Music Fans, On Sunday November 15th The Kareem Kandi World Orchestra will have world renowned pianist, composer, and vocalist Darrius Willrich as our guest for a live interview and performance. The interview and performance will be held in Tacoma's Museum of Glass theater and socially distanced seating is available. Museum admission fee is required to attend the performance and can be purchased at: www.museumofglass.org<http://www.museumofglass.org/?fbclid=IwAR02zfxrOm8aZnvys-5LaMtUFQnPxFn7f8i7HjwA6XnDK8jfXUrpUdYUWhg> ( $17 adults, $5 children 12 and under ) Both the interview and performance will also be live streamed from: www.facebook.com/kareem.kandi<https://www.facebook.com/kareem.kandi?__cft__[0]=AZUyFwSx1I6VDi-fZ2299oUUl30ckiq8KHSZgwbfTed8u7PQZUuJsz2obk7bJOnceWxrFRe6A6VfovxZMOlqj3_mSn2dZ7oFc42n_iQuDQH-JOS4ZPYN07RN62KsW6XxWK0&__tn__=q> The livestreams are free to view. Interview: 1:00pm to 2:00pm Performance: 3pm to 4pm About our guest: Pianist, composer, and vocalist Darrius Willrich released his first album “Darrius” in 1999. It was licensed by UK boutique label Cafedesoul and JazzFM. These licensing agreements made Darrius’ music available in Spain, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. “Love Will Visit”, the second album was released in 2003. Selections from this album too were licensed by Cafedesoul. Can’t Get Enough, Darrius’ third album was released in 2009 and was licensed by P-Vine Records. This album was widely celebrated in Brazil. On June 12, 2010 Darrius performed in Rio de Janeiro to a sold out crowd that sang all the words to his songs at Viaduto de Madureira for Rio’s Valentine’s Day celebration. In October 2014 Darrius was a featured performer on The Capital Jazz Cruise alongside performers such as Lalah Hathaway, Patti Labelle, Raheem DeVaughn, Kirk Whalum, Spyro Gyra, Fourplay, Kem, Ruben Studdard, Cameo and War. In Seattle he has opened for Macy Gray, Tyrese, Mavis Staples, Earth Wind & Fire and Frank McComb. Darrius is currently working on his fourth album and is the current keyboardist for Digable Planets and tours with them worldwide. Darrius has made contributions to the recordings of Digable Planets, Shabazz Palaces, Wiz Khalifa, Nasty C, Jake One, Vitamin D, Gift of Gab, Choklate, Donyea Goodman, Felicia Loud, Brent Arnold, Byrdie, D-Black, Nomad, Bubba Jones, Knife Knights, Darren Motamedy, Justin Pinder, Fatal Lucciano, Big World Breaks, Dyme Def, Brent Laurence and Jaymz Nylon. He continues to create, write, produce and perform as well as release new material and play a leading role in Critical Sun Recordings. YOUTUBE CHANNEL: All of our livestream performances and interviews are uploaded to our Youtube channel. If you are unable to join us via facebook live you can still watch all of our programming for free on our channel which can be at this link: http://tiny.cc/kkwo CLASSES: Our weekly classes are still going strong and we offer both online and in person instruction. The Weekly Jazz Workshops are open to all ages and skill levels from beginning to advanced. Classes are taught by professional jazz artists who work with students on developing musical skills and techniques for improvising. If you'd like more information please visit our website at: www.kkworldorchestra.org www.kkworldorchestra.org The majority of our programming throughout the year both live and online is free to participate in and includes performances, workshops, interviews, and classes. If you enjoy our work and would like to support our efforts and programming, there are a couple ways you can help: MAKE A DONATION: Paypal: www.paypal.me/kkworldorchestra Venmo: @Kareem-Kandi Donate on our website: www.kkworldorchestra.org/make-a-donation Checks can be mailed to: The Kareem Kandi World Orchestra P.O. Box 7670, Tacoma WA, 98407 VOLUNTEER: If you’d like to volunteer and help with our efforts, please email me at: kareemkandi@hotmail.com SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: If you’d like to receive our newsletter with information about upcoming performances, classes, workshops, and events, you can subscribe here: www.kkworldorchestra.org/subscribe We hope you enjoy the music. Sincerely, Kareem