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The Big Easy Asian Concert to benefit relief efforts in Japan

Monday, May 2, 2011 at 7:30 PM (CT)

New Orleans, LA

The Big Easy Asian Concert to benefit relief efforts in Japa...

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Join us in NOCCA's intimate Nims Black Box Theatre on Monday, May 2 at 7:30pm as four outstanding classical musicians from across Asia join forces to support relief efforts in the wake of the recent Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that devastated northern Japan. The concert features:

  • Dr. Jee Yeoun Ko, cellist (Chair of Classical Dept at NOCCA and leader of the Faubourg Quartet)
  • Yuki Tanaka, violinist (Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Xiao Fu, violinist (Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Ji Sook Park, pianist (NOCCA Classical Music faculty and member of the Faubourg Quartet)

They'll be joined onstage by the Faubourg Quartet, as well as some of New Orleans' heralded jazz musicians, like NOCCA faculty members Michael Pellera (piano) and Doug Reneau (trumpet). A handful of very special guests will round out the performance.

The group's repertoire will be as far-ranging as its talents, including the Mozart Violin Sonata, Beethoven Violin Sonata, Scriabin Piano Sonata, Cassado Solo Cello Suite, the Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso, Piazzolla's "Four for Tango", as well as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean folk songs.

Funds from the concert will be donated to the New Orleans Japan Quake Fund: http://www.nolajapanquakefund.org.

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New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA)
2800 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA 70117

Monday, May 2, 2011 at 7:30 PM (CT)


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The NOCCA Institute



New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) is a world-class educational institution that has been changing the lives of young people since 1973. Every year, this professional arts training center provides intensive instruction in Classical Music, Creative Writing, Culinary Arts, Dance, Drama, Jazz, Media Arts, Musical Theatre, Theatre Design, Vocal Music, Visual Arts, and academics to students from public, private, and parochial schools across Louisiana. Students attend via schoolday, after-school, weekend, and summer sessions. Admission to NOCCA is by audition, and tuition is free. Find out more at www.NOCCA.com.

The NOCCA Institute provides supplemental funding for NOCCA students and advocacy for NOCCA’s world-class program. With the support of corporations, foundations, and individuals across Louisiana and the globe, the Institute has helped turn NOCCA into a flagship professional arts training facility. Some of the Institute’s more notable endeavors include: the Term-Time Financial Aid Program, the NOCCA Summer Term Financial Aid Program, the Summer Study Financial Aid Program, the Artists-in-Residence Program, the capital campaign for NOCCA’s current home and future capital expansion, and numerous arts programs for the general public. Learn more about the Institute at www.NOCCAInstitute.com.