POSTPONED: Crossing Boundaries Vol. 16: FOCUSING ON HER (Benefit for Survivors of the 3.11 East Japan Earthquake)
7 – 8:30PM
We regret to inform you that Crossing Boundaries Concert Series Vol. 16: FOCUSING ON HER, originally scheduled for Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 7 pm at Tenri Cultural Institute, has been postponed due to COVID. We are attempting to re-schedule the concert in the late summer or fall and will update you when we do.
Curated by multi-Instrumentalist gamin, this fifth season of Crossing Boundaries consists of three concerts exploring the theme of WOMEN IN MUSIC performed by female and female-identifying musicians. Following the performance there will be a conversation with the audience about the concert and the theme of gender liberation in the music industry.
FOCUSING ON HER features three female musicians — Amirtha Kidambi (Indian-American, voice/saxophone), Yoko Reikano Kimura (Japan, shamisen), and gamin (Korea, saenghwang) — improvising and performing music by female composers: Amirtha Kidambi (Indian-American), Yoko Sato (Japan), and Yoon-Ji Lee (Korea), with visual projection designed by Bang Geul Han (Korea). Each of the compositions is a prayer or elegy for those who endure or have endured trauma.
Crossing Boundaries Vol. 17: EYES FROM HER will take place on June 24 at CRS. Crossing Boundaries Vol. 18: FREEDOM will be held on July 16 in Marc A. Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center.
Tickets are available on eventbrite.com for $10 – $50 or for cash at the door. This concert is also a remembrance of the 11th anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and ongoing nuclear disaster that struck eastern Japan, and all proceeds from the concert will be donated to the Sendai Chamber Ensemble, which provides volunteer musicans to uplift the spirits of the survivors in the region. Donations may also be made on eventbrite.com.
The Key to NYC program requires that all patrons 5 years of age and older must show photo ID and proof they have received two vaccine doses (except for those who have received the one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine).