Dear Summer Camp Organizers,
Thanks for bringing Kenshukan to the US! I hope many people come to
witness their beauty and wonderful energy. When these three get together
it's pure magic!
Alcvin
>
> On behalf of the 2002 Shakuhachi Summer Camp of the Rockies, I am pleased to
> announce that two additional teachers will be joining us this year, Teruo
> Furuya and Kasushi Matama. Both are masters in Katsuya Yokoyama's school,
> and they are stellar players as well as personable and imaginative teachers.
> I've included brief biographies at the end of this message. The entire
> faculty for this year is:
>
> Dr. Riley Lee from Sydney, Australia
> Yoshio Kurahashi from Kyoto, Japan
> Kaoru Kakizakai from Tokyo, Japan
> Michael Gould from Ann Arbor, Michigan
> David Wheeler from Boulder, Colorado
> Teruo Furuya from Tokyo, Japan
> Kazushi Matama from Tokyo, Japan
> and Yoko Hiraoka (koto/shamisen), from Boulder, Colorado.
>
> The camp is June 19-23 and is open to all levels. There are still some
> openings, but it's important to register soon. You can get complete
> information at http://www.shakucamp.com. We hope to see many of you there!
>
> *****
> Biographies of Teruo Furuya and Kasushi Matama:
>
> Born in Osaka, Teruo Furuya has become one of the leading disciples of
> Katsuya Yokoyama and a highly respected player in his own right. He
> collaborated in the planning and management of the International Shakuhachi
> Music Festival in Bisei (1994) and is currently the Director of the Ramposha
> Chikushin-kai as well as President of the Tokyo Chikushin-kai. He has held
> numerous teaching posts and composes his own shakuchachi music as well as
> performing the traditional and modern repertoire.
>
> Kazushi Matama has been playing shakuchani since 1964 and completed the
> traditional Japanese music course of NHK in 1973. Sinve then he has
> performed extensively throughout Japan, Europe, and the Americas, often as a
> guest player with the Ono Gagaku Association. In 1987 he participated in the
> reconstruction of ancient musical instruments at the request of the Japanese
> National Theater and the Imperial Household, and he has been active in the
> planning and management of both the International Shakuhachi Festival in
> Bisei and the Australian Shakuhachi Festivals in both Sydney and Brisbane.
> He is President of the Yokohama Chikushin-kai and a Director of the Ranposha
> Chikushin-kai.
>
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>
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