Coreyah

 When/Where?

Saturday , November 19th , 2016
6:00 PM -
$15 adv/$20 door
Small World Music Centre
180 Shaw Street, Studio 101 , Toronto
UPDATE: We have made a slight change to the timing of the show. There will be one show at 6 PM now, doors will open at 5:30 PM.

Tickets purchased for both the 5 PM show and the 8 PM show will be accepted. If you are unable to attend the 6 PM show, we will refund your ticket purchase.

See you when doors open at 5:30 PM on Saturday.

Coreyah’s unique freewheeling, polystylistic vision of Korean traditional music charts an adventurous course where Pansori(A traditional Korean style of narrative song) comes face to face with Tom Waits and Sinawi(Korean Traditional Improvisation Ensemble) meets Simon and Garfunkel! At first glance, you would think this attractive sextet would be more comfortable doing gigs at hip rock clubs rather than performing traditional Korean folk songs at classical arthall. But out come the Tungso bamboo flute, Geomungo zither and Janggo drum and as they say in New Orleans - Laissez le bon temps rouler ('Let the good times roll!'). And yes, they perform at hip rock and jazz clubs, too.

The name of the group, the Sino-Korean homonym Co - Re - Yah refers to inheritance of the past, but now it serves to draw living modern people toward more attractive music using old music elements. Translated into Hangul, (the Korean alphabet), Coreyah also means "whale" - their totem animal and good luck charm!

Coreyah is on a mission: “The root of our music is Korean traditional music, but we hope that our music can appeal to everyone.” This modest vision statement belies their exceptional artistry and yes, extraordinary ability to connect with an audience. Coreyah have sewn their colorful Korean tapestry directly onto the fabric of contemporary "World Music" and the look is... FABULOUS!

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Saturday November 19th,
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