Pianist and composer Shi-An Costello will perform the orient, a reacquisition of a fantasy (2023), along with selections of J.S. Bach Six Cello Suites, rewritten for solo piano. In collaboration with Music For Food and Minnekirken Church, the solo program will benefit the food pantry of Logan Square Mutual Aid.

the orient, a large scale solo piano work about race and heritage, was presented in collaboration with Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago as part of the 2023 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. In a feature article in the Reader, writer Hannah Edgar summarizes the work: "The Orient originated in an insidious earworm: the three-pitch, nine-note 'Asian riff,' deployed as racial caricature in pop culture for more than a century. Instead of pushing it out of his head, Costello leaned into his discomfort, using the riff to build out what would become The Orient [...] Throughout The Orient, Costello takes the riff as a jumping-off point to document cultural and historical touchstones of the Asian American experience." 

Admission is Free. Donations are welcome. All proceeds will go to Logan Square Mutual Aid, which distributes “food so no one goes hungry, prescription and grocery pickups for people who are sick, elderly, or immunocompromised, and whatever other needs arise.”