VC Artist Aizuri Quartet's "Aizuri Kids" — Episode 7

This web series for children uses the string quartet as a catalyst for creative learning

In this seventh episode, VC Artist Aizuri Quartet introduces us to Andrew Yee!

Audiences will visit her cozy home and get to know all about this amazing cellist. Andrew shares her favorite music and explains how to ask new friends what their pronouns are. She also shows you how to make a delicious meal that is very close to her heart! Later, listen to the music of Michi Wiancko and her song about finding friends who love you for who you are.

Aizuri Quartet:

Emma Frucht & Miho Saegusa, violins

Ayane Kozasa, viola

Karen Ouzounian, cello

Guests:

Andrew Yee, cello

Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

Music (in order of appearance):

Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti: ko'u inoa

Caroline Shaw: Limestone & Felt, arranged for two cellos by Andrew Yee

American traditional: Working On a Building, arranged by George Meyer

Clara Schumann: Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen, arranged by Karen Ouzounian

Paul Wiancko: American Haiku

Michi Wiancko: Lullaby for the Transient

This episode was made possible by WQXR’s Artist Propulsion Lab