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Dreams and Illusions: Tales of the Pacific Rim

Dreams and Illusions: Tales of the Pacific Rim

Asian-Pacific folk tales for the whole family. Scored with original music and traditional instruments.

Price: $16.95
PnP: $2.98

Last Dance

Last Dance

Performed by Anthony Brown’s Grammy Nominated Asian American Jazz Orchestra and San Jose Taiko. Featuring storytellers Brenda Wong Aoki & George Yoshida.

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Last Dance tells the internment story through spoken word, poetry, historic photos, 40’s Big Band sound and original music. It’s a tribute to Japanese Americans who used music and dance to remind themselves and the world who they were.

Price: $15.00
PnP: $2.98

The Queen\'s Garden

The Queen's Garden

A spoken word classic with jazz. WINNER INDIE Award, *****5 Stars Amazon.com

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An epic story with jazz about the love between a good girl who’s all “chop suey” (Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and Scots) and a Hawaiian prince born too late in the wrong country.

Price: $15.00
PnP: $2.98

Mermaid Meat

Mermaid Meat

The Secret to Immortality and Other Japanese Ghost Stories

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The CD with book features four traditional Japanese ghost tales illustrated with full color plates. The recorded stories are accompanied by music by Mark Izu.

The title piece, Mermaid Meat, is an original story written by Brenda Wong Aoki based on the Japanese proverb “Eating the flesh of a mermaid is the secret to eternal youth”. Originally commissioned by Kent Nagano, the conductor of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, the piece is accompanied by an original score by Mark Izu. A tragic tale of a young girl who feasts on the flesh of a mermaid in order to live forever, the story speaks to our collective fascination with youth and beauty.

Price: $24.95
PnP: $3.98

The Dragon Painter

The Dragon Painter

DVD of a classic silent film with a new score by Mark Izu

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Starring Sessue Hayakawa, this Asian-American silent film masterpiece was long considered lost. It was rediscovered in France and brought to George Eastman House for restoration with the original tints. With a new musical score by Mark Izu, this silent classic is available from Milestone on DVD.

Price: $29.95
PnP: $2.98

Mark Izu: Threading Time

Mark Izu: Threading Time

Mark Izu and Circle of Fire - Asian Jazz

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The CD, Threading Time, by Mark Izu and Circle of Fire, is a rare performance of two national treasures, Gagaku Master Togi Suenobu (Japan), Tabla Master Zakir Hussain (India) swirled into smooth jazz by composer Mark Izu (USA).

The album journeys through dimensions of jazz and myth as it explores the ancient intonations of Japanese gagaku and the music of peoples traveling the legendary Silk Road.

Price: $15.00
PnP: $2.98

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Upcoming Events

March 18, 2010: Brenda Wong Aoki performs Tales of the Pacific Rim at Performing Arts for Youth, San Mateo. For grades 3 and up. Performances will be held at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. http://www.performingartsforyouth.org/season.html

March 27, 2010: Brenda Wong Aoki performs Tales of the Pacific Rim at the Families Eating and Storytelling Together 3rd Annual Storytelling Festival & Potluck. Walden School, Pasadena. 2PM-8PM.

April 15, 2010: Brenda Wong Aoki performs Legend of the Morning Glory as part of the World Theater Performing Arts Series at California State University of Monterey Bay. Performance is open to the public. 7:30 PM.

September 20-26, 2010: Brenda Wong Aoki performing at the International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, Tennessee.

October 28, 2010: Brenda Wong Aoki and Mark Izu perform Japanese Ghost Stories for Matcha Night at the Asian Museum, 5-9 PM

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  • Thu 3/18/2010: Brenda Wong Aoki performs Tales of the Pacific Rim at Performing Arts for Youth, San Mateo
  • Sat 3/27/2010: Tales of the Pacific Rim at 3rd Annual Storytelling Festival & Potluck
  • Thu 4/1/2010: Mark Izu at Matcha Night
  • Thu 4/15/2010: The Legend of Morning Glory at California State University of Monterey Bay

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