I=92m very pleased to announce that shakuhachi master, recording artist,=20
and scholar Riley Lee will be making a rare tour of the Bay Area in=20
early June. Please join us in this exciting opportunity to learn from a=20
master. Everyone is welcome, no matter how much experience or who you=92v=
e=20
studied with.
Calendar of events:
Shakuhachi Workshop
Saturday June 7th 10am-4pm
$40 per person =96 All levels welcome
Naka 9 Studio in Richmond =96 (Directions below)
Contact ron@komuso.com to reserve a spot
Concert
Saturday June 7th 8pm
$15 per person
Clarion Music Center
816 Sacramento St., San Francisco
http://www.clarionmusic.com/directions.html
Tickets available in advance by calling: 415-391-1317
Or, eventually, by going to http://www.ticketweb.com/
Taiko Workshop
Sunday June 8th 11am-1pm
$15 per person
Naka 9 Studio in Richmond =96 (Directions below)
Including exercises regarding playing shakuhachi with taiko
Contact ron@komuso.com to reserve a spot
Personal Lessons
Afternoon of Sunday the 8th in Richmond
Evening of Monday the 9th in San Francisco
$50 per hour
Everyone is welcome to observe the lessons at no charge
Contact ron@komuso.com to reserve a lesson slot
Group Potluck and Student Concert
Sunday June 8th 6pm
Free to all, bring friends and family
Naka 9 Studio in Richmond =96 (Directions below)
Contact ron@komuso.com to reserve a performance slot
Please confirm attendance early so we can plan accordingly.
All plans are subject to change.
http://www.rileylee.net/
http://www.komuso.com/
Directions to Naka 9 Studio - 5221 Central Ave., Suite #9, Richmond
From Hwy 80E --
* Take the CENTRAL AVE Exit
* Turn LEFT toward the overpass and Costco, do NOT cross the overpass
* Turn RIGHT onto the small Central Ave. spur just before the overpass
(1st right after San Joaquin St./Jacuzzi St.)
* Look for kiosk at 5221 Central Ave. immediately on your right
* Turn into driveway and park in the parking area on your left
* Walk straight ahead to suite #9
* Enter through the entry door in the roll-up door
From 580W toward the Richmond Bridge --
* Exit CENTRAL AVE.
* Turn RIGHT at the bottom of the overpass (away from Costco)
* Take FIRST LEFT (use left-hand turn lane) onto Central Ave. spur
(just before San Joaquin St./Jacuzzi St.)
* Follow directions above
Riley Lee began playing the shakuhachi (bamboo flute) in Japan in 1971,=20
studying with Chikuho Sakai until 1980, and has been a student of=20
Katsuya Yokoyama since 1984.
Riley completed his BA and MA degrees in music at the University of=20
Hawai'i, and received his PhD degree in ethnomusicology from the=20
University of Sydney. His PhD dissertation topic was on the Zen=20
repertoire of the shakuhachi. He was an East-West Center grantee in=20
1985-1986 and a Japan Foundation fellow in 1988-1989. He was made=20
Honourary Fellow of the University of Western Sydney in 1997.
He has been instrumental in creating a professional presence of=20
traditional Japanese music in Australia. He has introduced the=20
shakuhachi to a diverse audience as both a soloist and with other=20
performers of such instruments as harp, =91cello, saxophone, tabla,=20
guitar, didjeridu, and symphony orchestra. He helped found the=20
Australian Shakuhachi Society in 1996. His request in 1988 to the Sawai=20
Koto School in Japan that a koto player be sent to Australia facilitated=20
the immigration to Australia of talented Satsuki Odamura. In 1995, he=20
also co-founded with Ian Cleworth, Australia=92s dynamic Japanese festiva=
l=20
drum group, Taikoz.
In 1998, he founded world music group Con Spirit Oz, featuring music for=20
shakuhachi, didjeridu, percussion and guitar. Its debut performance at=20
the Sydney Opera House in 1999 received rave reviews. He performed with=20
the Sydney Dance Company in the 1999 Australian season of Graham=20
Murphy=92s Air and Other Invisible Forces, touring USA at the end of 2000=
=20
and Europe in 2001 with this production.
He has made nearly forty commercially released recordings since 1980,=20
which are sold worldwide on a number of labels.
Riley was most recently seen, with five other musicians, on an=20
internationally televised programme, ushering in the new millennium on=20
New Year=92s morning at dawn, from the top of the =91sails=92 of the maje=
stic=20
Sydney Opera House - quite an auspicious start for the next 1000 years=20
for shakuhachi enthusiasts worldwide.
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