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Here’s a stereo version of my eight-channel piece, “haru no umi,” that was performed at last Saturday’s Future Music Oregon Concert.

This piece is based on the text of a haiku by Japanese poet Yosa no Buson (1716-1783). The text, “haru no umi, hinemosu notari notari kana,” translates to: “The ocean in spring / all day ebbs / and flows undoubtedly”

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