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Marshall Chapman is a multi-hyphenated American treasure. The singer-songwriter-author-actress was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on January 7, 1949. To date, she has released fourteen critically acclaimed albums. Her 2013 release, Blaze of Glory, was hailed a masterpiece. And the Associated Press proclaimed her most recent Songs I Can’t Live Without (2020) “perhaps her best.” Chapman’s songs have been recorded by everyone from Emmylou Harris and Joe Cocker to Irma Thomas and Jimmy Buffett. In 2010, Chapman landed her first movie role, playing Gwyneth Paltrow’s road manager in Country Strong. During filming, her musical Good Ol’ Girls (adapted from the fiction of Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle, featuring songs by Matraca Berg and Marshall) opened off-Broadway. That fall, Chapman simultaneously

released a book (They Came to Nashville) and CD (Big Lonesome). They Came to Nashville was nominated for the 2011 SIBA Book Award for nonfiction, and the Philadelphia Inquirer named Big Lonesome “Best Country/Roots Album of 2010.” Of her three rockin’ albums for Epic, the Al Kooper-produced Jaded Virgin was voted Record of the Year (1978) by Stereo Review. Her album, It’s About Time… (Island, 1995), recorded live at the Tennessee State Prison for Women, drew rave reviews from Time, USA Today and the Village Voice. Chapman’s first book, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller (St. Martin’s Press) was a SIBA bestseller, 2004 SIBA Book Award finalist, and one of three finalists for the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. Chapman continues to land film roles:  Mississippi Grind (2015); Lovesong, which garnered glowing reviews at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival; Novitiate, which opened to rave reviews at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Marshall is a contributing editor to Garden & Gun. She’s also written for The Oxford American, Nashville Arts Magazine, Southern Living, W, Performing Songwriter, and The Bob Edwards Show (Sirius/XM). “But music,” she says, “is my first and last love.” Marshall was featured in “Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ’70s” at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville, through February 2022. Since Covid, Marshall has been livestreaming every Saturday at 1pm PT (4pm ET). Called “Perfect Imperfection,” these livestreams are free on FaceBook at ‘Marshall Chapman Music’.”

Marshall Chapman is a multi-hyphenated American treasure. The singer-songwriter-author-actress was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on January 7, 1949. To date, she has released fourteen critically acclaimed albums. Her 2013 release, Blaze of Glory, was hailed a masterpiece. And the Associated Press proclaimed her most recent Songs I Can’t Live Without (2020) “perhaps her best.” Chapman’s songs have been recorded by everyone from Emmylou Harris and Joe Cocker to Irma Thomas and Jimmy Buffett. In 2010, Chapman landed her first movie role, playing Gwyneth Paltrow’s road manager in Country Strong. During filming, her musical Good Ol’ Girls (adapted from the fiction of Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle, featuring songs by Matraca Berg and Marshall) opened off-Broadway. That fall, Chapman simultaneously

released a book (They Came to Nashville) and CD (Big Lonesome). They Came to Nashville was nominated for the 2011 SIBA Book Award for nonfiction, and the Philadelphia Inquirer named Big Lonesome “Best Country/Roots Album of 2010.” Of her three rockin’ albums for Epic, the Al Kooper-produced Jaded Virgin was voted Record of the Year (1978) by Stereo Review. Her album, It’s About Time… (Island, 1995), recorded live at the Tennessee State Prison for Women, drew rave reviews from Time, USA Today and the Village Voice. Chapman’s first book, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller (St. Martin’s Press) was a SIBA bestseller, 2004 SIBA Book Award finalist, and one of three finalists for the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. Chapman continues to land film roles:  Mississippi Grind (2015); Lovesong, which garnered glowing reviews at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival; Novitiate, which opened to rave reviews at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Marshall is a contributing editor to Garden & Gun. She’s also written for The Oxford American, Nashville Arts Magazine, Southern Living, W, Performing Songwriter, and The Bob Edwards Show (Sirius/XM). “But music,” she says, “is my first and last love.” Marshall was featured in “Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ’70s” at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville, through February 2022. Since Covid, Marshall has been livestreaming every Saturday at 1pm PT (4pm ET). Called “Perfect Imperfection,” these livestreams are free on FaceBook at ‘Marshall Chapman Music’.”

Studio and professional guitarist Jim L. Buhisan has been performing music for 46 years. You will be listening to Carlos Santana, Flamenco, Classical, smooth Jazz, and some originals that he wrote and dedicated to his second home, Rancho La Puerta.

A Chinese native, Jing Yan Boycott’s musical talent has taken her throughout China, Europe and the United States. Encouraged by her musical parents, Ms. Yan began playing violin at age seven and won her first violin competition at age 10. She later entered Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music and continued her studies with a full scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London. After graduating with top honor “Distinction” and Royal Academy’s highest diploma for her outstanding final performance, Ms. Yan continued her study in the US with world-renowned violin professor Mauricio Fuks at Indiana University. As an orchestra musician, Jing Yan has worked with orchestras including Beijing Symphony, London Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, and Chicago Civic Orchestra. Her chamber music collaborations include Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW, La Jolla Music Festival, Orchestra Nova and California Chamber Orchestra. She is the winner of the 1st Neimeng Violin Competition, Winifred solo competition and the “Royal Academy Soloist” award in 1999 and 2001. Ms. Yan joined San Diego Symphony in 2005.

Pei-Chun Tsai, from Tainan, Taiwan, is two-time first-prize winner of the Taiwan National Violin Competition. She has performed in Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and the National Concert Hall in Taiwan. Pei-Chun has participated in many music festivals in the United States and Europe. After receiving Bachelor and Master’s degrees in violin performance from The Juilliard School, she completed her Doctorate in Musical Arts from the City University of New York. Pei-Chun is the founder and director of the Campanile Music Festival at San Diego State University where she curates innovative residencies of visiting artists from across the country. Recent guests include the Formosa Quartet and Brooklyn Rider. Pei-Chun has been a member of the San Diego Symphony since 2006. As a violin lecturer at San Diego State University, Pei-Chun performs with the San Diego State University Chamber orchestra regularly. She has recently released her solo violin album “Chaconnes” which you can find on Apple Music or Spotify.

Yam Beat is a duet from the bicultural city of Tijuana bordering San Diego. Yamel Kuri, soprano, and Erich Otero, pianist, have a culturally varied repertoire. For this occasion, they have prepared a set of special songs for Tuesday’s Mexican Fiesta.

Program #1 (Monday Evening): An Evening of Sonatas with am Meer Duo

Program #2 (Thursday Evening): A Musical Potpourri with am Meer Duo

The am Meer Duo, featuring pianist Ashley Zhang and saxophonist Andrew Steinberg, is reimagining instrumental repertoire in the twenty-first century. With a cosmopolitan taste that blends contemporary compositions with cornerstones of the past, the duo has performed recitals across the globe and premiered over a dozen works. Since its founding in 2016, am Meer’s pioneering efforts for new music have brought them to China, Russia, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and throughout the United States to premiere major works by Vinko Globokar, Hayes Biggs, Ursula Mamlok, Hans Kox, Eric Moe, Tera de Marez Oyens, Steven Stucky, and John Worley. Most recently, am Meer performed at the Summer Institute of Contemporary Performance Practice (Boston, MA) and Los Angeles City College. Alongside performance activities, the duo is active in education, presenting master classes and lectures at Lehigh University, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore), the North American Saxophone Alliance, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Georgia State University. Upcoming engagements include performances and outreach activities in San Diego, New York, Paris, and London.