Sara Galas Band

Sara Galassini and Yukio Tsuji meet in Italy in 2000 performing for a theater production by La MaMa ETC. Sara soon moves to NYC.
Yukio is a composer musician for dance, theater and movies. Sara is an actor, poet and dancer.
In 2004 they perform "Waves of all Times" at the Club of La MaMa ETC. This first concert is a selection of originals and other favorites by Ricky Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, John Lennon, Cat Stevens and Mina.
Their next production is "Origin: a Performance Art Concert" conceived by Sara and composed by Yukio, featuring Sara Galassini on lead vocals, Yukio Tsuji on guitar, flutes and percussion, Chriz Mickens on drums, Lars Preese on synthesizer and backup vocals. In the show dancer Juan Carlos Betancourt from Guatemala plays the Shaman and Lorenzo Masnah creates a live painting installation through the performance.
Sara and Yukio keep merging their diverse talents, constantly working in theater productions and making theater a strong influence in their music.
They tour in Italy where they are presented in venues in Perugia, Florence and Siena.
At the Spoleto54 Festival they perform for La Mama Tribute and they play at the Spoleto Fringe Festival accompanied by violinist Marko Zoranovik and djembe player Mamadou Ba.
In 2012 they come back to NYC as the Sara Galas Band featuring Sara Galassini, Yukio Tsuji and 2 new members: violin player Sergio R. Reyes and bass player Yuka Tadano.

Being at one of their concerts is like being hypnotized and transported into different realities.
Yukio Tsuji's guitar, Sergio R. Reyes violin, Yuka Tadano's bass and Sara Galassini lyrics, voice and movement captivate the audience into a musical and theatrical adventure of multiple dimentions, a real mystical journey weaved with the essence of world, jazz / rock, folk, canzone and tango styles.
Their alchemy is immediately evident and so is their very original sound, so present through their performance, it brings new life with each composition and each story told with their songs.

Personal Bios:

SARA GALASSINI (Actor, Singer Song Writer) originally from Italy has lived and worked in New York City for over a decade. She is a member of La MaMa E.T.C's Great Jones Rep. Company and the Loco 7 Dance Puppet Company. She has danced since the age of 5 and started acting and writing poetry in her teen age years. In New York she has started devising her own work as a singer songwriter collaborating with Yukio Tsuji.
In 2004 she has conceived and performed "Waves of all Times" featuring Sara on vocals and Yukio Tsuji on guitar, percussion and flute.
In 2007 She has created with Yukio Tsuji "Origin: a Performance Art Concert" involving dancer Juan Carlos Betancourt from Guatemala and painter Lorenzo Masnah from Colombia.
With Yukio Tsuji she has performed in venues in NYC and Italy.
In 2010 they have performed for La MaMa Tribute at the Spoleto54 Festival and for the Spoleto Open Fringe Festival.
Among the people she has worked with are Ellen Stewart, Giorgio Albertazzi, Nu Dance Theater, Ping Chong & Company, Elizabeth Swados, Urban Research Theater, Yoshiko Chuma, Susana Cook, Tom Lee, Abla Khoury, Giancarlo Nanni, Angelo Savelli and others.

YUKIO TSUJI (Composer-musician, Shakuhachi, Percussion, Guitar) Originally from Japan. He has worked as a composer and as a performer with Estelle Parsons, Ellen Stewart, Jerome Robbins, Julie Taymor, Sir Peter Hall, John Dexter, Andre Serban, Elizabeth Swados and many other major theater directors. He has been the house composer / musician at La MaMa ETC for over 25 years, where he performed in Ellen Stewart's famous MEDEA , ELECTRA, TROJAN WOMEN, SEVEN, and a countless number of productions over the years.
He has composed more than twenty hours of music for Kei Takei's MOVING EARTH Dance Company. He has composed and performed for the Broadway production SALOME directed by Estelle Parsons, OEDIPUS and FATHER all with Al Pacino, and MACBETH, NIGHT OVER TAOS also directed by Estelle Parsons. He co-arranged and performed on Broadway for the production of M.BUTERFLY. He also composed and performed for the title music of the movie YEAR OF THE DRAGON, TRANSPOSED HEADS directed by Julie Taymor, the 9 Acts Production TANTALUS directed by Sir Peter Hall of the Royal Shakespeare Company and WATERMILL directed by Jerome Robbins and performed by the New York City Ballet. He composed the main theme show Window of The City for the Shanghai 2010 Expo. His music has been heard all around the world among theaters, films and dance companies.

SERGIO R. REYES (Violinist) was born in Guatemala C