<div dir="ltr">Dear Friends - <div><br></div><div>I am rather exited that my composition, Ananta, will have its premeire performance this Saturday night at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Ananta was commissioned by Irene Sazer and the Real Vocal String Quartet as part of their Gerbode funded "Culture Kin" project, featuring artists from San Francisco's sister cities. "Ananta" will be performed by the RSVQ and haegeum soloist <a href="https://www.sooyeonlyuh.com/">Soo-yeon Lyuh.</a></div><div><br></div><div>Tickets for Saturday's program are available here.</div><div><a href="https://ybca.org/whats-on/rvsq-culture-kin">https://ybca.org/whats-on/rvsq-culture-kin</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/violinist-irene-sazer-taps-talent-from-sfs-sister-cities-for-new-project">Read Andrew Gilbert's write-up on the project here:</a></div><div><br></div><div>And please save these dates!!</div><div><br></div><div><b>SUNDAY, JUNE 23</b></div><div><b>Indian Jazz Journey -- </b></div><div><b>Mahesh Kale, Stanley Jordan, Subhankar Banerjee and George </b>Brooks <a href="https://www.stanfordjazztickets.org/single/EventDetail.aspx?p=9413">https://www.stanfordjazztickets.org/single/EventDetail.aspx?p=9413</a></div><div><br clear="all"><div><b>SUNDAY, JUNE 30</b></div><div><b>Terry Riley - George Brooks Duo Concert</b></div><div><a href="https://www.stanfordjazztickets.org/single/EventDetail.aspx?p=9389" style="color:rgb(102,0,153);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-TbwUpd" style="display:inline-block;line-height:1.54;padding-bottom:1px;padding-top:1px"><cite class="gmail-iUh30" style="color:rgb(0,102,33);font-style:normal;font-size:14px;padding-top:1px;line-height:1.43">https://www.stanfordjazztickets.org/single/EventDetail.aspx?p=9389</cite></div></a><b><br></b></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">George Brooks<br><a href="http://www.georgebrooks.com" target="_blank">www.georgebrooks.com</a></div></div></div>