 22:00
Flutist, controllerist, and sound designer Daniel Riera presents a new experience merging the improvisatory freedom of jazz with the expansive sonic landscape of electronic music. Using electrified woodwind and percussion instruments, synthesizers, projections, and dance, the Future Primitive Ensemble creates a dialogue about the relationship between human and machine, modern science and ancient wisdom.

FEATURING:
Daniel Riera – electronic wind instrument, modular synthesizer, vocals
Adam Coopersmith – electro-acoustic percussion
TBA – dance
TBA – projection art

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Daniel Riera is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and bandleader from San Francisco. He was educated at SF School of the Arts and Berklee College of Music in Boston. He is most well known as the flutist, EWI player, and musical director for Soltron, a Latin-alternative dance band from San Francisco’s Mission District. Riera also leads his own quintet playing his original jazz-influenced compositions, as well as performing with the Kev Choice Ensemble and rapper Watsky.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Arco Belo Ensemble: Chamber Jazz with Global Roots
2018-08-17 19:30 - 22:00
Arco Belo brings together elements of raw, contemporary improvised music, mixing in crisp, through-composed pockets of sweeping dense harmony and a global rhythmic sensibility. At the Red Poppy, the group promotes the release of the first single from its debut album, The Space Between Disguises.

FEATURING:
Simone Baron – accordion
Lucas Ashby – percussion
Nelson Moneo – violin
Ian Ashby – bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Arco Belo is an original chamber-jazz project led by pianist, accordionist, and composer Simone Baron, featuring a rhythm section composed of brothers Lucas and Ian Ashby and Canadian multi-instrumentalist Nelson Moneo. The group skips effortlessly from long-form, neo-baroque string counterpoint to sludgy hip-hop pads; post-romantic cadenzas collide in moments of spontaneous noise with reedy prepared piano; guttural bow noises and cascading plectrum bring color to plush hypnotic grooves and sharply angled linear phrases.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Swingatto: Swing & Jazz Manouche
2018-08-11 19:30 - 22:00
Swingatto swings by the Red Poppy to play some famous songs from the Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli repertoire along with originals from the band’s first album.

FEATURING:
Antonio Feula – guitar
Joe Yamamoto – violin
Michael Price – double bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Swingatto is a swing and jazz manouche band currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was originally founded in February 2014 in London. The project currently features Joe Yamamoto on violin, Antonio Feula on guitar, and Michael Price on double bass. The band’s repertoire includes original jazz manouche songs, as well as Django Reinhardt covers and many other great tunes from the 1920s and 1930s. Swingatto has released its first EP which is currently available on Spotify, iTunes, and BandCamp.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Emily Hay and Thomas Dimuzio Duo ft. Motoko Honda: Soundscapes & Musical Improvisations
2018-08-10 19:30 - 22:00
Experimental flutist/vocalist Emily Hay and avant-garde sound artist and electronic wizard Thomas Dimuzio collaborate as a duo to create and perform electro-acoustic soundscapes, mesmerizing improvisations of primal noise, drones, intrepid wordplay, and searing grooves. Also joining them for the evening is pianist and composer Motoko Honda.

FEATURING:
Emily Hay – C flute, alto flute, bass flute, vocals, electronic effects
Thomas Dimuzio – live sampling, laptop
Motoko Honda – acoustic piano, electronics

