The trio will play some classics, some favorites, some oldies, some newbies and some more exotic tunes that just go so well together they couldn't pass them up. You might find yourself dancing.

The one-hour concert is from 1:00–2:00 PM. Coffee and snacks will be served in the lobby after the concert.

Early Bird tickets are $20 until December 7. General Admission is $30.
No refunds once tickets are purchased.

Artists:
Asaf Ophir (clarinet) began his professional career in musical theaters in Israel, while studying at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, and later at the Jerusalem Academy. Arriving in the United States in 2014, he began to perform in musicals around the Bay Area, such as the award-winning Love Sick in 2017, and The People in the Picture in 2018. Finding a home away from home, he can most often be seen in world music projects on Jewish, Arabic and Balkan stages.

Asaf has performed on such distinguished stages as Habima, HaCameri and Jerusalem Theaters in Israel, as well as the Paramount Theater, the Palace of Fine Arts, the Great American Music Hall, Freight & Salvage, Brava Theater and others in the San Francisco Bay Area. Throughout his career he has shared the stage with artists such as Miri Mesika, Avi Kushnir, Galit Giat, Rana Farhan, Ustad Mahwash and Barbra Streisand. www.asafophir.com/

Dan Cantrell (accordion) is an Emmy award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist known for his innovative film scoring approach and his virtuosic abilities on the accordion, piano and musical saw. An impulsive decision in his teenage years led him to buy an accordion in a thrift store in Hemet, California. From that fated day, he pursued the instrument, learning in schools, music camps and eventually traveling to Eastern Europe to learn from Bulgarian Macedonian and Turkish Romani masters.

Dan has now emerged as one of the most well-known living American accordionists. His unique sound can be heard on the albums of Tom Waits, Joanna Newsom and Beats Antique, in major motion pictures such as Mean Girls and The Tiger and the Snow. Recently a featured soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, Dan performed with the Oakland Symphony and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and gigged and collaborated with Danny Elfman, Bono, Joan Baez, Anoushka Shankhar, the Klezmatics and Angelo Moore of Fishbone. bellowhead.com/

Daniel Fabricant (upright bass) may be the most versatile bassist in San Francisco—and the most in-demand. Playing upright or electric, he adapts to a wide range of musical settings, from intimate chamber groups to sprawling dance bands and Latin ensembles. Fabricant has performed internationally with Piaf! The Show, Michael Feinstein, Betty Buckley, Joan Rivers, Spencer Day, Ann Hampton Callaway, Petula Clark and Mary Wilson of the Supremes, among others. In the Bay Area, he regularly plays with Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Rupa and the April Fishes, and Redwood Tango Ensemble.

He has appeared at A.C.T., SFJAZZ, Yoshi's, The Freight and Salvage, and Feinstein's, and New York City venues including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Café Carlyle and Carnegie Hall. Fabricant is also an accomplished music instructor, teaching orchestra, guitar, bass and ukulele to students of all ages in private and group settings.
www.danielfabricantmusic.com/

Senior Programs are made possible in part by generous contributions from the Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund, the John R. Schwabacher Family, Diane and Jon Claerbout, as well as many other individual donors. We are grateful for their generous support.​