This will be a "musical" cocktail event, and can be as informal as an after work drink, or simply a time and place to come and really understand what is going on outside of our worlds and how we may be able to help out others in theirs.

We are featuring a performance from internationally renowned concert violinist, Ellie Kang. She will perform a 45 minute concert with a piano concerto playing Beethoven’s "Spring Sonata". She has performed internationally as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician.

We will also have Chiang Mai Art Gallery, Sangdee, featuring photography works by Marisa Marchitelli and Piyavit Thongsa-ard. Sangdee is a non-profit space that promotes contemporary visual arts and is a program of The D Foundation for Doing Good Work in Thailand. These works will be shown as a slide show during our presentation and throughout the evening for viewing. The work can later be purchased through the gallery. The subject matter presented will be tribal peoples and women in trafficking in Southeast Asia.

We will also feature a discussion made by Don Fox, who comes to us from Chiang Mai, Thailand and is a native New Zealander. He is not only an expert on Hill tribe people and their education, but also actively works with a “Karen” tribe orphanage in Chiang Mai, which is a partner to Nang Fah Project. He founded Handclasp in 1995 and serves as President, and Handclasp supports the HRDC orphanage in Chiang Mai. He works hands on with the Director, Dr. Zothansiami Ralte, our board member, and they serve over 600 students in northern Thailand (HANDCLASP.ORG).

Light snacks will be served and pared with fantastic wine donated by Castello Delle Regine from Umbria. The Wine is sustainably farmed, organic, and is made by the celebrity winemaker, agronomist, viticulturist Franco Bernabei.

All proceeds for the event will go to Nang Fah Project. The price of the tickets is fully tax deductable as Nang Fah Project is an IRS tax exempt official not-for-profit organization.

Please try to make this very important day and help us raise money to fund our school, design center, and help the girls in Thailand to a better life.

Bios of our artists and speakers featured in our Event:

Photographer Marisa Marchitelli is the curator of Sangdee Gallery in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She has recently been teaching photography in New York City and working as a freelance photographer. Her work has appeared in magazines and newspapers in England, the US and Thailand. She has had exhibitions at Khampan Gallery, Tita Gallery and Sangdee Gallery in Chiang Mai. She holds an MFA in photography from School of Visual Arts in New York.

Thai photographer Piyavit Thongsa-Ard began his career as a photographer in 1993. After starting out working in colour, Piyavit soon moved into black and white photography. Piyavit is drawn to social and political issues and travels throughout South and Southeast Asia. He is currently working on a long-term project focusing on Burmese migrant workers in Thailand. His work has been published in Time Asia, Far Eastern Economic Review, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Sawasdee magazine and several leading Thai magazines. Piyavit manages and operates Sangdee’s traditional darkroom. 

Violinist Ellie Kang has performed internationally as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. She was a soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Center, New York; in South Africa with the Kwa Zulu-natal Philharmonic Orchestra, and also with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Kang has appeared on PBS, performing live, in more than 35 major cities and states. She was concertmaster of the Pacific Orchestra in Japan and has performed at Carnegie Hall as a member of several chamber orchestras. Winner of the Harvey E. Mittenthal Competition, Ms. Kang was also active as a member of the Sienna Piano Trio. Her first Lincoln Center debut was a violin-piano duo in 1999 at Alice Tully Hall. She participated in the Steinway Young Artists Concert Series and has given solo recitals in Boston, New York, Chicago, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Ms. Kang completed her Masters of Music from The Juilliard School of Music and her Bachelor of Music from New England Conservatory of Music.  Ms. Kang is pursuing her Doctorate in Music at the Graduate Center of CUNY. She has been working with Raymond Erickson since 2002 and was an invited guest artist at the Denver National Performing Arts Convention last year. She is on faculty at Queens College of CUNY, Saint David’s School, Geneva Conservatory of Music and is the director of the violin program at the Alexander Robertson School.  Ellie Kang currently resides in New York, teaching and performing.

WINE:Castello Delle Regine (www.castellodelleregine.com)

This event is sponsored in part by Tytania Rose at www.tytania.com

Board Members:

Christian Jorg

Tytania Rose

Nicoletta Giordani

Zothansiami Rialto

Please visit our website to learn more about our cause:

www.nangfahproject.org