Photo of Shana playing the harp and Adita playing the bass flute at the Women's Work concert at Oak Branch. There's a beautiful rug under us and two grand pianos in the background. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our events! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestros conciertos!

Thanks to all who attended our 40th anniversary concerts! If you’d like to support Chaski and also donate to HAAM Health Alliance for Austin Musicians 🎶, visit our donation page and we’ll share with HAAM. #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social www.chaskimusic.com/donate

Oak Branch presents Chaski in "Women's Work" concert Sun 1 Feb at 3 PM at Oak Branch in southwest Austin. Email oakbranchconcerts@gmail.com to make a reservation. The Austin Kindness Project distributed yard signs that read “In this house we believe Black Lives Matter, Women’s Rights are Human Rights, No Human is Illegal, Science is Real, Love is Love, Kindness is Everything.” And everyone has constitutional rights! With the Austin skyline in the background, three yard signs in three languages are installed in the grassy field at Zilker Park. Colored letting on black background. EN ESTA CASA: LAS VIDAS NEGRAS IMPORTAN LOS DERECHOS DE LAS MUJERES SON DERECHOS HUMANOS NINGÚN HUMANO ES ILEGAL LA CIENCIA ES REAL EL AMOR ES AMOR LA BONDAD LO ES TODO IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE: BLACK LIVES MATTER WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL SCIENCE IS REAL LOVE IS LOVE KINDNESS IS EVERYTHING داریم ایمان خانه این در مهم است بشر حقوق زنان حقوق است واقعی علم است عشق عشق است چیر همه مهربانی مهر‎'‎‎'‎ داریم ایمان خانه این در مهم است بشر حقوق زنان حقوق است واقعی علم است عشق عشق است چیر همه مهربانی مهر‎'‎‎ Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

I wrote "Kindness" that's on tomorrow's Women's Work program in memory of Sandy Fivecoat, who founded the Austin Kindness Project, which distributed these yard signs. #iceout #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

In other news, yay we have 136 YouTube subscribers now! Adita in a red rain jacket and khaki pants and Shana in a printed turquoise top and black wrap and pants, stand on the shore with the Pacific Ocean behind them. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Apparently 2016 is the new 2026? Anyway, here we are visiting the Pacific Ocean 🌊 in 2016 on our Oceans of Space tour to California. Chaski was only 31yo. Women's Work concert Sun 1 Feb! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social #2016❤️

We will keep playing concerts for a long time, of course, because we love it. And maybe we'll keep posting vintage photos like this one from 1985? It looks like we'll have from free CDs 💿 for you! Remember those? There is no charge for admission, but seating is limited and reservations are encouraged. Email oakbranchconcerts@gmail.com to make a reservation. 1985 black and white photo of Adita and Shana, taken in Kerrville, I think, with the harp behind us and me holding me flute. We're wearing fancy satin dresses. I'm sure we have amazing shoes. He hadn't even met our husbands yet. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

This Sunday Feb 1 at 3 PM in south Austin is your last chance to hear an official 40th anniversary Chaski concert! The program "Women’s Work" highlights the creative work of women composers, writers, scientists, and artists.
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Painting of author Jane Austen looking toward the left of the view, holding a notebook, sitting on a something draped with a blanket, dressed in a frilly cap and light blue dress with sheer neck, ruffles on the short sleeves, and a high waist gray sash. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that Chaski adores Jane Austen and her work 📖. It's the 213th anniversary of the publication of Pride & Prejudice by #JaneAusten! Come to our Women's Work concert Sun Feb. 1 @3pm to celebrate! #Chaski40th
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Whistles come in handy in all kinds of (ahem) situations, magic or otherwise. Another tableau vivant from a Chaski video, this one with a scene from "Magic Flute" by Marc Chagall, imitated on the right by Adita holding a vertical flute laying on a blue background with blue wings and a white dove with a red tail with the lettering "from Magic Flute by Marc Chagall" and "Magic Whistle by Adrienne Inglis" Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Here's another tableau vivant from one of Chaski's videos, which are great to watch when you're iced in. Bring a friend to our Feb. 1 concert to hear flute, bass flute, and Native American flute! www.chaskimusic.com #whistle #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

