Thursday, October 6, 2016
EMAJIN Initiative Special Concert on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the death of Michio Miyagi
View program notes/photos/videos Celebrating the Genius of Michio Miyagi (1894-1956) Free and open to the public, but registration is recommended. Read the remarks by Prof. Barbara Ruch Sponsored by Toshiba International Foundation, Ajinomoto North America Inc., and the Japan Foundation, New York. Assistance provided by Michio Miyagi Memorial Hall.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016
EMAJIN Initiative Spring 2016 Semester-End Concert
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Saturday, March 26, 2016
EMAJIN Initiative 11th Season of Glories of the Japanese Music Heritage “Poetry & Paintings in Concert”
View program notes/photos/videos 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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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
EMAJIN Initiative Fall 2015 Semester-End Concert
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Monday, November 9, 2015
Friday, June 12, 2015
Workshop: “Comparing & Contrasting Tones, Timbres and the Technology of Koto Instrumental Types”
View program notes/photos/videos 箏聴き比べ：新福山箏・ネオ箏・二つ折れ箏
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
EMAJIN Initiative Spring 2015 Semester-End Concert
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Sunday, March 29, 2015
EMAJIN Initiative – Annual Gagaku/Hōgaku Concert (10th Anniversary)
View program notes/photos/videos 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 Kar Cheung…
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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)
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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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CHANEL Pygmalion Days Special Concert Series
View program notes/photos/videos 21世紀における「クラシック音楽」の行方
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2nd Summit on the Future of the Japanese Music Heritage
View program notes/photos/videos 第2回サミット「21世紀における和楽器の行方」
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EMAJIN Initiative (in Tokyo) Wagakki Workshop
View program notes/photos/videos 和楽器ワークショップ「古代・中世の名手を現代に」
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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.
