Friday, May 23, 2014

Gate City - Culture Series - Japanese Jazz

Gate City will have a Japanese Jazz Concert Featuring Madoka Oshima

Madoka moved to the U.S in 2002 from Tokyo, Japan where she first began her development as a jazz, R&B folk artist, and gospel artist. She first living in New Orleans when she moved to the U.S and relocated to Atlanta, Ga after Hurricane Katrina. 

Madoka received a full piano scholarship to Clayton State University and she finished at Georgia State University in 2008 with a BS in Jazz Studies. She is an active performer in Atlanta and has been teaching at the Lovett school since 2008. 

She will blend jazz theory and classical teaching for a memorable event. Please join Gate City Lodge No 2. for this memorable event. More information about Madoka Oshima can be found atwww.madokaoshima.com 

Dinner will start at 6:30PM and the event will start at 7:30PM. We will be having traditional bento boxes for dinner and the cost is $10.  This event is open to the public.  Spouses, children, friends, ctc are welcome to join. 

The menu will be:  Grilled Salmon Salt flavor(sake shio yaki), Beef Frank, Steamed Shrimp dumpling (Sumai). Sweet seaweed, Chicken salad. Orange - Japanese Style grilled eggs (atsuyaki tamago) or boiled egg (yude tamago), Broccoli, Japanese salted pickles(tsukemono), Rice.  Japanese ice tea (Bancha or Sencha)

Please rsvp at RSVP@gatecity2.org and check us out on Facebook . You can purchase your tickets in advanced on our Facebook page and via Event Brite HERE!