[Shaku] The first pan-European Shakuhachi Summer School with Koto and Shamisen!

Hello shakuhachi players everywhere on this earth, but especially in Euro=
pe.

It looks like it is the time of the year where shakuhachi camps are=20
announced.
So, we are proud to announce that the very first pan-European shakuhachi=20
summer school with koto and shamisen is taking place this summer in Londo=
n,=20
UK.

Place: SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of Londo=
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Thornhaugh Street,
         Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG. UK

When: A Beginners' Course will be held a month prior to the Summer School=
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twice a week for 4 weeks
         on Monday and Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm between 18=
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June and 22nd July,
         2006. Teachers will be Michael Coxall and Kiku Day.

        The 4 day intensive Summer School is taking place 19th - 22th Jul=
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2006. We are very happy to
        announce a very varied program, where the courses never-the-less=20
continue throughout the 4
        days, so that the participants can follow the courses and actuall=
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learn pieces. We have lessons
        in honkyoku (Kinko-ryu, Dokyoku and Zensabo), sankyoku, shinkyoku=
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min'yo and shakuhachi
        in jazz and rock. We will furthermore have koto and shamisen less=
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and they will come and
        join the sankyoku and shinkyoku groups.

        The shakuhachi teachers are: Clive Bell, Michael Coxall; Kiku Day=
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Jim Franklin; Gunnar (Jinmei)
        Linder; Okuda, Atsuya; Veronique Piron and Brian (Tairaku) Ritchi=
e.
        The string teachers and players are: Arisawa, Shino; Iwamoto,=20
Michiko; Nakagawa, Noriko;
        Okuda Kazuko (Masako) and Okuda, Satoshi (Utanoichi).

        We also have lunch time talks and workshops. So far we have:
        Philip Horan will play and talk to us about playing Irish music o=
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shakuhachi. He will make the
        audience participate.
        Tilo Burdach is a student of the late Living National Treasure,=20
Nichimura Koku. He will tell us
        about this charismatic teacher and play the music of the Meian st=
yle=20
from Kyushu.
        Jim Franklin wil teach us about breathing techniques.
        We may also have:
        Gunnar (Jinmei) Linder talk to us about the history fo the=20
shakuhachi.
        Vlastislav Matousek playing his own pieces on Fuke shakuhachi wit=
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his daughters singing.

Concerts: On the 19th July, we will have a open mic night where we will g=
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to know each other. The
        next two nights are teachers' concerts, and the gala night on the=
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21st at the Summer School is
        reserved for the participants to perform the pieces they have=20
learned.

Cost:
Beginners' Course:
       =A3100 (90 minute lessons twice a week for 4 weeks)
       =A375 concession
       20% off Summer School fee if taking both the Beginners' Course and=
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Summer School

Summer School (4 day intensive):
      =A3150 per person (includes all classes, talks and concerts)
      =A3110 concession

Koto and shamisen (afternoon classes):
      =A360 per person (classes, talks and concerts)
      =A345 concession

Unfortunately, we cannot announce our website quite yet, but many more=20
details will be on there. We are waiting for SOAS to finish their music=20
summer school website (where there will be classes in kora, darbuka, daf,=
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Korean samulnori percussion, Mongolian overtone singing among lots of oth=
er=20
exciting music) so we can synchronise our website with them.
BUT it is happening, and please note the dates! 19th -22th July for the=20
Summer School and the 18th June - 22nd July on Mondays and Thursdays for =
the=20
Beginners' Course. I am hoping we will be finished with both the websites=
 by=20
next week!

Hope to see as many as possible at the European Shakuhachi Summer School=20
with Koto and Shamisen in London!

Take care,
The London Team,
Michael Coxall and Kiku Day

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Received on Mon Mar 20 13:24 PST 2006