*Contact: jen@jenshyu.com
Performances
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UNARTIG'S video feature on "RAGING WATERS, RED SANDS,", "JADE TONGUE,"
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Steve Coleman
Presents ~ Every Monday at the Jazz
Gallery
(Starting September 2009 for next season)
290 Hudson St.
(btwn Spring & Dominick)
tel: 212.242.1063
tix: $15 general, $10 members
9:00pm to midnight
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Time Out by David Adler
All About Jazz by Wilbur MacKenzie
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
April - July 2010 Research trip in East Timor, with support
by Jerome Foundation
:::RAGING WATERS, RED SANDS:::
Monday, July 26, 2010, 8:00pm - 9:00pm
@ Local 269, NY, NY, 269 Houston
St (between Avenue A & Essex St),
New York, NY 10002
Jen Shyu, composition, voice, dance, er hu
Satoshi
Haga, dance & choreography
Oscar Noriega, clarinets
Chris Dingman, vibes
Mat Maneri, viola
Satoshi
Takeishi, percussion
~Poetry by Patrícia
Magalhães
Poems
here: The water god, in anger, cuts a hole in the sky.
The sky opens. Rain pours out like a river, submerging the earth,
allotting one man the fate to choose between saving his villagers from
the flooding waters or being loyal to his wife and yet unborn
son.
Notions of love, existence, and universal versus
personal obligation are tested in this modern myth based on an ancient
narrative form called “Shuo-chang,” literally meaning “speak-sing” in
Mandarin Chinese. The narrative mixes Portuguese, Tetum, English,
Taiwanese, and Mandarin interchangeably with the sound and space of
voice (Jen Shyu, composer), dance (Satoshi Haga, choreographer), viola
(Mat Maneri), clarinet (Oscar Noreiga), vibraphone (Chris Dingman),
and percussion (Satoshi Takeishi). Poetry by Patrícia
Magalhães, commissioned by the Jazz Gallery with support from
the Jerome Foundation, premiered December 4 & 5, 2009 at the Jazz
Gallery.
:::JOHN HEBERT 's RAMBLING
CONFESSIONS:::
Saturday, August 7, 2010, 9pm & 10:30pm, Jazz Gallery
@ 290 Hudson between Spring & Dominick, NY, NY
:::STEVE
COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS::: European Tour:
Astronomical/Astrological Music Project
September 25 Viersen, Germany
September 30 Midellburg,
Netherlands
October 5
Neuburg, Germany, Venue: Birdland Jazz Club
October 7
Aix-en-Provence, France
October 9
Blagnac (Tolouse), France
:::STONE
SEMINAR::: JEN SHYU ~ HIDDEN MUSICAL TRADITIONS OF EAST
TIMOR, TAIWAN, AND CHINA AND THE CONTEXT OF IMPROVISATION AND
COMPOSITION WITHIN
Monday, October 25, 2010, 7pm - 9pm/9:30pm,
$20
@ The
Stone, Avenue C and 2nd Street, NYC
Mixture of presentation of research fieldwork recordings, live
performance, and Q/A, followed by workshop (instrumentalists and
vocalists should be prepared to play should they wish to)
:::JEN SHYU SOLO ~ INNER CHAPTERS:::
Sunday, October 31, 2010, 10pm, $10
@ The Stone, Avenue C and 2nd Street, NYC
I'll be bringing to the Stone my solo project “Inner
Chapters”--original music for solo voice, piano, Taiwanese moon lute,
er hu, and East Timorese lakado. Languages: English, Spanish,
Portuguese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Tetum, Piniyumayan (also known as
“Puyuma”) dialect.
:::JEN SHYU SOLO ~ INNER CHAPTERS:::
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ Vital Vox
Festival
:::JEN SHYU SOLO ~ INNER CHAPTERS:::
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 @ Barbes
376 9th Street @ 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PAST PERFORMANCES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Target® Free Thursdays, David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center,
Broadway between 62nd and 63rd
**Friends, please come early (even 7:30 - 8pm) to grab a seat, as this
popular series fills up quickly w/ the public
Jen Shyu,
compositions, vocals, piano, moon guitar, dance
Justin Brown,
drums
Jonathan
Finlayson, trumpet
Drew Gress,
bass
~~~~~~~~~~WEST COAST TOUR~~~~~~~~
April 3, 2010
JEN
SHYU: Solo performance
@ Taiwanese
American Center of Northern California
San Jose, CA
April 4, 2010, ** 7:00pm!! **, $12 - $15 MARK DRESSER +
JEN SHYU DUO
@ Red
Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom St, San Francisco,
CA,
Reservations: (415) 826-2402
April 6, 2010, 11am - 12:30pm JEN
SHYU: Solo performance/lecture @ UC Berkeley
Myra Melford's contemporary improvisation
class
April 6, 2010, 2:30pm - 5pm JEN
SHYU: Solo performance/lecture @ Mills College
Roscoe Mitchell's composition seminar
April 8, 2010, 8pm, $12 JEN SHYU: Solo : Inner Chapters @ Cafe Metropol
**********Plant
a tree (!) by buying tix at:***********
http://www.inticketing.com/events/85262/Jen-Shyu
923 E. Third Street, Los Angeles,
CA 90013
April 9, 2010, 12pm
JEN SHYU: Solo performance/lecture @ CalArts
Wadada Leo Smith's
"Colloquium", Valencia, CA
~~~~~~~~~~~~
March 26, 2010, 9pm, $10 RAGING WATERS,
RED SANDS
@ McCARREN HALL, 98
Bayard, BROOKLYN, NY - followed by Jackson
Moore's ensemble
Jen Shyu, composition, voice, dance, er hu
Satoshi
Haga, dance & choreography
Ivan Barenboim, clarinet
Chris Dingman, vibes
Daniel Levin, cello
Satoshi
Takeishi, percussion
~Poetry by Patrícia
Magalhães
Poems
here: The water god, in anger, cuts a hole in the sky.
