Flushing Concerts Hit High Note This Weekend
Flushing gets the best of many art worlds this weekend with globally recognized musicians and dancers performing in two locations. On September 20th, Flushing Town Hall hosts Crossing Frets for Tapping, a cross-cultural live improvisation featuring virtuoso Chinese pipa player Min Xiao-Fen (above), Korean komungo player Jin Hi Kim (a Guggenheim Fellow in Music Composition)…
Flushing gets the best of many art worlds this weekend with globally recognized musicians and dancers performing in two locations. On September 20th, Flushing Town Hall hosts Crossing Frets for Tapping, a cross-cultural live improvisation featuring virtuoso Chinese pipa player Min Xiao-Fen (above), Korean komungo player Jin Hi Kim (a Guggenheim Fellow in Music Composition) and Max Pollak, who merged authentic Afro-Cuban music and dance with American rhythm tap and body music to create RumbaTap. Meanwhile on September 22nd, the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble (below) gives a free concert featuring music for brass quintet in the Cherry Circle. Garden attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable food to donate to City Harvest.
Details One: Crossing Frets for Tapping, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, September 20th, 8 pm, $15.
Details Two: St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main Street, Flushing, September 22nd, 4 pm, free.
Top photo by Min Xiao-Fen/FB; bottom photo by Orchestra of St. Luke’s
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