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Free Event ASIAN IMPROV aRTS CO-PRESENTS THE FRANCIS WONG TRIO with TATSU AOKI, MELODY TAKATA AND SPECIAL GUEST, GRAND MASTER FROM JAPAN, CHIZURU KINEYA

Performing Arts
In Person
Laurel Heights Campus, The View
3333 Calif. St San Francisco, California, United States of America

Date: July 25, 2012

Time: noon – 1 p.m.



The Francis Wong Trio will appear as part of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) 25th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration,
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at the Laurel Heights Campus, The View, 3333 California Street, San Francisco, California, from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.  Admission is free. 
 
The performance is presented by the Asian Pacific American Systemwide Alliance, the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and Asian Improv aRts. It features Francis Wong on saxophone, Tatsu Aoki on shamisen and bass, Melody Takata on taiko, and special guest, Grand Master Chizuru Kineya (from Tokyo,
Japan) on shamisen. 


Francis Wong taiko Tatsu Aoki

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