African American Composers Initiative: Please join us for our eighth annual benefit concerts at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto Jan. 28 & 29

Our journey as musicians dedicated to presenting and celebrating the music of African American composers continues with our concerts in January 2017. Please join us for our eighth annual benefit concerts at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto. The timely theme for the concerts is “Let the Knowing Speak,” where we will present music born of African American history told in the powerful language of spirituals, blues, jazz, instrumental music, and song. Joining our roster of performers this year is distinguished tenor Othello Jefferson, gifted saxophonist Oscar Pangilinan, and the marvelous modern dancers of Eastside College Prep. Returning will be beloved guest composers and artists Dr. Valerie Capers, John Robinson and Joshua McGhee. Please save the dates: Saturday and Sunday, January 28 and 29, 2017 at 3 pm. Tickets will be available online in December. Spread the word! Yours in hope, courage, and the power of music, AACI Co-Founders LaDoris Cordell, Jodi Gandolfi, and Deanne Tucker, along with all the musicians of AACI.

For more information on the African American  Composer Initiative, please visit: www.aacinitiative.org. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Musical Grant Program of the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, a not-for-profit  organization dedicated to the service of chamber music in California and a matching grant from the Carpenter Fund. AACI is a fiscally sponsored affiliate of San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the service of chamber music in California. Copyright © 2016 African American Composer Initiative, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are a friend or colleague of one of the performers, or because you have attended one of our concerts or otherwise expressed interest in the African American Composer Initiative. Please note that SFFCM does not handle concert ticket sales. Please direct all questions to info@aacinitiative.org The mailing address for our umbrella organization, SFFCM, is: African American Composer Initiative c/o SFFCM, 135 Main St., Suite 1140 San Francisco, CA 94105 Retweeted 1) Othalie G (@OthalieGraham) 2) Manya Zuba (@ManyaZuba)