Hi Graham, got some time so here's a blurb about the festivals that I have been to recently, for inclusion in the September ASS NL.
Shakuhachi Festivals in New York and Bisei
I've recently returned from two shakuhachi festivals. The first was the World Shakuhachi Festival in New York City and the second,in Bisei - Japan, was the Kenshukan's annual festival. Both festivals were invaluable educational experiences. Most valuable for me was the high level of exposure to skillfull shakuhachi players, both male and female, from around the world. I learnt so much just through listening to others. Hearing Yokoyama sensei sharing his shakuhachi experiences with depth and humour was also a very moving experience for me. I performed Miyama Higurashi(Rando)in New York and Shika no Tone with Christopher Yomei Blasdel,in Bisei. It was daunting to perform with players with 30+ years of experience and controlling nerves while playing in front of Yokoyama sensei was a challenge. Even Furuya, Matama and Kakizakai have difficulty with this! The great news is that the next World Shakuhachi Festival will be held in Sydney in 2008! I will be returning to Japan in Oc
tober on a Churchill Fellowship to study with Kakizakai sensei for 10 weeks - an experience that I'm very much looking forward to. See you at ASF 2004 and I hope to see some of you at my Shihan recital on September 12th, 2pm at the Carrington Ballroom, Katoomba (email bronwyn.kirkpatrick@bigpond.com for more details).
Cheers Graham, Bronwyn
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From: graham ranft <ranftg@webone.com.au>
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 8:56 am
Subject: [Shaku] SEPT ASS NL
> G'day from Oz.
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> Anybody care to contribute to ASS NL on NYC?
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> a pix or tow would be useful - or URL.
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> Any pix in standard format -jpg prefereably -no Mac specific format
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> Not too long thanks as I have several pages already devoted to ASF
> 2004.
> Many thanks!
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