[Shaku] "Shakuhachi Summer Camp of the Rockies IX," June 21-25, 2007

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Greetings Shakuhachi List Members,=A0
I am writing to announce the details of the "Shakuhachi Summer=A0Camp of=20=

the Rockies IX,"=A0June 21-25, 2007, less than four months away!

Visit http://www.shakucamp.com/=A0 for more info right now, including=20
registration materials.

This camp offers the most concentrated learning experience most=20
shakuhachi students in the world might encounter this year. It also=20
offers a very special concert, at 7pm, Saturday, June 23, at the=20
Sunrise Ranch Dome, Loveland, Colorado

This year's camp continues to incorporate a specially formulated=20
Beginner's Curriculum and a highly concentrated Intermediate/Advanced=20
Course, and offers some seriously delightful shaku-community. Our goal=20=

is no less than to make your Shakucamp experience the most valuable 5=20
days you will spend with the shakuhachi this year.=A0
        1. "Special Beginner Curriculum." For anyone who has come into =
the=20
possession of their first shakuhachi any time in the past two years,=20
this camp is for you! The six core faculty of Shakucamp since its=20
inception, Christopher Yohmei Blasdel, Michael Chikuzen Gould, Kaoru=20
Kakizakai, Yoshio Kurahashi, Riley Lee and David Wheeler, representing=20=

almost two centuries' teaching experience, continue to modify and=20
improve what may be the most effective Shakuhachi Beginner Curriculum=20
to be found.=A0
For the duration of camp, all beginners will be following=20
this=A0curriculum with one of its authors. Faculty will change daily so=20=

students can enjoy the individual strengths of each faculty member.
        2. "Advanced Curriculum" Teachers will spend a lot of time=20
concentrating on a modest number of pieces, thoroughly covering=20
technique and musicality,=A0thus guaranteeing you will come away from=20
camp with new repertoire and technique under your belt.
        3. "Universal Curriculum" For one period each day, ALL camp=20
participants, from Beginner to Advanced, join together for lectures and=20=

instruction on some core facet of the Shakuhachi: repertoire,=20
technique, theory, philosophy, history, lore and more.=A0
        4. "Shakucamp Jump-start Program"=A0 You can actually start your =
camp=20
experience months before arriving at Sunrise Ranch in late June. Camp=20
registrants will be given access to a private page on the Shakucamp=20
website where sheet music files of the teaching materials and pieces=20
offered at camp can be browsed, perused, and downloaded at will. Audio=20=

files will also be=A0made available for musical reference.=A0
Our strong faculty will be offering a wide ranging and very deep=20
curriculum. In addition to the standard classical Honkyoku (Zen solos)=20=

and Sankyoku=A0(shamisen/koto/shakuhachi), and modern solos and=20
ensembles, faculty=A0will teach improvisation and much more.=A0
It is going to be a wonderful 4 nights and 5 days. We hope to see=20
you=A0there!=A0
Cheers,=A0
David Wheeler (2007 Summer Shakuhachi Camp of the Rockies, Faculty=A0
Representative)=A0

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David Wheeler
Musician (Shakuhachi)/Musicologist
3660 Buckeye Ct., Boulder, CO, USA 80304
Tel./Fax 303-449-2935
shakudavid@gmail.com

Shakuhachi Summer Camp of the Rockies
http://www.shakucamp.com

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Shakuhachi List Members,=A0

I am writing to announce the details of the "Shakuhachi Summer=A0Camp of
the Rockies IX,"=A0June 21-25, 2007, less than four months away!

Visit http://www.shakucamp.com/=A0 for more info right now, including
registration materials.</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>This camp
offers the most concentrated learning experience most shakuhachi
students in the world might encounter this year. It also offers a very
special concert, at 7pm, Saturday, June 23, at the Sunrise Ranch Dome,
Loveland, Colorado

This year's camp continues to incorporate a specially formulated
Beginner's Curriculum and a highly concentrated Intermediate/Advanced
Course, and offers some seriously delightful shaku-community. Our goal
is no less than to make your Shakucamp experience the most valuable 5
days you will spend with the shakuhachi this year.=A0

        1. "Special Beginner Curriculum." For anyone who has come into =
the
possession of their first shakuhachi any time in the past two years,
this camp is for you! The six core faculty of Shakucamp since its
inception, Christopher Yohmei Blasdel, Michael Chikuzen Gould, Kaoru
Kakizakai, Yoshio Kurahashi, Riley Lee and David Wheeler, representing
almost two centuries' teaching experience, continue to modify and
improve what may be the most effective Shakuhachi Beginner Curriculum
to be found.=A0

For the duration of camp, all beginners will be following
this=A0curriculum with one of its authors. Faculty will change daily so
students can enjoy the individual strengths of each faculty member.

        2. "Advanced Curriculum" Teachers will spend a lot of time
concentrating on a modest number of pieces, thoroughly covering
technique and musicality,=A0thus guaranteeing you will come away from
camp with new repertoire and technique under your belt.

        3. "Universal Curriculum" For one period each day, ALL camp
participants, from Beginner to Advanced, join together for lectures
and instruction on some core facet of the Shakuhachi: repertoire,
technique, theory, philosophy, history, lore and more.=A0

        4. "Shakucamp Jump-start Program"=A0 You can actually start your =
camp
experience months before arriving at Sunrise Ranch in late June. Camp
registrants will be given access to a private page on the Shakucamp
website where sheet music files of the teaching materials and pieces
offered at camp can be browsed, perused, and downloaded at will. Audio
files will also be=A0made available for musical reference.=A0

Our strong faculty will be offering a wide ranging and very deep
curriculum. In addition to the standard classical Honkyoku (Zen solos)
and Sankyoku=A0(shamisen/koto/shakuhachi), and modern solos and
ensembles, faculty=A0will teach improvisation and much more.=A0

It is going to be a wonderful 4 nights and 5 days. We hope to see
you=A0there!=A0

Cheers,=A0

David Wheeler (2007 Summer Shakuhachi Camp of the Rockies, Faculty=A0

Representative)=A0

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David Wheeler

Musician (Shakuhachi)/Musicologist

3660 Buckeye Ct., Boulder, CO, USA 80304

Tel./Fax 303-449-2935

shakudavid@gmail.com

Shakuhachi Summer Camp of the Rockies

http://www.shakucamp.com

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