I just got back from Seoul and the performance of my piece “…of modesty and splendor” by the Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea. They did a wonderful job, and were incredibly hospitable to me while I was there.
I felt like a real composer.
I wasn’t allowed to take pictures in the hall, and I don’t have [...]
Browsing Posts published in May, 2008
One of my friends gave me this electronic copy of the brief NHK documentary segment about me that appeared last week.
So… this was ripped from a VHS using a G3 iMac [read: old computer]. The motion was already bad so I didn’t worry about encoding it at such a high quality. Supposedly they’re sending me [...]
Here are a couple videos from last weekend’s shamisen performance at Onikembai, a restaurant/bar in Kitakami. The video was taken by Speak Up’s manager, Akira Takahashi.
Watching me next to my teacher it looks like I use too much vibrato!
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I’m hoping I’ll be able to UL a copy of my [...]
[ 19 May 2008; 6:10 am to 7:00 am. ] NHK Broadcast
Their will be a rebroadcast of the brief segment about me and my music which appeared on Hirukko Iwate on May 15th.
[ 22 June 2008; 7:00 am to 8:00 am. ] TVI (Television Iwate) Broadcast
My shamisen teacher, Satou Chouei, and I will appear on brief segment on a folk music program broadcast around the 6 northeastern prefectures of Japan.
[ 15 May 2008; 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] NHK Broadcast
There will be a very brief section about my shamisen-playing and composition on the Iwate NHK program, “Hirukko IWATE.” The focus of the program is on ex-pats studying traditional Japanese (especially Iwate) arts.
[ 10 May 2008; 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Onikembai (American World), Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
Admission: Free
I’ll join Sato Choei and the Choei-Kai shamisen group for an evening of folk-songs from Tsugaru, the Northern Peninsula of Honshu.
