[Shaku] Details of Shigeo Tachibana's Oakland workshop on March 19

Hi all,

Here are the final details regarding the workshop that will be offered
by Shigeo Tachibana on March 19th in Oakland - looks like there will be
some interesting material not often presented in the bay area. Please
note that Tachibana-san would like to keep the workshop to a manageable
size and so if you're interested he would appreciate your signing up
fairly soon (via email to him as noted below).

Cheers,

-- KY

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Shakuhachi workshop with Shigeo Tachibana Master musician

When: Saturday, March l9,20ll l0AM-l2 AM
Were: Garden Room at The Kaiser Center
300 Lakeside Drive Oakland CA 946ll

Fee: $50.00 for two-hour workshop, including:
** special CD which contains recording of Kogarashi
** printed material which contains some
tozan hoakyoku* sheet music with technical remarks to aid in further
study.

Topics to be covered:
l. 'Kogarashi': Tozan hoakyoku and Tozan notation
I will discuss Tozan notation, and techniques "suri", "yuri", "meri" and
"ori",,

2. Rokudan: Basic techniques for san-kyoku ensemble
You will lean important tips, analyzing the music, rhythm, pitch,breathing
(I will prepare both Kinko and Tozan sheet music, and you can choose either
style)

Space is limited. Please sign-up with Tachibana Sensei at his email
tachi723@gmail.com
http://homepage3.nifty.com/shakuhachi/

Special note: Tachibana Sensei will also be exhibiting new shakuhachi
l.6,l.8,l.9 made by
master himself. Tachibana Sensei says, "These shakuhachi are not student
models.
They are made from madake bamboo, which usually costs around $3000 in
Japan."
Since the cost of the instrument is one ofthe bamiers from learning
shakuhachi,
he has worked to create a shakuhachi that is of good quality and
affordable. "Many professionals and advanced performers love my
shalruhachi now," says Tachibana Sensei.
Tachibana Sensei will be selling these shalruhachi for $500 (cash only)
at the workshop.

About Shigeo Tachibana
Shigeo Tachibana graduated with a Grand Master degree from Tozan style
music,
under the training of Master Narita Rokuzan. Tachibana continued studies
on the
shakuhachi in the classical Kinko style and Huke music (formally known
as Zen
music) from Master Kifu Mitsnhashi, one ofthe most prominent shakuhachi
performers in Japan.
Tachibana has won numerous shalruhachi competitions, including the NHK
(Japan Broadcasting Network) contests, where he distinguished himself in
both modem and aditional forms of shakuhachi music: he was the winner
of Japan Shakuhachi association's competition in 2004, and in 2005, he
won the Breeze Young Musicians Competition, "Zenkoku Hougaku" nationally
broadcast by NHK.
This April, Tachibana will receive the "Chikusui" Grand Master degree,
the highest level of master in shakuhachi.

Tachibana Sensei says, There are few opportunities for people to learn
about Tozan honkyoku.
I can show people about Tozan honkyoku and technique."

What is Tozan honkoku?(per Shigeo Tachibana)
There are 2 main shakuhachi schools in Japan: Kinko and Tozan.Tozan is
the largest and
most popular school in Japan.
There are few performers of Tozan who visit the Bay Area. I think most
shakuhachi people
are not as familiar with the Tozan style.
There are many beautiful honkyoku pieces and ensemble pieces, and Iwould
like
to introduce the Tozan hoakyoku to the Bay Area.
Tozan hoakyoku pieces were written during the Meiji era (l886-l9l2) by Nakao
Tozan. Many pieces have since been published from the Meiji era to today.

* Hoakyoku (本曲,original pieces) are the pieces of shakuhachi or
hocchiku music layed by mendicant Japanese Zen monks called komuso.
Komuso played hoakyoku for enlightenment and alms as early as the l3th
centary. Honkyoku is the practice of suizen ("blowing Zen"). The Fuke
sect which originated this practice ceased to exist in the l9th centary,
but a verbal and written lineage of many hoakyoku continues today,
though the music is now often practiced in a concert or performance
setting.

There are many ryu, or schools, of honkyoku, each with their
style,emphasis, and teaching
methods.

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Received on Wed Mar 2 06:29:16 2011