PAST EVENT
$5 Suggested Donation
PAST EVENT
$5 Suggested Donation
Thursday
September 8, 2022
5–7pm
Los Angeles State Historic Park
1245 N Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Clockshop’s quarterly Listening By Moonrise program returns to LA State Historic Park, featuring performances and immersive sound experiences with leading multi-disciplinary sound artists. On the eve of the full moon (or as close to it), this program offers listeners moments of reflection, connection, and joy while experiencing music and sound collectively within the context of a community-centered green space.
Curated by Chris Votek, a multi-instrumentalist and composer, Clockshop invites musicians Neelamjit Dhillon, Gaayatri Kaundinya, and Dimitris Mahlis for a cross-cultural music program exploring Hindustani, Turkish, and Greek music traditions.
This event is free and open to the public. Clockshop suggests a $5 donation to support our Reading and Listening by Moonrise series at LA State Historic Park.
Arrive early to purchase food from the LA River Farmers’ Market.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Neelamjit Dhillon is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Neelamjit is skilled in both North Indian classical and American jazz music. His music reflects his multifaceted identity, spirituality, and vision for promoting a more equitable and just society through shared experience and collective action. Neelamjit’s primary instruments are the tabla, saxophone, and bansuri. He has played tabla since the age of ten and continues to study the instrument under the tutelage of world-renowned maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Neelamjit has performed around the world at prestigious events and festivals in locales such as Somalia, India, Brazil, Europe, the United States, and Canada.
Gaayatri Kaundinya is a Hindustani vocalist from the Maihar-Senia gharana school of classical Hindustani music. She studied under the late Ustad Ali Akbar Khan for thirteen years in the traditional Guru-Shishya parampara since the age of four. She also studied at the Sangeet Research Academy under Pt. Ulhas Kashkar, and in Los Angeles with the late Smt Lakshmi Shankar. Kaundinya became a performing artist by age seven and a professional touring classical vocalist at eighteen. She has toured in USA and India, notably at San Francisco World Music Festival and Avartan Music Festival, and was a featured performer at the annual Jaipur Literature Festival. Kaundinya is currently working on releasing recorded music and teaching students through the non-profit organization she founded, The Avartan Foundation, Inc.
Dimitris Mahlis, oudist, guitarist, and composer, has become known in musical circles as an eclectic interpreter of many musical traditions. Having a thorough knowledge of eastern and western musical theory, he has developed a playing style on several instruments which are both earthy and intricate. Mahlis’ original compositions can be heard on recordings with the duo Wahid and the Mahlis-Panos Project. He was featured on the soundtrack for the Oscar-winning film Argo (2012) and most recently on the critically acclaimed film The Angel (2018).
ACCESSIBILITY
Arrival
Los Angeles State Historic Park is located at 1245 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, directly adjacent to Chinatown and the Metro Gold Line. The park is located just 1 mile away from Los Angeles Union Station, making it accessible from several Metro routes. We highly recommend using public transportation, rideshare, biking, or carpooling. Please note that chairs are not provided for this event.
Parking
There is paid parking at 1501 N Spring Street, the main parking lot of the park, at $2/hour, up to $8 daily. For Clockshop events, the park opens some sections of overflow parking on the exterior of the park in front of Spring Street that is free, first come-first served. We will post signs in the sections that are open for parking. There is also free street parking around the park. Please avoid parking near residential homes on the east side of Main Street and give yourself plenty of time to park and walk over!
Restrooms
There are several all-gender public restrooms and portapotties on site.