Saturday, March 31, 2018
EMAJIN Initiative 13th Annual Concert of Japanese Heritage Musical Instruments
Celebrating the 50th Year of the IMJS: Japanese Cultural Heritage Initiatives The concert is free and open to the public, but please register online here Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated and can be made with a credit card online here. PROGRAM Part I Gagaku: Sacred Soundscapes Reborn Hyōjō no netori (Prelude Mode Centering on the note of E) Etenraku (Music of the Divine Heavens) Banshikichō no netori (Prelude Mode Centering on the note of B) Kashin/ (This Auspicious Day) Seigaiha (Blue Sea Waves) Part II Contemporary Works for Japanese Heritage Instruments Tadahisa Nakamura, Correspondences (2017) for bass clarinet, 17-string (bass) koto (U.S. Premiere) Winner of the 9th…
Find out more »Wednesday, April 26, 2017
EMAJIN Initiative Spring 2017 Semester-End Concert
No reservations required. We will be celebrating the Institute's 50th anniversary throughout 2018.
Find out more »Wednesday, December 7, 2016
EMAJIN Initiaitve Fall 2016 Semester-End Concert
No reservations required.
Find out more »Wednesday, October 5, 2016
EMAJIN Initiative Special Concert on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the death of Michio Miyagi
Celebrating the Genius of Michio Miyagi (1894-1956) Free and open to the public, but registration is recommended. View program (PDF) 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.
Find out more »Wednesday, April 27, 2016
EMAJIN Initiative Spring 2016 Semester-End Concert
No reservations required. You can just pop in and out.
Find out more »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.
Find out more »Wednesday, December 2, 2015
EMAJIN Initiative Fall 2015 Semester-End Concert
No reservations required. You can just pop in and out.
Find out more »Wednesday, April 29, 2015
EMAJIN Initiative Spring 2015 Semester-End Concert
No reservations required. You can just pop in and out.
Find out more »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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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.
