Kitchen Party (Christmas Mini Concert) in December

Pocket Penguin will be organising a Christmas party in December. If you are interested in performing or setting up your booth to sell your products, please contact us:

E-mail: info@duo.penguinistan.com

Also for those who want to come to the party, please your schedule open as follows!

Date: 1st December (SAT)
Time: 6pm-9pm (door open:5.30pm)
Place: St Mary Church (Small Hall) 26 Hendon Lane, Finchley, London N3 1RT
Performers/Artists: 5pounds
Admisson: 2 pounds
Bring your own food or drink for our party!!!

*Kitchen Party is a music event started by Ayumi Toyama three years ago and now regularly held by musicians (both professional and amateur). The initial concept was for both musicians and listeners to enjoy music with having food and drink.

Lunch time concert in Nagoya, Japan on 18th Dec

Pocket Penguin will have a lunch time concert in Nagoya in December.

Melodica: Ayumi Toyama
Guitar: Ryusuke Koarashi

Date: 18th December (TUE)
Time: 11:30am-12:30pm
Place: Munetsugu Hall
Fee: 1000 Yen
Click here for the flyer

If you would like to book a ticket, please e-mail: info@duo.penguinistan.com
We also appreciate if you could recommend your friends who live in Nagoya to come to our concert!

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Bartok Bela - "Three Hungarian Folksong from Csik"
Bulgarian Folk Dance - "Kopanitsa"
Ryusuke Koarashi - "A Bird Flying over Mountains" etc.

A mini concert on 29th September

Ayumi Toyama (melodica)
Ryusuke Koarashi (guitar)

Programme:

"6 pieces on material of Azerbaijan Folklore" by Musa Mirzoev
1. Lyrical Piece
2. First Dance
3. Second Dance

"Prelude 2" & "Eskiz" by Qara Qarayev

"2 pieces on Azerbaijan Folk Themes" by Fikret Amirov

Music fragments from the film "Almas" by Niyazi Hajibeyov

Liebeslied by Fritz Kreisler


We performed our new repertoires composed by Azerbaijani composers. Liebeslied by Kreisler was a request of our friend who always comes to our concerts.

A Bird Flying over Mountains

We are very happy to announce that our first album, "A BIrd Flying over Mountains" which was originally released on Feb 2012, finally became available for digital download at CD baby, amazon.co.uk, amazon.com, iTunes Store, and many others. Also the booklet and postcards are downloadable at discography section.


Pocket Penguin:

Ayumi Toyama(Melodica)

Ryusuke Koarashi(Guitar)

A Little Song by A.Khachaturian

"A Little Song" by Aram Khachaturian

Melodica: Ayumi Toyama
Guitar & Arrangement: Ryusuke Koarashi

Jumping Rope by Aram Khachaturian

Jumping rope from children's album by Aram Khachaturian. Did you hear something interesting in it!?

Melodica: Ayumi Toyama
Guitar & Arrangement: Ryusuke Koarashi

Scherzo by Aram Khachaturian

Scherzo from Children's Album by Aram Khachaturian. We have been playing this Scherzo with his other pieces as a set at many concerts. Hope you enjoy it.

 

Melodica: Ayumi Toyama
Guitar & Arrangement: Ryusuke Koarashi