Photo credit: Katie Medrano - Escobar
Bring your families, come by after work and join Pao Arts Center and the Greenway Conservancy for a series of family-friendly concerts and performances. Stop by your favorite Chinatown eatery, grab a snack or dinner, and discover a new creative performer!
Performances will be in the same location as the weekly Greenway Play Sessions, featuring books, games, and more!
This program is part of the Rediscover The Greenway series. Funding and support for this program is provided by abutting property owners who serve as members of the Greenway Business Improvement District (BID). The Greenway BID plays an essential role in supporting an appealing, accessible, and vibrant experience for all that visit The Greenway to gather, relax, unwind, and explore
Schedule of Performances:
CANCELLED due to Rain Thursday, August 5 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm | Ava Sophia .
Thursday, August 12 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm | Leona Cheung (Collaborative Piano) with Aurora Martin, and David Rivera . View program.
LOCATION CHANGE - Due to extreme heat advisory 8/12/2021 concert will be moved indoors. Masks required regardless of vaccination status.
CANCLEED due to Rain Thursday, August 19 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm | Jennifer Lin (Korean Drum Dance), violinviiv (Electric Violin)
Thursday, August 26 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm | aznjujube (Lo-fi beats)
Thursday, September 2 | 5:00-7:00 pm | Rain Date - Ava Sophia and violinviiv (Electric Violin)
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
August 5 | Ava Sophia
Laid-back R&B feels and emotionally-driven honest lyrics are what define Boston-based singer/songwriter, Ava Sophia. In October 2019, Ava released her debut EP, “To See and Hear Hxrself”, a project dedicated to exploring the relationship between femininity and vulnerability, and empowering women/femmes of color to feel and express our emotions to the fullest extent. She was most recently nominated for “R&B Artist of the Year” at the 2020 Boston Music Awards. Her true passion and ambition are captured when she describes music to be “the only way I know how to make the world a better place”.
August 12 | Leona Chung (Collaborative Piano) with Aurora Martin, and David Rivera
Leona Cheung is a Boston-based collaborative pianist. Her deep devotion to vocal-piano repertoire has brought her to perform extensively in many international festivals, including Aspen Music Festival, Oxford Lieder Festival, Leeds Lieder Festival, Toronto Summer Music Festival and Songfest. As a distinguished choral pianist, she has worked with Seraphic Fire, Handel and Haydn Society and Boston Children's Chorus. She was a founding member and pianist with Cantoria Hong Kong, and can be heard on the Chinese choral music album entitled "Half Moon Rising", presented by the Peters Edition. Leona earned her Master of Music and Graduate Diploma (Collaborative Piano) from the New England Conservatory.
August 19 | Jennifer Lin (Traditional Korean Drum Dance)
Jennifer Lin is a classically trained dancer, independent choreographer, and teaching artist of American and Korean descent. Raised in the Midwest, she holds degrees from Boston Conservatory and The University of Hawai`i at Manoa. Lin situates her artistic work in interstitial spaces between tradition and modernity, form and expression, and theory and practice. Currently an Artist-In-Residence at Mount Auburn, Lin is creating The Gathering Place, an outdoor site-specific dance that draws inspiration from local history, nature, and human experiences, to be presented in October 2021.
August 19 | violinviiv (Electric Violin)
Vivian Luo throws pop-up performances of pop, EDM and hip hop mixes & mashups in Boston public spaces. A classically trained contemporary violinist/DJ known as “violinviiv,” she also brings her high energy spirited performances to local weddings, hotel openings, corporate and private clients who appreciate her raw energy and unique spin on mainstream hits.
August 26 | aznjujube (Lo-fi beats)
Inspired by the nostalgia of the early 2000's AZN era, aznjujube is an experimental-pop project that incorporates live-looping, mandolin riffs, mountain noises, and lo-fi hip hop beats. Jeff La is a virtuosic dulcimerist who has been performing in the Boston Chinatown and surrounding areas since the 90s.
Supported by the Greenway Business Improvement District.