Greetings everyone.
Recently, someone recently asked for a synopsis of the shakuhachi =20
festival held in Honolulu in March 2005. This prompted me to finish the =20=
following, which I started in late March. Thank you for the impetus!
It gives those of you who didn't attend (most of you!) an idea of what =20=
you missed. It doesn't however, really describe all of the less =20
quantifiable aspects, the quality of performances in both concerts, the =20=
bento lunches in the Bamboo Courtyard, the impromptu min'yo singing by =20=
one of the Japanese participants, the sounds of shakuhachi wherever one =20=
turned, etc., etc., in other words, much enjoyment shared by all. Not =20=
to mention the great weather. David Wheeler even helped Kaoru and =20
Megumi Kakizakai's son, Haruka, successfully stand up on a surf board =20=
and ride his first wave off Waikiki!
Photos of the Festival were taken; they've not been uploaded for =20
viewing yet...
As one of the organisers, obviously I am pleased that HSF05 was a =20
success. It went so well that the date for the next Hawaii Shakuhachi =20=
Festival has already been set. It will again be held at the University =20=
of Hawai'i Music Department, for three days 10-12 November 2006. If you =20=
start saving now.....
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SHAK & SURF =96 HAWAI=92I SHAKUHACHI FESTIVAL 2005
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI=92I AT MANO=92A MUSIC DEPARTMENT
18-21 MARCH 2005
36 workshops, approximately 90 minutes each. A number of pieces were =20
taught over two workshops.
24 individual or private lessons, approximately 1 hour each.
[Workshops and private lessons were held concurrently. =
Frequently six =20
rooms in the UH Music Dept. were used at once.]
Student Concert in Orvis Auditorium
Public Festival Concert in Orvis Auditorium
Farewell Dinner at Chiang Mai (Thai restaurant)
Approximately 40 total attendees, including participants and teachers, =20=
from Hawai'i, Japan, Australia and mainland USA.
LIST OF WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS ON TECHNIQUE
=95 Breathing the music
=95 Meri-kari techniques
=95 Producing loud sound
=95 Tone production
=95 Transcribing for the shakuhachi
HONKYOKU WORKSHOPS (piece titles)
=95 Hifumi Hachigaeshi / Returning the Bowl
=95 H=F4kyo Kok=FB / Phoenix Crying in the Empty Sky
=95 Kumoi Jishi / Cloud Lion
=95 San=92ya / Mountain Valley
=95 Sagari Ha / Falling Leaf
=95 Shika no T=F4ne / Distant Sound of Deer
=95 Sugomori Reibo / Nesting Cranes =96 Bell Yearning
=95 Tamuke / Offering
=95 Tsuru no Sugomori / Cranes Nesting
WORKSHOPS WITH KOTO (piece titles)
=95 Ame / Rain
=95 Beginner duets
=95 Crescent
=95 E-mu / Picture Dream
=95 Gekk=F4 Gens=F4kyoku / Moonlight Fantasy
=95 Tsukikusa no Yume / Dream of the Dayflower
=95 Midare Rinzetsu / Scattering
FOLKSONGS, SHAKUHACHI SOLOS AND DUETS [other than honkyoku], OTHER =20
INSTRUMENTS
=95 Beginning Yokobue or Shinobue (festival side flute)
=95 Esashi Oiwake/ Drover=92s Song
=95 Hawaiian/Irish/Indian pieces workshops #1 & 2
=95 Renaissance duets in staff notation
=95 Tsubaki saku mura / Camellia Blossom Village
ABSOLUTE BEGINNER WORKSHOPS
=95 Workshops 1-5 [Designed for absolute beginners, who may have =
never =20
held a shakuhachi before.]
Note: these worked so well, that we plan to make them a feature =
for =20
the next Festival. Our goal is to have at least 20 absolute =
beginners =20
sign up for HSF2006.
Faculty:
Teruo Furuya, Robert Herr, Kaoru Kakizakai, Megumi Kakizakai (koto), =20
Riley Lee, Andrew MacGregor, Darin Miyashiro (koto), David Wheeler. In =20=
addition, Steve Casano, Bronwyn Kirkpatrick and Sandy Tsukiyama (koto) =20=
performed in the Festival Concert.
Organisation/Staff:
Patricia Lee, Riley Lee, Robert Herr, Kaoru Kakizakai, David Wheeler
Sponsored by University of Hawai'i Music Department, Dr. Frederick Lau =20=
and Dr. Ricardo Trimillos
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We hope to see you at the next Hawai'i Shakuhachi Festival, 10-12 =20
November 2006 - but before then, I look forward to seeing many of you =20=
at the Shakuhachi Summer Camp of the Rockies this June, in just over a =20=
month's time!
Best regards,
Riley Lee
Sound of Bamboo
PO Box 939, Manly NSW 1655, Australia
tel. +612 9976 6904 fax +612 9976 6905
mobile +612 414 626 453
www.rileylee.net
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