Saturday, March 26, 2016
EMAJIN Initiative 11th Season of Glories of the Japanese Music Heritage
ANCIENT SOUNDSCAPE REBORN: Poetry & Paintings in Concert Part I: Classical Repertoire Hyōjō no netori & Etenraku Kashin Hyōjō no chōshi & Goshōraku no jo, Goshōraku no kyū Part II: Contemporary Works Yuka Takechi, Waxwing (2003) for sangen & shō Hiroya Miura, Gossamer Lattice (2007) for shō, hichiriki & ryūteki Fuyuhiko Sasaki, Bridge to the Heavens (2015) for harp, kugo, viola & shō Featuring Mayumi Miyata (shō), Hitomi Nakamura (hichiriki), Takeshi Sasamoto (ryūteki), Hidejiro Honjo (sangen), Fuyuhiko Sasaki (harp & kugo), Benjamin Preneta (viola), Columbia Gagaku Instrumental Ensemble.
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Monday, November 9, 2015
Friday, June 12, 2015
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Sunday, March 29, 2015
EMAJIN Initiative – Annual Gagaku/Hōgaku Concert (10th Anniversary)
Program (Program Notes Available Here) Part I: Classical Repertoire of Gagaku Hyōjō no netori & Etenraku Kashin Rōkunshi Ichikotsuchō no netori & Karyōbin no kyū Part II: Contemporary Pieces for Japanese Heritage Instruments John Kaizan Neptune, Five and Thirteen are Prime Numbers (1983) (koto & shakuhachi) John Cage, Ryoanji (1983) (three hichiriki & percussion) Takeshi Sasamoto, Yaha (2014) (Shōsōin shakuhachi solo) Toshi Ichiyanagi, Transfiguration of the Moon (1988) (shō & violin) Featuring Mayumi Miyata (shō), Hitomi Nakamura (hichiriki), Takeshi Sasamoto (ryūteki; Shōsōin shakuhachi), James Nyoraku Schlefer (shakuhachi), Masayo Ishigure (koto), Thomas Piercy (hichiriki), Joshua Mailman (hichiriki), Sean Statser (percussion), Bronwen…
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Make Music Monthly with Hiroya Miura: A conversation about Gagaku Japanese Court music
Make Music Monthly with Hiroya Miura: A conversation about Gagaku Japanese Court music (includes a demonstration fo the instruments by the memver of Columbia Universit Gagaku Instrumental Ensemble)
Find out more »Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Annual Nabunken Lectures with Prof. Takayuki Seino and Prof. Yasuharu Hoshino
Annual Nabunken Lectures Prof. Takayuki Seino, "Ideal Management of Historical Parks: From the Past to the Present to the Future" Prof. Yasuharu Hoshino, "A Review of the Application of Dendrochronology to Japanese Cultural Heritage"
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Sunday, March 30, 2014
EMAJIN Initiative: 9th Season of Glories of the Japanese Music Heritage
ANCIENT SOUNDSCAPES REBORN Japanese Sacred Court Music (Gagaku) and Secular Art Music (Hōgaku) Program Notes Available Here Read the pre-concert remarks by Prof. Barbara Ruch. Free and open to the public. No reservation is required. All seats are on a first-come-first-served basis. The door will open 30 minutes before the performance. Featuring: Remi Miura (sho), Hitomi Nakamura (hichiriki), Takeshi Sasamoto (ryuteki), Masayo Ishigure (koto), James Nyoraku Schlefer (shakuhachi) and Columbia Gagaku and Hōgaku Ensembles. Part I: Sacred Gagaku Music Hyōjō no netori (Prelude Mode Centering on the note of E) & Etenraku (Music of the Divine Heavens) Kashin (Glorious Days)…
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In May 2007, Columbia University’s Gagaku-Hōgaku Classical Japanese Music Curriculum and Performance Program announced its first Mentor/Protégé Gagaku Summer Initiative, a six-week program in Tokyo where Columbia’s most promising gagaku students receive private instruction from gagaku masters.
In conjunction with the Gagaku-Hōgaku Classical Japanese Music Curriculum and Performance Program at Columbia University, launched in September 2006, the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies presents several public gagaku concerts and instrumental workshops to introduce the ancient music of Japan to a greater audience at Columbia University and in New York.
