Thanks to San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, you can now make tax deductible donations to help me fund my next commissioning project!
*Click Here to make a donation*
(check the box for “Meerenai Shim”)
I am raising funds to pay for my commission from Janice Misurell-Mitchell, and to be able to give the new piece really great performances. She is writing a very cool piece for flute and percussion called “The Art of Noise.” I have already made a down payment but I need to pay her the balance of $2500 when she finishes the piece and gives me the score. This piece will be premiered in San Francisco in 2012, and hopefully performed in Chicago as well. Producing these performances costs a lot of money.
Many thanks to those of you who have helped me raise money to pay for my commission from Daniel Felsenfeld, and thank you to those who have supported me by buying my new album. I am asking you again for your help because it takes a lot of will, time, and money to create new art. It is cheaper and easier to play more Mozart or Poulenc, but the compositions by Janice Misurell-Mitchell are SO COOL — more of them need to be created. (You have seen my video for Sometimes the City is Silent, right? That’s a piece written by Janice!)
Please make a tax-deductible donation via San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music and make this new piece come to life.
Meerenai Shim is an affiliate of, and fiscally-sponsored by, the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the service of chamber music in California.
P.S. Asking for tax-deductible donations from individuals is just one part of my fundraising activities to pay for this project. I am applying for grants as well. I am saving money from my private flute teaching and the small amount of money I get from performances and CD sales. I’m doing everything I can (legally!) to give these commissioned pieces their best performances. Your money will be well spent. THANK YOU!!
Sunday, August 21, 2011 @4pm
Old First Concerts
1751 Sacramento St. at Van Ness Ave. San Francisco
http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org/performances/396/
I will be performing Astor Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango with guitarist Yuri Liberzon.
I will be on this Sunday’s SoundNotion video/audio podcast. (Episode #20 – May 29, 2011) Many thanks to SoundNotion for inviting me on the show for the second time – this time to let me plug my new album. They just told me what we’ll be discussing and it looks like it’s going to be a juicy show! They also chose Sometimes the City is Silent by Janice Misurell-Mitchell as the pick of the week. Please check it out. They usually post them by Sunday night.
Thank you Anthony Kershaw of Audiophilia for writing a very warm review of my debut CD! (He was also very supportive of my Kickstarter project and kindly wrote about that back in January.)
Please read the entire review on the Audiophilia site but here’s my favorite part:
“Recommended.” – Anthony Kershaw, Audiophilia
You can now buy my album, Sometimes the City is Silent on Compact Disc or as a Digital Download at cdbaby.com, iTunes and Amazon mp3
Please consider writing a review on cdbaby, iTunes, or Amazon. Many thanks in advance!
Here’s the video I made for “Sometimes the City is Silent” – using the audio track from my upcoming CD. I learned a lot about iMovie in the last few days and got very little sleep but the video came out alright so it was worth it! Janice Misurell-Mitchell likes it too! (yay!) I hope you enjoy it as well:
(Here’s a link to the youtube page, if you don’t have flash.)
I will be performing The Alluring Wave by Mark Grey with Areon Flutes in San Jose on Friday May 27, 2011 at 8pm. I’m very excited to perform with these great musicians!
Areon Flutes in Concert
May 27, 2011
8pm
The Harker School
San Jose, CA
Click here for more info!
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