Shakuhachi Workshop with Christopher Yohmei Blasdel
Time: Sunday, May 13th, 1:00 PM ~ 5:30 PM
Place: Joseph Vance Building
1402 Third Ave., Seattle, WA.
Contact, registration: Mr. Akio Ueno
(206) 527-4914 (evenings/night), uenoakio@hotmail.com
Participation Fee: $75
Kinko style shakuhachi master Christopher Yohmei Blasdel will visit Seattle
and give an afternoon shakuhachi workshop, open to all levels of players.
Christopher, one of the organizer of the World Shakuhachi Festival '98 in
Boulder, Colorado, has resided in Japan since 1972, studying with the late
Living National Treasure Goro Yamaguchi until his death in 1999.
This workshop will emphasize the basic shakuhachi techniques, applicable to
all styles of shakuhachi music. Also taught will be the secrets of the
gentle yet powerful playing style that characterized Yamaguchi's
performances.
Advanced players are welcome to bring their own pieces: Yokoyama style
honkyoku, folk songs, etc. But, some of the teaching material will focus on
the gaikyoku ensemble songs for shakuhachi, shamisen and koto ("Rokudan",
"Chidori no Kyoku", etc.) and the elegant and technically demanding kinko
honkyoku solo works ("Hifumi Hachigaeshi", etc.)
Material for beginners will include exercises and the simple folk/children's
songs taken from Blasdel's book, THE SHAKUHACHI, A MANUAL FOR LEARNING
(available from Monty Levenson's web site, http://www.shakuhachi.com).
The workshop will also review and work on the following basic skills:
*Breathing, posture & relaxation techniques
*Pitch altering techniques, meri & kari
*Counting and rhythm techniques
*Volume control
*Specific playing techniques
Christopher Yohmei has a long and distinguished career as teacher, performer
and researcher of Japanese music. He received his MFA from Tokyo University
of Music and Fine Arts in 1982 and presently performs and teaches frequently
in Japan and around the world.
For more information and reservation for the workshop, please contact Mr..
Akio Ueno.
Participants for the workshop are limited to 10 persons.
Christopher Yohmei Blasdel
No. 409, 3-17-21 Kugayama
Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 168-0082
Japan
http://www2.gol.com/users/yohmei
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