----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra and Alcvin Ramos" <ramos@telus.net>
To: <Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.ed>; <shakuhachi@weber.ucsd.edu>;
<info@shakucamp.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: new faculty
> 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.
> >
> > ____________________________________________________
> >
> > <a
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