The sky opens. Rain pours out like a river, submerging the earth,
allotting one man the fate to choose between saving his villagers from
the flooding waters or being loyal to his wife and yet unborn
son.
Notions of love, existence, and universal versus
personal obligation are tested in this modern myth based on an ancient
narrative form called “Shuo-chang,” literally meaning “speak-sing” in
Mandarin Chinese. The narrative mixes Portuguese, Tetum, English,
Taiwanese, and Mandarin interchangeably with the sound and space of
voice (Jen Shyu, composer), dance (Satoshi Haga, choreographer), cello
(Daniel Levin), clarinet (Ivan Barenboim), vibraphone (Chris Dingman),
and percussion (Satoshi Takeishi). Poetry by Patrícia
Magalhães, commissioned by the Jazz Gallery with support from
the Jerome Foundation, premiered December 4 & 5, 2009 at the Jazz
Gallery.
(March 18 - 21: Recording Anthony Braxton's opera "Trillium E" @
Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY)
March 6, 2010, 10pm, $10
AMNIOTIC: new
post-psychedelia group
@ COCO66, 66
Greenpoint Ave. Brooklyn,
NY (TwinSister & Jerseyband also on the bill!)
Bobby Previte (drums), Jamie Saft (bass &
keyboards), and Jen Shyu (voice), Knox
Chandler (guitar)
All the info you need: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=318842758677&ref=mf
February 18, 2010, 8:30pm JEN SHYU Solo: INNER CHAPTERS
@ CORNELIA STREET CAFE, 29 Cornelia Street, NY, NY
Jen
Shyu, compositions, vocals, piano, moon
guitar, dance
February 6, 2010, 8:00pm SOLO AND DUO: WU FEI / JEN
SHYU
Dongchengqu Xinzhongdong Road NO. 3
Dongwaigongguan Buliding1, 2nd floor, Room 208
Subway: Donsishitiao Station, Exit B
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良社电话：010-64176292 邮箱：liangshemusic@126.com
活动时间：2010年2月6号 晚8：00
入场价格：30元（免费无限量提供热茶和冰可乐）
February 4, 2010, 9:00pm
JADE TONGUE - BEIJING + TERRY HSIEH COLLECTIVE
@ D-22,
Beijing, China
门票: 30 RMB / 20 RMB 学生 for students
242
Chengfu Lu, WuDaoKou, Line 13 (WuDaoKou)
星期四，2010年2月4日，晚上9点
D-22
: 242 成府路， 五道口
Tel: 010.6265.3177
Jade Tongue (Beijing)
Jen Shyu 徐秋雁, compositions, vocals, dance
Yang Ming 杨明, trombone
Gaber文智涌, trumpet
Xia Jia夏佳 , piano
Zhang Ke张柯, bass
+
Terry Hsieh, trombone
Gabe Pollack, trumpet
Tim Bennett, saxes
Michael King, piano
Daniel Stein, bass
Alex Morris, drums
January 26, 2010, 9:00pm (jam session to follow)
JADE TONGUE - BEIJING + TERRY HSIEH COLLECTIVE
@ JIANG HU PUB BAR 江湖
JiaoDaoKou South Street Dong Mian Hua HuTong No. 7
Beixinqiao or Zhangzizhong Lu Subway (Line 5)
Www.jianghu.bj.cn
Tel: 010-64014611
Jade Tongue (Beijing)
Jen Shyu 徐秋雁, compositions, vocals, dance
Nathaniel Gao高太行, alto sax
Gaber文智涌, trumpet
Xia Jia夏佳 , piano
Zhang Ke张柯, bass
+
Terry Hsieh, trombone
Gabe Pollack, trumpet
Tim Bennett, saxes
Michael King, piano
Daniel Stein, bass
Alex Morris, drums
January 16, 2010
James Carney
Group "Middle Kingdom"
Puffin
Foundation, Teaneck, NJ
January 12, 2010, 7 - 9:30pm JEN
SHYU & JADE TONGUE
55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, NY, NY
Jen Shyu, compositions, vocals, Rhodes,
moon
guitar, dance
JD Allen, tenor sax
Shane Endsley, trumpet
Miles Okazaki, guitar
Dan Weiss, drums
January 5, 2010, 9:30pm
JEN
SHYU solo: INNER CHAPTERS
Korzo, 667 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, $7 Cover
Jen Shyu, compositions, vocals, piano, moon
guitar, dance
December 4 & 5, 2009, 9pm & 10:30pm @ Jazz Gallery
RAGING WATERS, RED SANDS ~ Premiere ~
290 Hudson St. between Spring & Dominick, NY, NY
Jen Shyu, composition, voice, dance, er hu
Satoshi Haga, dance
Ivan Barenboim, clarinet
Chris Dingman, vibes
Mat Maneri, viola
Satoshi Takeishi, percussion
~Poetry by Patrícia Magalhães
"The water god, in anger, cuts a hole in the sky.
The sky opens. Rain pours out like a river, submerging the earth,
allotting one man the fate to choose between saving his villagers from
the flooding waters or being loyal to his wife and yet unborn
son.
Notions of love, existence, and universal versus
personal obligation are tested in this modern myth based on an ancient
narrative form called “Shuo-chang,” literally meaning “speak-sing” in
Mandarin Chinese. The narrative mixes Portuguese, Tetum, English,
Taiwanese, and Mandarin interchangeably with the sound and space of
voice (Jen Shyu, composer), dance (Satoshi Haga, choreographer), viola
(Mat Maneri), clarinet (Ivan Barenboim), vibraphone (Chris Dingman),
and percussion (Satoshi Takeishi). Poetry by Patrícia
Magalhães, commissioned by the Jazz Gallery with support from
the Jerome Foundation."
Europe tour w/
Steve Coleman & Five Elements
October 26 - November 18, 2009
28.10.2009
MONTPELLIER/France
29.10.2009
MONTPELLIER/France
30.10.2009 LAUSANNE/Switzerland, Casino de
Montbenon
01.11.2009
LIENZ/Austria
02.11.2009 INNSBRUCK/Austria, Treibhaus
03.11.2009 FERRARA/Italy, Jazzclub Ferrara
04.11.2009 MAROSTICA/Italy, Panic Jazz Club
05.11.2009 WIEN/Austria, Porgy & Bess Jazz
& Music Club
07.11.2009 GDANSK/Poland, Klub Zak
09.11.2009 PARIS/France, New Morning
10.11.2009
CAEN/France
11.11.2009
NEVERS/France
12.11.2009 SAARBRÜCKEN/Germany,
Congresshalle Saarbrücken/Saal Ost
13.11.2009 GENK/Belgium, Casino Modern
16 & 17.11.2009, 10 am to 5:30
pm Lucerne, Switzerland, Lucerne
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Artist-in-residence
workshops
October 24, 2009, 8pm AMNIOTIC:
Bobby Previte's new post-psychelia trio
Bobby Previte (drums), Jamie Saft (bass &
keyboards), and Jen Shyu (voice) @ Issue
Project Room, NY, NY
October 13, 2009, 8pm
MEANS OF EGRESS: Evolving
Voice Series
Jen Shyu (vocals, dance), Ben Monder
(guitar), Mat Ma
neri (viola), Satoshi Haga (dance)
@ Local 269, NY, NY, 269 Houston St (between Avenue A & Essex St),
New York, NY 10002
October 3, 2009, 7pm
Houston Taiwanese Center,
Houston, TX
September 29, 2009, 8pm
Literaturhaus
@ Copenhagen, Denmark (70 DKK, 50 DKK for students)
Jen Shyu (vocals, dance, moon guitar), Jonathan
Finlayson (trumpet), Daniel Franck (bass)
September 17 - 20, 2009
Strasbourg, France w/
Steve Coleman & Five
Elements
August 28 - September 13, 2009 Jade Tongue solo tour in
Taiwan, with support from Qiong Ma Yuan
Taipei: August 28 @
Riverside / August 29 @ Taipei Artists Village
Hengchun: September 2 - 8:
Henghcun Gongshang, Manjou Guoxiao, Hengchun Guoxiao, DaGuang Guoxiao,
Hengchun Guozhong, Changle Guoxiao, Yonggang Guoxio, Manjou Guoshang
September 9, 7pm: Henghcun Folk
Song Exhibition Hall courtyard
July / August 2009
Research
in China & collaboration with Wu
Na, master guqin player
~Sunday,
August 23, 2009, 7pm Jen Shyu : Jade Tongue solo
Bookworm (Building 4, Nan Sanlitun Road, Chao
Yang District, Beijing, 100027, P.R. China (www.beijingbookworm.com)
Jen Shyu, piano, vocals, moon guitar, dance
Special guests: Wu Fei, guzheng
& Yang Ming, trombone
~Thursday,
July 30, 2009, 7pm Jen
Shyu : Jade Tongue solo
(private CD Release)
FREE concert, new CD "Jade Tongue" available for purchase
Steinway & Sons piano showroom (see the big sign with piano keys
above shop)
Shop 105: 88 Guang Qu Men Nei
Chong Wen (Subway Line 5, CIQIKOU stop, Exit D (South-West exit), turn
right onto Guang Qu Men Inner Street)
Jen Shyu, piano, vocals, moon
guitar, dance
Special guest: Nathaniel Gao,
alto saxophone
~Thursday,
July 23, 2009, 3pm
Wu Na (guqin), Yan Jun
(electronics), Zeng Xiaogang (guiqin), Jen Shyu (vocals)
~Sunday, July 12, 2009, 7pm, Free Admission
"Plucked Strings": Kit Young (piano), Mathias
Boegner (violin), and Wu Na (guqin), and special
guest, Jen Shyu (vocalist) @ Steinway & Sons, Shop 105, 88 Guang Qu
Men Nei, Chong Wen (Ciqikou stop, Line 5)
Reservations: English: gitameit@gmail.com, 152-0102-9089, Chinese:
010-67164658
July 1, 2009, 8pm
LIVE RECORDING! Jade Tongue solo @ the Stone
(July curated by Brandon Ross)
****Live recording performance of
vocalist/composer/multi-instrumentalist Jen Shyu, presenting new solo
material for voice, piano, moon lute, and er hu, in languages including
English, Portuguese, Spanish,Taiwanese, and Mandarin.****
June 25, 2009, 8pm
Jade Tongue solo @ Cafe
Metropol: LOS ANGELES, CA
Buy tickets (ONE TREE PLANTED PER
TICKET):
http://www.inticketing.com/events/39356/Jen-Shyu
June 24, 2009, time TBD
Performing the music for Serena
Lin's play @ East West
Players, LA, CA
June 20, 2009, 8 & 9:30pm
Jade Tongue @ An die Musik
409 N Charles St, BALTIMORE, MD 21201
Jen Shyu (vocals,
piano, moon guitar), Thomas Morgan (bass), Miles Okazaki (guitar),
Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
June 16, 2009, 7-9pm
Jade Tongue @ 55 Bar
Jen Shyu (vocals,
piano, moon guitar), Thomas Morgan (bass), Shane Endsley (trumpet), Dan
Weiss (drums), David Binney (alto sax)
June 14, 5pm!, 2009
STEVE
COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS @ Northside Music Festival
June 12 & 13, 2009, 9 & 10:30 Miles Okazaki's "Generations" CD Release @ Jazz Gallery
May 21, 2009, 9 & 10:30pm
Jade Tongue @ Jazz Gallery
290 Hudson St., NY, NY
Jen Shyu (vocals,
piano, moon guitar), David Binney (sax), Shane Endsley (trumpet) Thomas
Morgan (bass), Miles Okazaki (guitar), Dan Weiss (drums)
West Coast Tour ~ Jade Tongue / Mark Dresser & Jen Shyu Duo
May 18, 2009, 11am
Duo
with Mark Dresser @ UC
San Diego
May 16, 2009, 7:30pm
Jade Tongue @ Taiwanese
American
C.C.
7170 Convoy Court, San Diego, CA,
Jen Shyu (vocals,
piano, moon guitar), Thomas Morgan (bass), Dan Weiss (drums)
May 15, 2009, 8pm
Jen Shyu:Jade
Tongue solo ~ EAST BAY CD RELEASE
@ the Jazz
School
2087 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704
May 14, 2009, 8pm
Jen Shyu:Jade Tongue
solo ~ SAN FRANCISCO CD RELEASE
@ Red
Poppy Art House
$15 suggested donation
2698 Folsom Street @ 23rd Street, SF,
CA 94110
May 13, 2009, 7pm
Mark Dresser (bass)/ Jen Shyu (vocals, dance)
Duo
*In the Mood for Food
concert/dinner series
Oakland, CA 94607
Enjoy Phil Gelb's delicious homemade
vegetarian cooking:
$55/person for the 4 course meal and concert
Contact Phil at philipgelb dot com for
location & information
May 8 & 9, 2009
Positive Catastrophe CD Release
(Taylor Ho Bynum & Aib Gomez-Delgado)
May 2, 2009
w/ Jim Carney
group
May 1, 2009, 6:30pm! TOUR PREVIEW: Jen Shyu:Jade Tongue solo @ Kampo Cultural Center, NYC
April 1 - 12, 2009
STEVE
COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS West
Coast Tour
February/March 2009
[Sabbatical]
February 7, 2009
with STEVE
COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS
Belarusian Church, 401 Atlantic Avenue (at Bond
Street), Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY
Steve Coleman (alto sax), Tim Albright (trombone), Jonathan Finlayson
(trumpet), Miles Okazaki (guitar), Jen Shyu (vocals)
The Stone, Avenue C and 2nd Street, NYC ~ January curated by Craig
Taborn www.thestonenyc.com
January 28, 2009, 10pm
Miles Okazaki (guitars)
& Jen Shyu (vocals) duo
Programme: Material from
recent projects, as well as new compositions
written for this occasion including texts by Brazilian poet
Patrícia
Magalhães. Languages: English, Portuguese, Taiwanese,
Mandarin.
January 24, 2009, 8pm
JEN SHYU
&
JADE TONGUE CD RELEASE
The Stone, Avenue C and 2nd Street, NYC ~ January curated by Craig
Taborn www.thestonenyc.com
Programme: Original music to text by Esteban Montejo (from
Autobiography of a Runaway Slave), Chinese indentured laborers (from
Cuba Commission Report,1876), Li Bai, Meng Jiao, Yang Wu Bin Mei, Shyu.
Languages: English, Spanish, Taiwanese, Mandarin.
David Binney (alto saxophone)
David Bryant (piano)
Thomas Morgan (bass)
Miles Okazaki (guitars)
Dan Weiss (drums)
January 17, 2009, 8pm
Dave Burrell
(piano) & Jen Shyu (vocals) duo
January 10, 2009, 1:30am
Winter Jazz Fest w/ Positive
Catastrophe @ Kenny's Castaways, NYC
STEVE
COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS
November 14, 2008
Centro Cultural Vila Flor,
Guimarães, Portugal
November 15, 2008
Culturgest - Edificio Sede da CGD,
Lisbon, Portugal
November 7, 2008 Jade Tongue solo @ Sappho Taipei, Taiwan
September - November 2008 TAIWAN
RESEARCH TRIP
September 6, 2008 Jade Tongue ~ North American Taiwanese
Medical Association conference, Marriott @ EWR
August 19 @ 9pm, 2008 Positive Catastrophe, Bowery Poetry Club
STEVE COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS
August 12, 2008 @ 11pm Piazza del Popolo (Open air), Berchidda, Sardegna
August 14, 2008 @ 9:30pm Piazza del Popolo, Polistena, Italy
August 6, 2008 @ 10pm Cornelia Street Cafe w/ Fay Victor (8pm), Yoon Sun Choi, and Kyoko Kitamura
August 4 @ 8pm, August 18 @ 9pm, 2008
Positive Catastrophe
Zebulon ~ 258 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY
STEVE COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS
July 24, 2008 Teatro Victoria Eugenia, San Sebastien/SPAIN
July 25, 2008 Bayerischer Hof Nightclub, Munich/GERMANY
July 26, 2008 Parc Floral de Paris / Espace Delta, FRANCE
Miles Okazaki ~ 4th Annual New Languages Festival
Thursday, June 12, 9pm @ The Living Theatre
21 Clinton Street, NY, NY, (212) 792-8050
One Night Pass: $10All-Festival Pass: $25
Miles Okazaki, guitar
David Binney, alto saxophone
Christof Knoche, saxophone
Jen Shyu, voice
Hans Glawischnig, bass
Dan Weiss, drums
Wu Na ------ What is singing
Traditional and experimental works for the Qin (seven-stringed
Chinese zither)
Tuesday, June 10, 8:30pm @ Roulette Space
20 Greene Street (between Canal & Grand in SOHO), NY, NY
Reservations/Tickets: 212.219.8242
Admission: $15 / Harvestworks and DTW members, Students & Seniors:
$10
Roulette members / Location One members: free.
Wu Na, guqin
Jen Shyu, voice
Yin Mei, dance
The Qin, or guqin, is a seven-stringed zither with a 3,000-year history
in China. What is singing is a project that Wu Na began in
2007. This name is inspired by one of the oldest anonymous Qin
compositions, “Shen Ren Chang” (“Freedom of the Sage”). “What is
singing” means: there is no restriction on the Qin. It could be a
way to approach modern times, modern art or even modern life.
Jade
Tongue ~ Passport to
Taiwan, Union Square Park South, NYC
Sunday, May 25, time TBA (between 12 and 5pm)
14th Street & Broadway, NY, NY
Jen Shyu, compositions, vocals, dance
David Bryant, keyboard
Justin Brown, drums
Roulette ~ world premiere of "CRY OF
THE NOMAD" commissioned by Roulette with funds from the Jerome
Foundation
Friday, May 16, 2008, 8:30pm, 20 Greene Street, NY, NY
Reservations/Tickets: 212.219.8242
Jen Shyu, composition, vocals,
dance
Jennifer Choi, violin
Rubin Kodheli, cello
Mat Maneri, viola
Thomas Morgan, bass
Miles Okazaki, guitar
Satoshi Haga, dance, choreography
Themes of physical helplessness, spiritual displacement, isolation, and
forced love run through the lives of both ancient and recent ancestors
which merge in this ritual for voice, dance, and string ensemble.
The piece connects the characters of Shyu’s late Taiwanese grandfather
born in 1914 with Lady Wen-chi, a princess abducted by nomads
from her Han Dynasty kingdom around 195 A.D. The
commissioned work brings to life a fourteenth-century handscroll
painted to accompany the poetry of Liu Shang illustrating Lady
Wen-chi’s story; and intertwines it with a man’s 20th-century life
culminating in spiritual quest. Commissioned by Roulette with
funds provided by the Jerome Foundation.
Kampo Cultural Center ~ Jade Tongue solo &
with Pheeroan Aklaff Ensemble
Wednesday, May 14, 7pm
31 Bond Street, NY, NY
Live performance on WKCR ~ 89.9FM
~ Jen Shyu (vocals/compositions) & Miles Okazaki (guitar)
April 27, 10pm – 11pm
Stream from the internet: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/
Cafe Metropol ~ Mark Dresser / Jen Shyu
duo
April 20, 2008, 5pm
923 E. Third Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
2008 Annual NATWA Convention (North
America Taiwanese Women’s Association)
April 18, 2008 @ 8pm ~ April 19 @ 7:30pm
Westin Bonaventure Hotel, 404 S. Figueroa Street. Los Angeles, CA 90071
Jen Shyu, piano & vocals
STEVE COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS
March 21 & 22,
2008
Den Haag, Netherlands
May 4 - 12,
2008
Algeria & Senegal
Jade Tongue Solo ~ Bronx Council on the
Arts ~ Bronx Library Center
March 9, 2008, 3pm - 5pm
310 East Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY
2006 Bronx Recognizes Its Own music grantees concert & discussion
Jen Shyu, vocals, erhu, piano
Tea Lounge ~ Positive Catastrophe
Mondays, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 2008
8pm music, 9:30 movies
837 Union St., Brooklyn, NY 11215
Jazz Gallery ~ Positive Catastrophe
Friday, February 22, 2008
9 & 10:30pm, 290 Hudson St., NY, NY
A trans-idiomatic ten-piece
little big band, co-led by Taylor Ho Bynum
and Abraham Gomez-Delgado
Featuring:
Jen Shyu - voice, erhu
Mark Taylor - french horn
Reut Regev - trombone
Matt Bauder - tenor saxophone
Michael Attias - baritone
saxophone
Pete Fitzpatrick - electric
guitar
Keith Witty - acoustic bass
Chris Stromquist - drums
THB - cornet, compositions
AGD - percussion, voice,
compositions
Steve Coleman & Five Elements & Opus
Akoben
February 9, 2008 Son d'Hiver
Festival Paris, France
December 2007 & January 2008 - 2 month research / sabbatical in
Taiwan
BAMCafé Live ~ Jade Tongue
October 6, 2007, 9:00pm, NO COVER
Peter Jay Sharp Building
30 Lafayette Ave, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY
Jen Shyu, vocals, er hu,
piano
Shane Endsley, trumpet
Eivind Opsvik, acoustic bass
Miles Okazaki,
guitar
Marcus Gilmore, drums
Steve Coleman & the Mystic Rhythm Society
Columbia Harlem Festival of Global Jazz
September 28, 2007, 8pm
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue @ 104th St., NY, NY
Jazz Gallery ~ Jade Tongue
September, 27 2007, 2 sets 9:00pm & 10:30pm
290 Hudson Street (between Spring and Dominick)
NY, NY 10013, tel: 212.242.1063 for reservations
Cost : $12 ($10 members)
Jen Shyu, vocals, er hu,
movement
David Binney, alto saxophone
Shane Endsley, trumpet
Thomas Morgan, bass
Miles Okazaki, guitar
Dan Weiss, drums
Steve Coleman & Five Elements
September 8, 2007 La Villette
Festival Paris, France
Barbes ~ Jade Tongue
August 29, 2007, 10pm
376 9th Street @ 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Jen Shyu, vocals
David Bryant, piano
Shane Endsley, trumpet
Thomas Morgan, acoustic bass
Dan Weiss, drums
Cornelia Street Cafe ~ Jade Tongue
Cornelia Street Cafe ~ Jade Tongue
August 14, 2007, 8:30pm
29 Cornelia Street, NY, NY
Jen Shyu, vocals
David Bryant, piano
Shane Endsley, trumpet
Thomas Morgan, acoustic bass
Dan Weiss, drums
STEVE
COLEMAN
& FIVE ELEMENTS "Rhythm Edition"
June 30, 2007
LJUBLJANA/Slovenia
July 1, 2007
NOCERA INFERIORE (NA)/Italy ?
July 5, 2007
TRÉLAZÉ (Bretagne)/France
July 7, 2007
ROMA/Italy
July 8, 2007
CATANIA/Italy
July 11, 2007
ROTTERDAM/Netherlands, Lantaren
Venster
July 13, 2007
PRACHATICE/Czech Republic
Soomi Kim's LEE/GENDARY
First National Asian American Theatre Festival
Music composed & performed by Jen Shyu
June 19, 20, 21, 2007
Harold Clurman Theatre
410 West 42nd Street, NY, NY
Sebastian Noelle
June 10th, 5-6pm
St. Peter’s Jazz Vespers
619 Lexington Avenue @ 54th Street
Jen Shyu - voice
Johannes Lauer – trombone
Sebastian Noelle –
guitar/compositions
Dan Weiss - percussion
STEVE
COLEMAN
& FIVE ELEMENTS & Opus
Akoben
May 27, 2007
Moers, Germany
TRAVIS SULLIVAN : THE CASUAL SEXTET
Thursday, May 10, 2007, 9pm
Joe's Pub
http://www.joespub.com
Travis Sullivan, sax
Rez Abassi, guitar
Art Hirahara, piano
Brian Fishler, drums
Janek Gwizdala, bass
Jen Shyu, vocals
Jen Shyu : Jade Tongue - solo performance
Friday, April 27, 2007 10pm
Ingle Auditorium
Rochester Institute of Technology
Student Alumni Union Building
1 Lomb Memorial Drive
Henrietta, New York
~~~~~
March/April 5-week research trip in Taiwan
~~~~~
Jen Shyu : Jade Tongue - solo performance/talk
February 24, 2007, 4pm Taiwan Center, Flushing, New York
http://www.nytaiwancenter.us/
STEVE
COLEMAN
& FIVE ELEMENTS "Rhythm Edition"
February 2, 2007 MAUBEUGE/France, Centre Andre Malraux
February 3, 2007 MONTPELLIER/France, Salle Michel
Petrucciani
February 5, 2007 PARIS/France, New Morning
February 6, 2007 BARCELONA/Spain
February 7, 2007 MADRID/Spain
February 9, 2007 NANTES/France, Pannonica
Jen Shyu : Jade Tongue : "Ritual"
The Stone
January 28, 2007, 8pm & 10 pm
2nd Street & Avenue C, NY, NY
David Bryant, Rhodes
Shane Endsley, trumpet
Ben Gerstein (trombone)
Thomas Morgan, acoustic bass
Dan Weiss, drums
STEVE COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS @ The Stone
January 2, 2007 8 and 10 pm
Improv Night—a Stone Benefit
Steve Coleman (sax) John Zorn (sax) Jen Shyu (voice) Jonathon Finlayson (trumpet) Ikue Mori (electronics) Shanir Blumenkranz (bass)
January 12, 2007 8 and 10pm
The Human Voice: Jen Shyu, Lorin Benedict, Kyoko Kitamura, Judith Berkson, Yoon Sun Choi, Sonia Szajnberg, Fay Victor (voice) Steve Coleman (alto saxophone) Jonathan Finlayson (flugelhorn) Michael McGinnis (reeds)
January 3, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 31 Steve Coleman & Five Elements
Steve Coleman, alto saxophone
Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet
Tim Albright, trombone
Jen Shyu, vocals
Thomas Morgan, bass
Tyshawn Sorey, drums
& Marcus Gilmore (Jan. 14, 21)
Gerald Cleaver (Jan. 18)
Jen Shyu : Jade Tongue
Bar 4
Sunday, December 10, 2006, 8pm - 11pm
444 - 7th Avenue (Corner of 15th Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
David Bryant, keyboard
Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet
Marcus Gilmore, drums
Eivind Opsvik, bass
Jaleel Shaw, alto sax
STEVE COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS
Dec. 2, 2006 ISIM conference, Anne Arbor, Michigan
Jen Shyu : Jade Tongue
The
Stone
Thursday, November 2, 2006, 8pm
2nd Street & Avenue C, NY, NY
Jen Shyu, vocals, er hu, etc.
David Bryant, piano
Shane Endsley, trumpet
Eivind Opsvik, acoustic bass
Dan Weiss, drums
Steve Coleman & Five Elements
Jazz Gallery
Tuesday & Wednesday, Oct. 17 & 18
9:00pm, 10:30pm
290 Hudson St.
(btwn Spring & Dominick)
tel: 212.242.1063
Jen Shyu : Jade Tongue
55 Bar
September 26, 2006, 7pm (one set)
55 Christopher Street, NY, NY, (212) 929-9883
NO COVER, 1 drink minimum
Jen Shyu, vocals, er hu,
dance
David Bryant, Rhodes
Shane Endsley, trumpet
Thomas Morgan, acoustic bass
Dan Weiss, drums
STEVE
COLEMAN
& FIVE ELEMENTS
August 27, 2006 Saalfelden
Festival
August 28, 2006
Mallorca, Spain
August 30, 31, Sept 1 Sardegna, Italy (workshops)
September 1, 2006 Sardegna, Italy (concert)
September 2, 2006 La Villette Festival, Paris,
France
September 9, 2006 Guelph Festival, ON, Canada
LEE/GENDARY ~ Soomi Kim & Jen Shyu
Saturday, August 12th, 8:30 PM, PREMIERE
3 Legged Dog
80 Greenwich Street @ Rector, NY, NY
Steve
Coleman and Five Elements
July 16, 2006, 7pm
Museum of Modern Art Sculpture Garden
11 West 53rd Street (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), NY, NY 10019
FREE outdoor concert
Steve Coleman, alto sax
Tim Albright, trombone
Justin Brown, drums
Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet
Thomas Morgan, bass
Jen Shyu, vocals
LEE/GENDARY ~ Soomi Kim & Jen Shyu
Here Theatre
145 6th Ave (Entrance on Dominick), NY
10 artists, 10 minute showings
Soomi Kim & Jen Shyu perform
excerpts of LEE/GENDARY: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE PIECE BASED
ON AND INSPIRED BY THE LIFE OF BRUCE LEE, TOLD THROUGH THE SOUL OF A
WOMAN. **SAVE THE DATE: AUGUST 12TH, 8:30 PM, PREMIERE.......EXPERIENCE
THE WHOLE THING.
Steve
Coleman and Five Elements at the Jazz
Gallery
May 25, 26, 27, 2005
290 Hudson St.
(btwn Spring & Dominick)
tel: 212.242.1063
9:00pm and 10:30pm
Steve Coleman, alto sax
Tim Albright, trombone
Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet
Thomas Morgan, bass
Jen Shyu, vocals
Tyshawn Sorey, drums
Marcus Gilmore, drums
JEN SHYU Lecture/performance
Taiwanese American
Foundation of San Diego
May 13, 2006 Taiwanese American Community Center
7170
Convoy Court
San Diego, CA
92111
Tel:
(858) 560-8884
STEVE COLEMAN
& FIVE ELEMENTS
March 10, 2006 Bergamo, Italy
Personnel: Steve Coleman (alto sax), Tim Albright (trombone), Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet), Jen Shyu (vocals), Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
STEVE
COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS
Sons d'Hiver Festival
February 3, 2006, 8:30pm
Maison des Arts de Creteil
Place Salvador Allende
F-94000 Creteil
FRANCE
tel: +33.(0)1.45 13 19 15
Personnel: Steve
Coleman (alto sax), Tim Albright (trombone), Jonathan Finlayson
(trumpet), Thomas Morgan (bass),
Jen Shyu (vocals), Tyshawn Sorey (drums) ~~~~ & special
guests on percussion, "KONTRA" (Nei Sacramento, Felipe Alexsandro,
Luciano Silva)
51st
DREAM STATE - Sekou Sundiata
AARON DAVIS HALL
Fri., Jan. 20, 2006, 8:00 pm
$15 (Members $12.50); For more information on tickets call 212.650.7100
Preview the electrifying first act of Sekou Sundiata’s new work the
51st (dream) state. Against a backdrop of provocative imagery, an
all-star cast of musicians and singers join Sundiata to unite art and
civic dialogue that ignite questions of our American identity.
Aaron Davis Hall is located on the safe, secure and well-lit campus
of the City College of New York, between West 133rd and 135th Streets
on Convent Avenue. Convent Ave. is one block east of Amsterdam Ave. and
is the extension of Morningside Ave. beginning at 127th Street.
BIG BANG Series ~ Cornelia Street Cafe
Cornelia Street Cafe,
Monday, JAN. 16, 2006 @ 8:30pm
29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker and W. 4th)
(212) 989-9319
$10 cover plus $10 minimum
8:30 - Shunyata - Brian Moran (electronics), Matt
Hannafin (percussion), Cynthia Spencer (Zen Kado flower arranging)
9:30 - Jen Shyu (vocals/violin/movement); Soomi Kim (actor/performance
art) Lenora Lee (dance); Rubin Kodheli (cello)
***************************************************************************
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
JEN SHYU & ORIGINS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kavehaz, JAN. 5, 2006 @ 9:30pm – 12:30am
37 W. 26th St. btwn 6th ave. & Broadway, NY, NY
No Cover, $10 food/drink minimum
Jen Shyu, vocals
Carlo DeRosa, bass
Shane Endsley, trumpet
Marcus Gilmore, drums
Art Hirahara, piano
WINTER 2005 European Tour with Steve
Coleman and Mystic Rhythm Society
November 23 Novi Sad, Serbia
November 24 Nice, France - Centre Culturel de
Cimiez
November 25 Aulnay, (Paris-Banlieues)/France,
Le Cap
November 26 Reims, France - Chateau Pommery
November 30 Budapest, Hungary, Trafo - House of
Contemporary Arts
December 2 Lumezzane (Bresia), Italy
December 3 Sacile (Pordenone),
Italy - Teatro Zancanaro
December 6 Lugano, Switzerland
December 7 Zurich, Switzerland - Moods
December 8 Rubigen, Switzerland -
Mühle Hunziken
December 10 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
December 11 Coesfeld, Germany
Personnel: Steve
Coleman, Jen Shyu, Jonathan Finlayson, Tim Albright, Thomas Morgan,
Tyshawn Sorey, Mihaly Borbely, Miklos Lukacs, Zoltan Lantos, Gabor
Winand
SEKOU
SUNDIATA: 51st
(dream) state
Presented by Window on New Work
Aaron Davis Hall
West 135th St. & Convent Ave. @ The City College of New York
New York, NY 10031
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, 7:30pm
FREE, RSVP required
Call (212) 650-7100
Steve
Coleman and Five Elements at the Jazz
Gallery
October 27, 28, 29, 2005
290 Hudson St.
(btwn Spring & Dominick)
tel: 212.242.1063
tix: $15 general, $10 members
9:00pm and 10:30pm
Steve Coleman, alto sax
Tim Albright, trombone
Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet
Thomas Morgan, bass
Jen Shyu, vocals
Tyshawn Sorey, drums
LEE/GENDARY: A work inspired by Bruce
Lee, by Soomi Kim
Featuring Soomi Kim with Jen Shyu
Date and location TBA
WILLIAMSBURG
JAZZ FEST 2005 - Steve
Coleman and Five Elements
September 10, 2005, 11:00pm @ Galapagos
70 N 6th St (b/w Kent and Wythe)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: (718) 782-5188
Steve Coleman - alto saxophone
Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet
Tim Albright - trombone
Jen Shyu - vocals
Marcus Gilmore - drums
June 23, 24 Steve
Coleman and Five Elements at the Jazz
Gallery
290 Hudson St.
(btwn Spring & Dominick)
tel: 212.242.1063
tix: $15 general, $10 members
9:00pm and 10:30pm
Steve Coleman, alto sax
Tim Albright, trombone (first
night only)
Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet
Thomas Morgan, bass
Jen Shyu, vocals
Tyshawn Sorey, drums
May 21 Hartford, CT The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Aetna Theater
600 Main St.
Hartford, CT 06103
(presented by the Hartford Jazz Society)
SPRING 2005 European Tour with Steve Coleman and Five Elements
April 1 Amiens, France Festival
d'Amiens Musiques de Jazz, M.C.A. Grand Theatre
April 4 Saint-Denis, France
University Paris Christel (workshop)
April 5 Strasbourg, France Le
Cheval Blanc
April 7 Madrid, Spain Sala Latinarte
April 8 Castellon (Valencia), Spain
Auditorio y Palacio de Congresos de Castellon
April 9 Toulon, France Espace
Culturel Andre Malra
April 10 Mantova, Italy Teatro
Bibiena
April 11 Marghera, Italy Al Vapore
snc
April 12 Imola, Italy Teatro
dell'Osservanza
April 13 Tremblay en France, France
Banlieues Bleues Festival, Centre Culturel Aragon
April 14 Carthago, Tunisia
Acropolium
April 15 Les Ulis, France Centro
Culturel Boris Vian
April 16 Bucharest, Romania
Radiohall Bucarest
April 20 Berlin, Germany A-Trane
April 22 Wroclaw, Poland Import Art
Center
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
European Tour with Steve
Coleman and Five Elements and special guests
October 19 Nancy, France / Chapiteau de la Pepiniere
October 20 Paris, France SMC '04 (Sound and Music Computing) / IRCAM,
Espace de projection
October 21 Ravensburg, Germany / Linse Weingarten
October 22 Bourla, Switzerland / Het Toneelhuis SON, Bourla
Theater
October 23 Warsaw, Poland / Congress Hall Warsaw
October 25 Wien, Austria / Porgy & Bess Jazz & Music Club
October 27 Marostica, Italy / Panic Jazz Club
October 28 Zurich, Switzerland / Moods Jazz Club
October 29 Lausanne, Switzerland / Casino de Montbenon
October 31 Milano, Italy / Teatro Manzoni with Magic
Malik
November 1 Napoli, Italy / Teatro Mediterraneo
November 2 Roma, Italy / La Palma
November 6 Sarajevo, Bosnia / Dom Policije
November 10 Budapest, Hungary / Trafo
November 12 Pontoise, France / Theatre de Louvrais
November 14 Meldola, Italy / Teatro Dragoni
November 15 London, England / Jazzcafe
November 16 Mouscron, Belgium / Centre Culturel Marius StaQ
Personnel:
Dafnis Prieto - drums
Nelson Veras - guitar
Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet
Yunior Terry - bass
Tim Albright - trombone
Jen Shyu - vocals
Plus guests....
Steve
Coleman and The Mystic Rhythm Society
September 3 Ouro Preto, Brazil Ouro Preto Festival (clinic)
September 4 Ouro Preto, Brazil Ouro Preto Festival
Steve
Coleman and Five Elements
August 28 Saalfelden,
Austria Internationales Jazz Festival
Saalfelden
July 3 Torbole, Italy Teatro
Tenda
July 5 Schwaz, Austria
Eremitage
July 6 Mogliano, Italy Piazzetta
del Teatro
July 7 Tivoli, Italy Villa di
Adriano
July 8 Prato, Italy Anfiteatro
Centro Pecci
July 9 Fano, Italy Corte
Malatestiana
July 12 Paris, France Le
Triptyque
July 13 Paris, France Le
Triptyque
July 15 Madrid, Spain Jardin
Botanico de la Universidad
July 17 Souillac, France Place
Pierre Betz
July 19 Munich, Germany Bayerischer
Hof
July 21 Oristano, Italy Piazza
Corrias
July 22 Marseille, France Jardins
des Palais Longchamp
July 24 Roma, Italy Villa
Celimontana
June 8 Burlington, VT Discover
Jazz Festival - Steve Coleman and Five Elements
West Coast Tour with Steve
Coleman and Five Elements
West coast tour with Steve Coleman and Five Elements:
(www.m-base.com)
April 21 Seattle, WA
Triple
Door
April 22 Seattle, WA
Triple
Door
April 23 San Francisco, CA Bruno's
April 24 Berkeley, CA
Jazzschool Clinic
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm &
April 24 San Francisco, CA Bruno's
April 25 San Francisco, CA Bruno's
April 26 Berkeley, CA
Jazzschool Clinic 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
April 27 Los Angeles, CA
REDCAT
April 28 Los Angeles, CA
California Institute of the Arts
(CalArts)
April 29 Los Angeles, CA
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
April 30 Los Angeles, CA
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
April 30 Los Angeles, CA
REDCAT
May 2 Portland, OR
Fez
Ballroom
May 3 Santa Cruz, CA
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
May 11 US US CD release of
Lucidarium
Personnel:
Dafnis Prieto - drums
Craig Taborn - piano
Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet
Yunior Terry - bass
Jen Shyu - vocals
Jen Shyu Quintet, world premiere of The Chinese-Cuban Question
Thursday, April 15, 2004, Reception and Exhibit 5pm to 9pm (TBD)
Jen Shyu Quintet's live installation at 6pm to 7pm
Compton-Goethals Hall, City College of New York
Convent @ W. 140th Street, Manhattan, NYC
Photo, Art, and Multimedia Exhibition of Chinese in Latin America
Admission FREE
Jen Shyu - vocals, violin, dance
Goussy Célestín - piano, dance
Christopher Dean Sullivan – (Center Search Quest) bass artisan
Ken Yamazaki - percussion
Ibrahim Gonzalez - congas