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Memories, families, sites, smells. How can we use songs to tell the story of home? Experience a participatory live performance with the violinist and erhu player, Shaw Pong Liu as part of her Pao Arts Center Artist-In-Residence Sing Home project. Listen to music gathered by Shaw Pong from the Chinatown community, and share your story and song with Shaw Pong and others in this family-friendly, song-sharing performance.
Free | Pre-register to reserve your spot | All Ages
About the Artist: Violinist and composer Shaw Pong Liu engages diverse communities through multidisciplinary collaborations, creative music and social dialogue. As 2016 City of Boston Artist-in-Residence, Shaw Pong started the Code Listen project, using creative music workshops and performances to support healing and dialogue around gun violence, racism, and police practices, in collaboration with the Boston Police Department, teen artists and family members surviving homicide. Her compositions have been commissioned by A Far Cry, Lorelei Ensemble, and New Gallery Concert Series. As a violinist Shaw Pong has performed with groups including Silk Road Ensemble, MIT’s Gamelan GalakTika, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and Castle of Our Skins. She is a teaching artist for the Silk Road Project, Young Audiences, Cantata Singers and Celebrity Series.
Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA green, red, and orange lines.
Contact: Cynthia Woo | 617-863-9080