On this 267th birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns, enjoy this piece we'll play Feb. 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
From Burns' poem Ode
"See gathering thousands, while I sing,
A broken chain, exulting, bring,
And dash it in a tyrant's face!"
#NoKings #chaski40th
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Chaski presents Women's Work Illustration of a flowering plant with egg, caterpillar, pupa, and adult by Maria Sibylla Merian Lago Vista Public Library Fri 23 Jan 2026 from 4-5 PM Oak Branch Concerts Sun 1 Feb 2026 from 3-4 PM Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

I'm so glad this concert happens before the cold front arrives! Savor the sounds of flute/harp music before you snuggle under a pile of blankets at home. @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social #chaski40th

Tableau vivant with fancy lady at the harp! In the painting, the lady has huge curly light brown hair, a satin cream and green striped dress, a carved wooden harp, and music in the background. Shana is in a lovely white tulle dress with a Scottish harp and music in the background. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

One of the many fun things about playing with The Muses is to wear fancy dresses! Here's @shanahipharpy.bsky.social glammed out in this tableau vivant from one of our videos. Catch this glamorous harpist this Fri Jan 23 in Lago Vista or Sun Feb 1 in Oak Branch! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social

"Women's Work" concerts 🎶 Jan. 23 at the Lago Vista Public Library Feb. 1 at Oak Branch Concerts https://www.chaskimusic.com Florence Beatrice Price (née Smith; April 9, 1887 – June 3, 1953) was an American classical composer, pianist, organist and music teacher. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Price was educated at the New England Conservatory of Music, and was active in Chicago from 1927 until her death in 1953. Price is noted as the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. Price composed over 300 works: four symphonies, four concertos, as well as choral works, art songs, chamber music and music for solo instruments. In 2009, a substantial collection of her works and papers was found in her abandoned summer home. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

On this 40th MLK Day (yes, Chaski is older than MLK Day!) we honor Black composer Florence Price, whose music we have the honor to perform at our upcoming "Women's Work" concerts. 🎶 Come between #protests and bring a friend! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Gathered for lunch in March 2024 with our dear Muses friends! Adita, Shana, Anna, Deleen, Suzanne, Earl, Toni Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Happy birthday to our dear from Earl! See you soon in Hot Springs! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Tableau vivant with a painting of a woman dressed in a frilly dress and neck choker with her hand on her forehead, eyes wide open, as she reads a book. Shana creates a wonderful copy of that painting. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Here's another tableau vivant. The facial expressions seem apt these days when it comes to reading the news. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more tableaux vivant, music, and good cheer. www.youtube.com/chaski85/ #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Medieval (?) illustration of a someone in a tall red hat playing the harp with fancy lettering. Shana in a long red hat and red tartan scarf playing the harp with a stone background. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

On this twelfth day of Christmas❄️, here's a tableau vivant from our Tidings of Comfort & Joy video! Peace on Earth, good will to ALL! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Photo of Shana and Adita at KMFA OffBeat concert 7 Feb 2025 with Shana at the harp and Adita playing the flute with microphones in front of them. Both are dressed in sparkly glamor. Alma llanera (Soul of the mallanera/SoulofthePrairie)(1914) Prairie) (1914) Venezuelan joropo Pedro Elías Gutiérrez and Rafael Bolivar Coronado' Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

In honor of all Venezuelans during these difficult times, here's Chaski's performance of "Alma llanera" from the KMFA Offbeat Series concert last February! ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! youtu.be/Mgv-M6egV94 #Chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

