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WILLIAMSBURG — The Ampersand International Arts Festival will return to William & Mary for its 16th year on Feb. 27, running through Mar. 5 with a variety of… ....
The Art of the Story checks in with vocalists Sara Serpa and Jen Shyu, co-founders of Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M3), about the organization's mission and inaugural festival, co-presented by Winter Jazzfest. ....
Roulette Intermedium Jen Shyu performing here piece Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses at Roulette in April 2021 More and more I ve wanted to tell my story, as who I am, the singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jen Shyu says in this episode of The Checkout. And also really thinking about others who might look like me, or feel, perhaps, othered or marginalized. That impulse, extending both inward and outward, informed Shyu s audacious and deeply personal new album, Zero Grasses: Ritual For the Losses, released this spring on Pi Recordings. A meditation on mortality and identity, it bears a dedication to her father, Tsu Pin Shyu, who died unexpectedly at his home in Houston in 2019. ....
2 of 5 James Brandon Lewis 3 of 5 Damon Locks 4 of 5 Alexa Tarantino 5 of 5 Roxana Amed Jen Shyu, Living s a Gift | Part 3: My Unsolved Regrets Zero Grasses: Ritual For the Losses is the latest artistic statement from Jen Shyu, a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer with the blazing heart of an artist and the curious mind of an ethnographer. It seems unlikely that we ll encounter another album this year with a more striking balance of formal invention and personal revelation. One of the losses ritualized in Shyu s album title refers to her father, who died in 2019. Another is poignantly realized on Lament for Breonna Taylor. And on a suite in four parts titled Living s a Gift, Shyu incorporates lyrics composed by middle school students, describing the surreal privations of their pandemic experience. ....
Rescue, as well as traditional and popular songs. View here for three days. 7:30 pm ET: Met Opera Streams presents Verdi’s Luisa Miller. Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Olesya Petrova, Piotr Beczala, Plácido Domingo, Alexander Vinogradov, and Dmitry Belosselskiy, conducted by Bertrand de Billy. Production by Elijah Moshinsky. From April 14, 2018. View here and for 24 hours. 8 pm ET: Seattle Opera presents The Big Opera Show. A journey through Seattle Opera s upcoming season featuring special guests and a performance by tenor, Lawrence Brownlee, who got his start in Seattle Opera’s young artist program. The Big Opera Show is hosted by actor, director, and emcee Rebecca M. Davis with performers including Kenneth Kellogg and Karen Vuong. No fee to attend but donations made during the event will allow Seattle Opera to keep singing until it is safe to gather again. Register and view here. ....