june 1st, 2011

double CD release party

free wine/beer at 8PM

music at 8:30PM

party at 10PM

LET’S PARTY! This show will celebrate the release of Ryan Francis’ debut album ‘Works for Piano’ on tzadik performed by Bang on a Can pianist, Vicky Chow, and composer and steel pan virtuoso Andy Akiho’s ‘No One To Know One’ on innova.

This event is generously sponsored by The New Spectrum Foundation.

program

Ryan Francis: Etudes, Wind Up Bird Preludes, Album for June

performed by Vicky Chow (etudes and preludes) and Ryan Francis (album for june)

Andy Akiho: Vick(i/y) performed by Vicky Chow

Andy Akiho:

Murasaki

Hadairo

Karakurenai

Daidai Iro

Aka

NO one To kNOW one

the dAy’s end

LIgNEous

**Video premiere of “21”**

Performers: Andy Akiho - Steel Pan, Sam Adams - Bass, Kenneth Salters - Drums, Domenic Salerni - Violin, Liesl Schoenberger - Violin, Joshua Modney - Violin, Edwin Kaplan - Viola, Raul Garcia - Viola, Mariel Roberts - Cello, Nicole Camacho - Flute, Alejandro Acierto - Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Fay Wang - Soprano, Erika Dohi - Piano, Maura Valenti - Harp, Candy Chiu - Marimba, Ian Rosenbaum - Marimba & Percussion

Check out samples from both albums:

Ryan Francis: Works for Piano (www.soundcloud.com/vicky-chow)

Andy Akiho: No One To Know One (www.soundcloud.com/andy-akiho)

www.andyakiho.com

www.ryananthonyfrancis.com

www.vickychow.com