In this tableau vivant, Adita imitates the painting Young Woman in White by the Sea by Edwin Austin Abbey. Both are dressed in white with pink ribbons and glove things and a dark pink hat with a lovely background of greenery and water. Well, there's drought in Texas, so not much water there. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Here's another tableau vivant from one of Chaski's videos. Check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/chaski85. And mark Jan. 23 and Feb. 1 on your calendar for our "Women's Work" concerts! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Side-by-side images of the harpist composer Sophia Dussek and Shana Norton, dressed to look like her. Profile view with pouffy curly hair cascading over the right shoulder, blue dress with loose ruffly gathered collar. Framed in an oval. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Chaski created quite a nice series of videos during the pandemic. For fun, we sometimes added a "tableau vivant." Here's Shana imitating the portrait of Sophia Dussek whom we'll feature on our "Women's Work" concerts Jan 23 and Feb 1. #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Sunrise over a lake in Scotland with the title "Chaski presents Raise a Cup o' Kindness" Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Chaski invites you to cue up this video to reflect on the old year and welcome the new. "We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet, For auld lang syne." Don't miss Robbie's reading of the famous Burns poem! #Chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social youtu.be/-c0V2QF2BEI

Attend Austin Cantorum's or One Ounce Opera's concert tonight or Panoramic Voices and Central TexasPhilharmonic in Händel's Messiah tomorrow or sing with friends, or simply watch our O Holy Night video from deep in the pandemic (https://youtu.be/8zYpF8FhaOA). Adita appears twice in a split screen video trick to play O Holy Night rocket (trenzado) style with Shana, who appears elsewhere in the video at https://youtu.be/8zYpF8FhaOA. There are framed photos (by Emilio Torres) of birds above the white mantle, a burning purple candle on the mantle, a tall basket of folk flutes and berimbau on the left. Adita is wearing a black top with the silk Maria Sibylla Merian scarf from the Getty Museum. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Whether we celebrate or grieve during the holidays, or both, listen to music. 🎶 Attend Austin Cantorum's concert tonight or any number of local events or simply watch this Chaski video (youtu.be/8zYpF8FhaOA). Peace to y'all. ❤️ #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Jennifer and Adita joined the festivities with music 🎶 in 1998 and Shana has joined with her harp and accordion since 2023! A photo three white women in a church, wearing black with colorful stoles, standing in front of a manger scene that features lots of stuffed animals. Behind us is a gorgeous stained glass window. I have my lever harp & Adita has a cuatro. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Las Posadas at Westminster Presbyterian Day School! The fine young day schoolers are the focus of the event, and we thoroughly enjoy bringing some Venezuelan 🇻🇪aguinaldos and other music to round out the program. #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Adita is playing the flute dressed in a flowery top and teal skirt. Shana is playing the spinet piano in a pink shirt and dark red pants. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

When Chaski was 1yo in 1986 we toured Costa Rica🇨🇷 and Venezuela 🇻🇪. Here we are having at the piano 🎶 at Adita's Venezuelan family's home. #venezuelalibre #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Painting of author Jane Austen looking toward the left of the view, holding a notebook, sitting on a something draped with a blanket, dressed in a frilly cap and light blue dress with sheer neck, ruffles on the short sleeves, and a high waist gray sash. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that Chaski gals adore Jane Austen and her work 📖. Happy 250th birth anniversary to #JaneAusten and come to our Women's Work concerts to celebrate! #Chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Photo of scone and coffee and sugar bowl and pitcher of cream in Scotland at a hotel along the John Muir Way while viewing World Cup in 2018. The scone has butter and red berry jam on it. Yum. "La comida la mañana" Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Happy Hanukkah 🕎 from Chaski! Here's a Turkish 🇹🇷Sephardic song ☕️ we performed with Maureen Broy Papovich in 2022 when Chaski was 37yo. youtu.be/FVNS-Gmhly0 #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Go to our website https://www.chaskimusic.com to download this graphic to invite friends. Or invite them in your own words. Come to Chaski’s Women’s Work concerts! Chaski presents Women's Work, illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian of a flowering plant with nibbled leaves, eggs, larvae, and moths. Lago Vista Public Library Fri 23 Jan 2026 from 4-5 PM Oak Branch Concerts Sun 1 Feb 2026 from 3-4 PM Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Give the gift of your friendship and an immersive authentic musical 🎶 experience by inviting a friend (or two or more!) to one of Chaski's free "Women's Work" concerts Jan. 23 and Feb. 1! See you there! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Photograph of aspen trees in the snow in Colorado with the title "Chaski presents Tidings of Comfort & Joy" Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

