City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
In this concert we welcome Oscar Peñas and his quartet as they share Oscar’s new album, Chicken or Pasta. This is Oscar’s sixth self-produced album as a leader and features Sara Caswell, Motohito Fukushima, and Richie Barshay, as well as special guests Mike Stern and Greg Leisz.
Our Off Minor series continues with an ode to Thelonious Monk.
For this combination concert and reading, author Nicole Mitchell shares with us her new book, "The Mandorla Letters: for the hopeful."
We welcome back the HarmoniZing Ensemble, directed by Yang Jin, for a performance featuring musicians from different cultures, all with the mission of “nurturing cross-cultural understanding through the arts.”
Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise are a Hip Hop, Soul, New Age duo, hitting the Alphabet City stage in celebration of their latest album, Hypnagogia.
This is the second concert of Yoko Suzuki’s ongoing project to honor the work of Marian McPartland. This concert will feature Cliff Barnes.
In June, we had the honor of hosting a sneak preview for enchanting vocalist Laura Chu Wiens upcoming album Exetastes. This month, we welcome her back for a concert and celebration of the album’s official release!
Grunge indie rock band The Morning People, fronted by Marcel Cabrera, performs new album at City of Asylum.
In this program, trombonist Jeff Bush—winner of the 1999 Frank Rosolino Memorial Scholarship— will be featured in a concert full of Rosolino originals, along with other compositions that were part of his vast repertoire.
This program is part of Taras Filenko’s ongoing effort to bring Ukrainian culture, particularly music, in focus for American audiences.
Local Pittsburgh jazz legend Roger Humphries returns to City of Asylum with his band the RH Factor for a live music performance.
Emerging Pittsburgh jazz band SLP (members Mila Shadel, Ava Lintz, and Soojin Park) makes their debut performance at City of Asylum.
