about the artists
yunyi ji // piano & harpsichord
Pianist and harpsichordist Yunyi Ji commands a diverse repertory that inscribes a half-millennia of keyboard tradition. A shapeshifter of keyboard roles, Yunyi is equally compelling in modern performance, Baroque improvisation, and solo repertory. He appears regularly as harpsichordist for The Juilliard School's in-house period orchestra Juilliard415, where he is currently a full-scholarship graduate student in historical keyboards.
founder & director
historical cello // hasan marwan abualhaj
Hasan Marwan Abualhaj is a Palestinian cellist based in San Francisco, CA. As a specialist in historical cello and Baroque repertory, Hasan has worked with period ensembles including the California Bach Society, the Bloomington Bach Cantata Project, Albany Consort, and the Portland Baroque Orchestra. Hasan was spotlighted in Faces of Early Music America as a featured artist, in which he expressed his artistic goal in humanizing and diversifying Western music through the understanding of its socio-historical contexts.
assistant director
stolen time // chamber ensemble
Stolen Time is a new music nonet consisting of violin (Sam Weiser), viola (Justine Preston), cello (Kyle Stachnik), flute (Jessie Nucho), clarinet (Andrew Friedman), bassoon (Jamael Smith), keyboard (Yunyi Ji), guitar (Tim Sherren), and percussion (Mika Nakamura). Formed in 2021 SF by composer-conductor Bryan Lin, the ensemble is dedicated to challenging ideas of genre, breaking barriers between concert vs. sound, and enabling living experimentation through its unique cohort of instruments.
ensemble-in-residence
collaborations
Spire. the Church // Centered around our church, Spire, Spireal, is a religious non-profit organization which strives to inspire and foster a vibrant and inclusive community that wholeheartedly embraces creative expression and subculture arts as a pathway to the divine realm.
Saint Joseph's Arts Society // Founded by Ken Fulk in 2018, Saint Joseph's Arts Society was established to celebrate arts and culture in all forms in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
Artist Migration // Founded by pianist Elektra Schmidt, Artist Migration is an anti-capitalist arts production, management and curatorial project providing performance and exhibition opportunities to international artists.
Queer Arts Featured / We are an artist-led gallery, boutique, and event space at 575 Castro St, located in the historic storefront that once housed Harvey Milk’s Castro Camera. Queer A.F. features the work of Bay Area artists across all mediums with a focus on the work of underrepresented, disenfranchised, and emerging local Queer artists and makers, while minimizing financial barriers.
Heritage. Activist. Liberation. Artist - HALA Collective / We build equitable projects that amplify calls for liberation, and supports social justice activists and artists. We are transparent, compassionate, inclusive, and anti-racist.