'Tis the season to call your members of congress to demand climate action, scroll quickly past the news, then relax and enjoy Chaski's 30-minute video "Tidings of Comfort & Joy"! 🎶❄️ youtu.be/RAf2pIaZeWU?... #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Chaski may last longer than the Frank Erwin Center’s 46 years, but we think this plastic 1997 anniversary cup will outlast us all. #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Did you hear? FIFA has awarded Chaski the World Cup Trophy of Patience and for our gracious delay of the concert June 22, 1986 to accommodate the overtime and PKs of the Spain🇪🇸 — Belgium 🇧🇪 quarterfinal match. Congratulations! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

On a textured red background, the white, black, and yellow lettering outlines the event schedule. There's a cute grackle dressed in a Christmas sweater holding a Santa hat in its beak. THE SCHEDULE 3PM — WELCOME! 3:30PM — COMMUNITY CAROLING FOR VOICES AND INSTRUMENTS-BYO MUSIC STAND! 4:30 — HOLIDAY TRIVIA PRESENTED BY KMFA 89.5 5:45PM — OPENING SET: SOUND COLLECTIVE AUSTIN'S NEWEST SPECIAL NEEDS CHORUS! 6:00PM — PANORAMIC VOICES PRESENTS "LIGHT IT UP!" FESTIVE CONCERT OF HOLIDAY FAVORITES PERFORMED BY CHOIR & GUEST INSTRUMENTALISTS FROM DENSITY512! Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

A Baroque Christmas with San Gabriel Chorale 🎶 Ring in the season with the timeless beauty of Baroque music! The San Gabriel Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Bruce Cain, invites the community to a festive holiday concert: 📅 When: Sunday, December 7, 2025 – 4:00 PM 📍 Where: Alma Thomas Theater, on the campus of Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas 🎼 Who: San Gabriel Chorale, conducted by Dr. Bruce Cain, with guest Orchestra This year’s program, A Baroque Christmas, will feature selections from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Vivaldi’s Magnificat, and Handel’s Messiah— beloved masterpieces that capture the spirit and joy of the season. 🎟 Tickets: $25 for adults. Students free (under 18 or with a Southwestern University ID). Tickets may be purchased online at www.sangabrielchorale.com or at the door. This special event is presented by the San Gabriel Chorale as a community collaboration with Southwestern University, celebrating the power of music to bring people together during the holiday season. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Enjoy Panoramic Voices' Christmas Caroling and Holiday Concert today at Central Machine Works! And/or come to San Gabriel Chorale's "A Baroque Christmas" at 4 PM at Alma Thomas Theatre at Southwestern University! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Group photo with Shana Dan Adita Bill Melanie Erika Paul and Emilio. Shana and Adita are holding sikus. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

In 2022 when Chaski was only 38yo, we had a reunion with the UT Andean Ensemble to play music and reminisce. The ensemble contributed to much of our repertoire and style over the years, as well as friendships and more! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

World AIDS day 2025 was yesterday. Chaski still remembers fabulous Austin harpist Whit Dudley who died of AIDS. Let's help build awareness to improve the worldwide response. #chaski40th #WorldAIDSDay2025 @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Go to our website https://www.chaskimusic.com to download this graphic to invite friends. Or invite them in your own words. Come to Chaski’s Women’s Work concerts! Chaski presents Women's Work, illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian of a flowering plant with nibbled leaves, eggs, larvae, and moths. Lago Vista Public Library Fri 23 Jan 2026 from 4-5 PM Oak Branch Concerts Sun 1 Feb 2026 from 3-4 PM Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Give the gift of your friendship and an immersive authentic musical 🎶 experience by inviting a friend (or two or more!) to one of Chaski's free "Women's Work" concerts coming up in the new year! See you there! #musicalgift #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social