Chinatown Live Music Series: Jyn-Ting Ying @ Paper Birch Books
Details
Doors Open: 6:30pm
Headliner Set: 7:00pm-8:00pm
Karaoke: 8:15pm-10:00pm
Jyn-Ting Ying
Jyn-Ting Ying 應琬霆 (They/Them) is a queer non-binary Asian-diasporic artist and musician based in Amiskwaciwâskahikan, or what is known as Edmonton, Alberta. Founder and organizer of the “Chinatown Live Music Series”, Jyn-Ting piloted a summer series of live music events that showcase local musicians and celebrate beloved locations in Edmonton’s North and South Chinatown districts. Their original music blends their classical and jazz training with their love of fantastical soundtracks and avant-garde electro-pop. Jyn-Ting’s debut album “Black Silk, Living Eyes” explores themes of fetishization and intergenerational trauma through Wendy Chen and Li Qingzhao’s poetry, reimagined into electro-acoustic soundscapes. Outside of their personal projects, Jyn-Ting provides musical support in the form of piano accompaniment to Sorry Not Sorry Improv, and commissioned compositions on interdisciplinary projects such as “Do You See What I See”.
Paper Birch Books
Paper Birch Books is a used & new bookstore and cafe in inner city Edmonton, on the blurry edge of Chinatown in McCauley. An Asian co-owned small business, Paper Birch hosts a vast, eclectic collection of books timely and timeless, rad, rare, and spectacular, with a bent towards the literary, intellectual, curious, underrepresented, and marginal. The bookstore also features a suspended book and coffee fund available for low-income community members. As a venue, Paper Birch Books hosts literary, educational, arts and social justice themed events, from naloxone trainings to poetry readings, book launches, and panels, with more to come!
Come experience the music and the space!