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UPCOMING ONLINE PROGRAMS

See all of ASU Cultural Affairs' digital programs at asugammage.com/digitalconnections



**THESE FREE EVENTS ARE ONLINE-ONLY**

Tune in live via ASU Kerr's YouTube or FB Live.

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QAIS ESSAR

Beams: a live online music series

Thursday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m.



Watch at

https://youtube.com/asukerr or

https://facebook.com/asukerr/live



Qais Essar is a contemporary Afghan composer, instrumentalist and producer who channels his melodic designs through the rabab, a 2,500 year old instrument from Afghanistan. He has toured extensively, sharing his new genre of music nationally and internationally. His first LP, "The Green Language" (2014), quickly became an Amazon #1 bestseller, followed by "Tavern of Ruin" (2016) and his third album, "The Ghost You Love Most" (2018), earning critical acclaim. He has contributed original music to feature films. In 2017, Essar was recruited by director Nora Twomey to compose an original song for her Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated film, "The Breadwinner" (produced by Angelina Jolie). He earned a Canadian Screen Award for “Best Original Song” for his piece "The Crown Sleeps." Additionally, he orchestrated a sold-out run of the musical "Tear a Root from the Earth" at the OBIE-award winning Ice Factory at the New Ohio Theater in New York City. Essar continues to be featured in festivals and venues around the world including the Newport Folk Festival, SxSW, The Kennedy Center, Treefort Music Festival and more.

In this special online streaming show, Essar will be joined by Shreyas Iyer on tabla.







ANAMIEKE QUINN

Beams: a live online music series

Thursday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m.

Watch at

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Passionate, unusual and sultry are all adjectives thrown around to describe Anamieke Quinn performances, which draw comparisons to Ani DiFranco, Fiona Apple, Janis Joplin and Stevie Nicks. The Arizona songstress with a Dutch name (pronounced "Awn-uh-MEEK") is known for her unorthodox guitar style, carefully crafted lyrics and powerful vocal performances.

Songs feature a memorable melody woven into a quintessentially rhythmic and jazz-influenced guitar part, while the poignant and sometimes sultry lyrics range from intimate to grandiose, but always slice like a knife. Vocals nimbly sweep between sweet, tender moments and soulful anthems, with a little twang of the prairie in between. She performs regularly as a solo artist, with her band Treasurefruit and as the upright bassist of Las Chollas Peligrosas. Quinn will be debuting some new material and answering your questions during the stream!



Tuesday Morning Music & Tea - online edition

co-presented with ASU School of Music

Neilson Chen, piano

Michelle Kim, piano

Ying Jin, mezzo-soprano

Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 10:30 a.m.

Watch at https://youtube.com/asukerr or https://facebook.com/asukerr/live













gather: a live online storytelling event

Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m.

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Storytellers Steve Adelman, Drew Drake and Chandra Crudup circle up with guest host Ruchi Kalra. This month's theme is "Remember When." Send in your questions during the stream for our post-show Q&A!







AJ Odneal

Beams: a live online music series

Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m.

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She’s back! Uplifting Arizona indie folk-pop songstress AJ Odneal, the very first artist to kick off our Beams live online music series several moons ago, returns with more sweet original tunes. We’ve all grown a bit since that first show and are so proud to welcome Odneal to take over the Beams stream again with her positive energy. She channels her diverse jazz and folk-inspired sound through her wonderful introspective vocals, soothing guitar and ukulele, and will be broadcasting from her space to yours. Hook up your best headphones or speakers to optimize this experience, and send your positive thoughts and questions for our performer during the stream. Viva Arizona musicians!







SPECIAL PROGRAM:

TUNING UP

featuring Nokuthula Ngwenyama and ASU Institute Professor and Professor of Practice

Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

Debut and discussion of “Finding the Dream,” composed by Ngwenyama

Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m.

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Violist and composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama unites with violinist/composer/educator Daniel Bernard Roumain for a special volley of music and discussion. These world-class artists will discuss how classical music is positioned in a world awakened to the need of a complex tune-up in equity, opportunity and representation.



Ngwenyama debuts her new work, “Finding the Dream,” inspired by Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and recent victims of police brutality. Roumain provides musical counterpoint to the piece and elaborates on issues of moral amnesia, the urgent need for embracing systemic change, classical music’s lack of recognition of people of color past and present, and the trauma it can inflict. Send in your thoughts and questions during the show for a special Q&A and conversation with the artists.









ASU Kerr is a historic Valley venue that is part of ASU Cultural Affairs. Our small staff and facility strive to present a diverse mix of live music, storytelling and theater in order share the unique perspectives of local, national and international artists. World music, indie folk, jazz, soul, baroque pop and more grace our stage each season. We currently produce free live streamed events to give greater access to music and storytelling programs, providing performance opportunities for artists and maintaining the connection between ASU Kerr, audiences, the arts and one another.

We are shouldering unprecedented costs in creating paid performance opportunities for artists that are free to the public during the venue's temporary hiatus. As a self-sustaining venue, our only income streams are ticket sales, rental bookings, concessions and the contributions of donors.

Consider helping sustain ASU Kerr with a donation to the venue. We are doing our best to bring the joy of music and the arts to you in new ways, and hope those able to financially support the venue's mission of Connecting Communities™ will do so. Your help is vital in ensuring that the shows will go on--online for now--and in person once it is safe for us to gather again.

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Want to speak about a larger gift or include ASU Kerr in your estate planning? Contact Tim Walling at tim.walling@asu.edu or 480-965-9915 to learn more about how you can assist ASU Kerr at this important time!