AAPI Jazz Fest 2022

15 Washington Street,Newark NJ 07102

22 May, 2022

Description

The inaugural 2022 AAPI Jazz Festival, held at Rutgers Newark, features a wide variety of AAPI identifying jazz musicians and voices. The AAPI Jazz Fest celebrates the pan-Asian jazz community and its ongoing, vital presence in the music world. We seek to honor the past, present, and future, highlighting the depth and breadth of the varied Asian American artists and communities that are committed to expressing themselves through this unique art form and its derivations. The inaugural 2022 AAPI Jazz Festival is the first of its kind on the East Coast and a timely celebration that will coincide with AAPI Heritage Month each May. This FREE indoor festival will feature a unique intersection of distinctive, multigenerational AAPI artists of varying jazz styles. Livestream option available on Institute of Jazz Studies, Yardbird Entertainment, and Bravesound Facebook pages. Festival Lineup (Times TBA): Helen SungLisa LiuJulius TolentinoVictor LinTyler KaneshiroAAPI Jazz CollectiveKevin SunAustin ZhangAce WilliamsBirsa ChatterjeeFestival Extensions Include: Main Event Stage (Great Hall)Second Performance Stage (Clement's Place)Panel discussions throughout the day highlighting important AAPI issues and topicsNetworking opportunities for young professionalsAn annual recognition of AAPI jazz masters such as Toshiko AkiyoshiOpportunities to learn about and support important AAPII civil rights and advocacy organizations such Asian Americans Advancing Justice Covid Policy: Either proof of vaccine or a negative PCR test (within 72 hours) are required to enter the buildingMore information to be posted here in the near future. Please RSVP if you're interested in attending! Quartet+ is made possible with support from The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and with the support of the Jazz Coalition Commission Fund. Helen Sung Group is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization.