SF World Music & Presidio Officer's Club present
OVERTURE to THE SUN ARCHER

Long, long ago... Chinese hero HOU YI saved the earth from scorching by shooting down nine suns out of the sky with his bow and arrow. This famous Chinese legend 后羿射日 is where our story begins... Join us for the OVERTURE to THE SUN ARCHER, featuring the music of Taiwan, China, Azerbaijan, India, & Uzbekistan.

JUNE 18, 2016, 7 – 9 PM
Presidio Officer's Club
San Francisco
This is a FREE Event

Featuring:
Wang Wei, Chinese percussion
Imamyar Hasanov, Azerbaijani kamancha
Anuradha Sridhar, South Indian Carnatic violin
Abbos Kosimov, Uzbekistani percussion
Shriram Brahmanandam, South Indian Percussion
Ma Lan, Beijing Opera jinghu
Chen Mengliang, Taiwanese Opera erhu
Trinity Center for Music

THE SUN ARCHER, a new production by Michael J. Santoro, is a full-length global Chinese Opera at the intersection of culture, technology, and social justice, currently set to debut in 2017 in San Francisco and 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan. Become an interactive audience participant and join our Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 experimental sessions to help our hero save the earth!