<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Dear Friends - </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">I need to clarify the date and time of this concert after noticing an error in my first e-mail</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">and realizing that people may be watching from a variety of countries and time zones.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Good news is that since I first sent this </span>e-mail the<span style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> skies are bluer and the air is much cleaner </span><span style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">here in Berkeley CA. I hope the situation continues to improve throughout  the affected areas.</span><span style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">I am delighted to (re) announce this upcoming "virtual concert" </span><font color="#26282a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">and discussion </font><font color="#26282a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">with<b> </b></font><span style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b>sitarist Arjun Verma</b>, presented by <a href="https://sangamarts.org/" target="_blank">Sangam Arts </a>and <a href="https://www.sanjosejazz.org/events/improvisation-in-jazz-and-indian-classical-music/" target="_blank">San Jose Jazz.</a></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:2c0" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="gmail-:28e" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></strong></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><font size="4">George Brooks and Arjun Verma in concert and </font></span></strong><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="4"><b>conversation</b></font></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><font size="4"><br></font></span></strong></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><font size="4">For folks on the <u>east coast</u> US -</font></span></strong></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4" color="#ff0000">Thursday, September 24th 10 pm (EDT)</font></span></strong></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><font size="4"><br></font></span></strong></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><font size="4">For folks on the <u>west coast</u> US -</font></span></strong></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4" color="#ff0000">Thursday, September 24th^th at 7pm (PDT) </font></span></strong></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><font size="4"><br></font></span></strong></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><font size="4">And for my friends in INDIA....</font></span></strong></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4" color="#ff0000">FRIDAY September 25th 7:30 AM (IST)</font></span></strong></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><font size="4"><br></font></span></strong></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">The concert is FREE -- <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-the-mosaic-improvisation-in-jazz-indian-classical-music-tickets-118704800253?aff=erelexpmlt" target="_blank">But you must register here</a> </font></b><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The upside to this virtual format, is that we will be interacting with the audience as well as presenting a concert of all new music. This my first collaboration with Arjun and the process of creating this program has already been fruitful and enlightening. </div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">We certainly hope you will join us and share this opportunity with your friends.</div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>George Brooks<br><a href="http://www.georgebrooks.com" target="_blank">www.georgebrooks.com</a></div></div></div>