Author: danaleong

Cello: lost, damaged and found in Miami

 

NOV 5: Dana Leong Trio – 2 shows at Sleepless Night Miami Festival!

Tomorrow night, co-presented by Miami Light Project and Sleepless Night Miami Festival, and after an exciting week-long residency jam-packed with workshops, VIP events, and plenty of phone calls to American Airlines regarding a lost cello (which finallly arrived on Day 4 of his residency, damaged…alas!) Dana Leong Trio presents 2 free outdoor performances!

Saturday, Nov 5, 2011
at 10:00pm – Dana Leong Trio
at 11:00pm – Dana Leong Trio with Project Bandaloop

The New World Center
ExoStage at SoundScape, 500 17 Street
(In front of the New World Symphony Building!)
Tickets: FREE!
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Dana Leong Trio is…
Dana Leong (cello, trombone, laptop)
DJ Icewater (turntables)
John Shannon (guitar)

Dana Leong Trio wears ONASSIS CLOTHING.

NOV 15 – Dana Leong performs with Lila Downs at Carnegie Hall

Dana Leong appears as a guest artist with Mexico’s national pride and award-winning singer/songwriter Lila Downs.

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011
at 8:00pm
Carnegie Hall – Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
West 57th Street and 7th Avenue
Tickets: Buy here

NOV 18 & 20 – Dana Leong performs with violinists Orie Furuta, Mark O’Connor and pianist Yuki Kanesaka

Dana Leong performs for a benefit concert supporting the earthquake victims of Japan

Friday, Nov 18, 2011
at 8:00pm
Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA

Sunday, Nov 20, 2011
at 8:00pm
Longyear Museum
Chestnut Hill, MA

Dana Leong writes music for Virgin Galactic

Dana Leong was commissioned by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic to create a track for the opening of its new Spaceport in New Mexico.  The music will accompany the gravity-free dancers of Project Bandaloop as they help to celebrate the world’s first commerical spaceport.  Virgin Galactic, which aims to become the world’s first commercial spaceline, is planning to launch its first flight from the New Mexico base within the coming year. For anyone interested in catching one of the space flights, tickets cost $200,000.

Take a quick listen!

Dana Leong – Galactic ft Richard Branson 90 SNIP 2

Dana Leong with Rahzel

Dana Leong & Rahzel performed for the 2011 Darryl L. McKinney Scholarship. The Darryl L. McKinney Scholarship was established to honor and celebrate the life and memory of Darryl “Pop” McKinney, who died in the World Trade Center attacks of September 11th, 2001.

9/11 10th Anniversary Event with NY Public Radio

Dana Leong has been asked by the New York Public Radio to present original music in commemoration for their 9/11 10th Anniversary Event.  Dana will collaborate with the award-winning poet, playwright, performance and recording artist, Carl Hancock Rux for his special occasion.

A City Reimagined: Voices of 9/11 in Poetry and Performance
September  7 & 8, 2011
at  7:00 PM

The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
44 Charlton Street
New York, NY 10014

Includes a complimentary copy of After the Fall: New Yorkers Remember September 2001 and the Years that Followed, edited by Mary Marshall Clark, Peter Bearman, Catherine Ellis, and Stephen Drury Smith, The New Press, 2011 ($26.95 value)

Tickets: $25

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