Tsugaru Jamisen

Onikembai (American World), Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
Admission: Free

I will join Sato Choei and the Choei-Kai shamisen group for an evening of folk-songs from Tsugaru, the Northern Peninsula of Honshu.

Christmas is Complicated

“Black Friday” is now behind us, so I can start listening to Christmas music again.

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I’ve taken a page out of Lou Harrison’s book and taken one of my pieces that is never played and converted into a new computer-Christmas chorale (complete with sleigh bells).

[undisclosed] Prize to the first person who can name the original tune.

Three Minutes of Christmas