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Emily Hay is a flutist and vocalist who extends the traditional roles and capabilities of her instruments by incorporating the complexity of contemporary classical technique with the spontaneity and experimentation of free improvisation. As an active member of the SoCal and other “left coast” music communities, she has performed in avant garde, art rock, free improvisation, electro-acoustical and contemporary classical ensembles such as U Totem, The Motor Totemist Guild, The 5 UU’s, Otherparts, I Am Umbrella, Adam Rudolph’s Go Organic Orchestra, The Emily Hay Collective, Hay Fever, The Jeff Kaiser Okodektet, and The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble. Hay has toured and performed throughout Europe, Canada, and the U.S. with concert highlights at the Bimhuis, the Ottomat, New Music America Festival, Art Rock Festival, Kulturni Dom, Staion de Art Sankt Peter, Shapeshifter Lab, and the Reithalle.
Thomas Dimuzio is a composer, musician, mastering engineer, and label proprietor based in San Francisco. Long regarded as a musical pioneer for his innovative use of live sampling and studio techniques to create consistently compelling works, Dimuzio has earned a deserved reputation worldwide as an avant-garde sound artist in touch with the aesthetic pulse of time and technology. He has produced radically distinct sound libraries for Big Fish Audio, Rarefaction, and OSC, which have then been utilized by television programs such as the X-Files, and provided mastering services on works by Negativland, Wobbly/People Like Us/Matmos, and GG Allina among others. His collaborations include work with Chris Cutler, Fred Frith, Matmos, Wobbly, DJ Qbert, Dan Burke, Paul Haslinger, Due Process, 5uu’s, and more.
Motoko Honda is a concert pianist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist who has created a distinctive sound through her holistic approach to music and her exceptional sensitivity in relating to other art forms and technologies. Honda has presented numerous collaborations with artists and improvisers such as Wadada Leo Smith, William Winant, Elliott Sharp, Nels Cline, Henry Kaiser, Vinny Golia, Van-Anh Vanessa Vo, Larry Ochs, and other notable musicians. Her solo and collaborative projects have taken her to major national and international festivals and venues, including the Angel City Jazz Festival, Spark International Electronic Music Festival, 19th San Quirico Estate Festival, Ford Amphitheater, Barnsdall Gallery Theater, REDCAT/Disney, Japan/Aratani Theater, Montalvo Arts Center, Duomo di Siena, as well as museums, jazz clubs, and underground venues.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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August 4th MAPP @ Red Poppy Art House
2018-08-04 18:30 - 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

6:33 – 7:00 pm
Adrian Arias: Dream Escapes
Opening reception & visual art exhibition (curated by Renee Baldocchi)

7:01 – 7:24 pm
Dina Zarif & Amelia Romano
Harp & vocal duo

7:37 – 8:00 pm
LoCura
Rumba flamenca, cumbia, ska

8:11 – 8:34 pm
Ryan Andersen
Acoustic singer-songwriter

8:49 – 9:12 pm
Rupa Marya
Revolutionary singer-songwriter

9:26 – 9:49 pm
Dos Bandoleros
Spanish rumba duo

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Adrian Arias is a visual poet from Peru, living and performing his art in the Bay Area since 1999. His new series of small format paintings is dedicated to his dreams. Curated by Renee Baldocchi and dedicated to René Yañez, the exhibition reflects a state of life that is very important to Arias’ creative process. His work is born in the surreal and is based on the idea of landscapes and natural scenes where the rocks, the sea, the mountains, and the flowers come alive with colors from the dream. Arias has received much recognition in his different disciplines, including his work as a poet for which he obtained prizes that culminated in book publications. As a visual artist, he has participated in artist residences with museums, such as the de Young Museum, and international exhibitions, like the Biennial of Venice and the Ibero-American Biennial. His video-art pieces have been selected and won prizes in San Francisco and Berkeley.

Formerly known as Love Songs from Around the World (LSFATW), Dina Zarif Ensemble is a collaboration between Dina Zarif, an Iranian immigrant singer, and Amelia Romano, a San Francisco native harpist, performing a blend of classical and folk music. Their music invites the listener on a journey that combines flamenco and tango-inspired rhythms with Iranian folk tunes in a seamless soundscape of tragedy and triumph through deep concepts of immigration and homeland.

With a cast of San Francisco’s most diverse musicians, LoCura mixes Latin styles like rumba flamenca, Cuban rhythms, cumbia, and ska together in a brand they’ve dubbed “califas flamenkito.” Fronted by Spanish-American vocalist Kata Miletich, LoCura reflects the global mosaic of its home in San Francisco through its distinctive style and brings the members’ experiences to life in its sophomore album, Semilla Caminante. With lyrics in Spanish and English, themes range from border issues and immigrant rights to urban life and making another world possible.

Ryan Andersen is a singer-songwriter and composer based in San Francisco. His songs explore themes of personal healing, spirituality, humanity, and environmentalism with the aim to inspire listeners and elevate consciousness.

Rupa Marya is a composer, songwriter, singer, guitarist, and leader of the band Rupa & the April Fishes. She grew up in between the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern France, and Northern India, and her compositions span four languages and countless musical idioms, from French chanson to Colombian cumbia, from American folk to Indian ghazal. Her music has been used by Giorgio Armani without her permission, has appeared in NBC’s Parenthood series, and has been used with her enthusiastic support to further the work of performance artists, climate activists, and food sovereignty activists around the world. The LA Times calls her sound “ecstatic and powerfully evocative.”

