Dr. Riley Lee, Shakuhachi Master and Dai-Shihan, graces the Bay Area
with his presence in June. In addition to a concert at Clarion Music,
there are a number of events that shakuhachi enthusiasts will want to
attend. From private and group lessons, to a potluck gathering of
shakuhachi aficionados, these events provide the perfect warm-up to
the Boulder Summer Camp (for those fortunate enough to be attending)
or a reasonable, albeit abbreviated, version thereof (for those who
can't be in attendance, http://www.shakucamp.com/ ).
See http://www.komuso.com/Riley_2003.html for latest details and a
map to the slightly hard to find Naka 9 Studio.
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
In the workshop, we will cover the specific techniques of
komibuki (pulsating breath), tamane (rolling sound. similar
to flutter tonguing), mura iki or kyo on (breathiness), and
pitch control. We will learn two piece, "Nesasa Ha Tori",
which uses komibuki, and the Chikuho version of Ajikan,
which uses tamane and mura iki.=20
Chikuho, Kinko, and Tozan notation will be available for these pieces.=20
Finally, time will be set aside to address topics and answer
questions from the participants.=20
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 through 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
Riley Lee will be performing traditional and contemporary pieces
for solo shakuhachi. A major part of the program will be devoted
to the 'honkyoku' or 'original pieces' of the Zen Buddhist repertoire,
including both well known titles such as "Koku" (Empty Sky) and less
known but equally exquisite pieces such as "Asuka Reibo" (Yearning
for the Bell, from Asuka). The concert will also feature "Raftsong
at Sunrise", a major work by Ross Edwards, one of Australia's most
esteemed composers. Riley will also perform a number of his own
compositions for the meditative bamboo flute.
Personal Lessons
1pm - 6pm Sunday the 8th at Naka 9 Studio Richmond - (Directions below)
7pm - 10pm Monday the 9th at the home of Karl Young, 309 31st Ave. San Fr=
ancisco
$50 per hour
Everyone is welcome to observe the lessons at no charge
All lesson slots have been spoken for.
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
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.
See http://www.rileylee.net/ for more about Riley Lee.
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