|
|
|||
|
|||
|
|
From April 2008 I will begin my PhD hibernation and not be that active as a performer. The concerts on this page may therefore mostly be past events. I am hoping to be able to hand my thesis in by the end of 2008. And then I will begin performing again! |
||
|
^ | ||
| 2005 |
20 June 2008 |
||
|
|||
|
|
I will be playing honkyoku in this beautiful garden surrounded by Barbara Hepworth's sculptures and palm trees/succulent plants. Hopefully the weather stays dry. |
||
|
^ | ||
|
Shakuhachi Summer School |
|||
|
|||
|
|
Short Summer School with Michael Coxall and Kiku DaySaturday to Sunday, 21st to 22nd June 2008, London, UK This year’s shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) summer school at SOAS, University of London, will focus on the playing sankyoku (traditional ensemble music) and honkyoku (traditional solo repertoire of the Zen Buddhist monks, komusô). Michael Soumei Coxall is an experienced player and teacher of sankyoku and has a shihan license (saster license) from the Chikumeisha school of kinko style playing. The focus will be learning the technical difficulties of the pieces as well as learning how to integrate the shakuhachi in the trio with koto (13-string zither) and shamisen (long-necked lute). There will be opportunities to play in the ensemble. Kiku Day will teach honkyoku from Okuda Atsuya’s Zensabô style, focusing on the traditional techniques as well as the aesthetics of this unique musical genre, which used to be used as a tool for meditation. Thoughts on how to use honkyoku as a personal spiritual practice will be discussed as well. There will be classes for intermediate and advanced players as well as ensemble playing for the sankyoku class and individual instruction. Please download the application form from the |
||
|
^ | ||
 With Kanoko Nish at 21 Grand, Oakland, California 2005 |
|
||
|
|||
|
|
|
||
|
^ | ||
|
|
|
||
|
|||
|
|
|
||
|
^ | ||
|
|||
|
|
|
||
|
^ | ||
|
|||
|
^ | ||
|
|||
|
^ | ||
|
|
|
|
With Carla Kihlstedt and Wu Fei at the Stone, New York