Dos Bandoleros is a Spanish rumba duo founded by Raul Vargas (Makrú) and Muchacho Mandanga (La Mandanga) in the Bay Area. Mixing Spanish covers and originals compositions, Dos Bandoleros offers shows full of energy and positives messages.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 6:33pm event
Admission: Free
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Adrian Arias: "Dream Escapes" Opening Reception - Exhibition Curated by Renee Baldocchi
2018-08-04 18:30 - 19:00
In conjunction with the August 4th MAPP, the Red Poppy invites you to join artist Adrian Arias and curator Renee Baldocchi for the opening reception of Dream Escapes from 6:33-7:00pm.
Dedicated to René Yañez, this new series of small format paintings is dedicated to artist Adrian Arias’ dreams. The exhibition reflects a state of life that is very important to his creative process. The dreams, from which the exhibition feeds itself, are transmitted in a visual way. Arias’ work is born in the surreal and is based on the idea of landscapes and natural scenes where the rocks, the sea, the mountains, and the flowers come alive with colors from his dreams.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Adrian Arias is a prize-winning multidisciplinary visual poet, curator, and cultural promoter, working and living in the Bay Area since 2000. He has participated in international individual and collective exhibitions, showing his visual art and poetry in Japan, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Canada, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Peru, and the U.S. In 2001, he was invited to the Venice Biennale, Bunker of Poetry, and in 1997 to the Ibero-American Biennale of Peru.
From 2001 to 2017, Arias served as Multimedia Director at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. He is one of the founders and creators of the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) and ILLUSION show, a one-day happening event (MCCLA, de Young Museum, SOMArts).

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Time: 6:33pm event
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Alex Conde: Original Flamenco & Jazz Piano Compositions
2018-08-03 19:00 - 20:30
Virtuoso jazz and flamenco pianist Alex Conde performs his high-energy compositions and arrangements with his trio.

FEATURING:
Alex Conde – piano
Aaron Germain – electric bass
Marlon Aldana – percussion

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Alex Conde is a graduate in classical music from the Jose Iturbi Conservatory of Music and in jazz piano from el Liceu de Barcelona. He won a scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he received the Jazz Revelation Award and earned a degree in jazz performance in 2009, as well as a master’s degree in piano jazz performance at the Aaron Copland Conservatory in New York City. Conde has recently performed on world-class stages such as Blue Note NY, Panama Jazz Festival, Eurojazz Mexico, and PDX among others.
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Time: 6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show
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Aallotar / Redwood Tango Ensemble: Transatlantic Chamber Folk & Contemporary Tango
2018-08-02 19:30 - 22:00
Aallotar’s music is an exploration of one tradition from two perspectives. Violinist/vocalist Sara Pajunen and accordionist/vocalist Teija Niku use their common musical heritage as a starting point for original chamber-folk. Together they create new sounds that reflect their differing contemporary cultures and shared roots.
Presenting a set of original compositions as well as arrangements of contemporary tango favorites, Oakland’s Redwood Tango Ensemble also joins the duo for the night.

FEATURING:
Aallotar
Sara Pajunen – violin, vocals
Teija Niku – accordion, vocals
Redwood Tango Ensemble
Charles Gorczynski – bandoneón
Elyse Weakley – piano
Mia Bella D’Augelli – violin
Ishtar Hernandez – violin
Anton Estaniel – cello
Daniel Fabricant – double bass

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Since its formation in fall 2013, Aallotar has made numerous appearances in the U.S. and performed at leading European festivals such as the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Finland) and Sounds of the North (Poland). Their lithe instrumentals and beautiful vocal harmonies in both Finnish and English demonstrate how gracefully traditional and contemporary folk music can speak together. With their second album, Ameriikan laulu (Nordic Notes 2018), the ensemble’s distinctive sound is even more adventurous, elegant, and profound.
Redwood Tango Ensemble is a contemporary tango sextet from Oakland, California. Led by composer and bandoneonist Charles Gorczynski, the ensemble has developed a signature style and sound within the world of tango composition, writing honest and imaginative music that challenges conventional notions of genre and musical identity. Redwood Tango Ensemble is a tango group in its lifeblood, and its sound and sensibility also reach into new music, chamber music, and modern jazz.
Learn more: Aallotar Facebook | Redwood Tango Ensemble Facebook

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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