Composer's Notes The Silver Pavilion 19/10/2018Don The Silver Pavilion – Ian Cleworth I have known both Kazue Sawai and Satsuki Odamura for over two decades and have played with [more]
Composer's Notes Wisteria Growing Upwards 19/10/201819/10/2018Don Wisteria Growing Upwards – Sean Blake Valenzuela I named this piece Wisteria Growing Upwards because as I am a very visual person, once [more]
Composer's Notes Moonlight through Cinder 19/10/201819/10/2018Don Moonlight through Cinder – Eitan Muir 2018 ‘Moonlight Through Cinder’ alludes to life in the midst of citywide renovations, in which increasing building [more]
Composer's Notes Rain Has Passed 19/10/2018Don Rain Has Passed – Sandy Evans To help with my composition process for these koto ensemble pieces, Satsuki kindly lent me (a non-koto [more]
Composer's Notes Her Wild Spirit 19/10/2018Don Her Wild Spirit – Sandy Evans Her Wild Spirit draws inspiration from the atmosphere and rhythms of both the great Japanese koto player [more]
Composer's Notes Gogatsu No Shinju 19/10/2018Don 五月の真珠 (Gogatsu No Shinju) – Sandy Evans I had the good fortune to meet koto virtuoso Satsuki Odamura in the early 1990s, [more]
Past Concerts Sydney Sacred Music Festival: 15 September 07/09/201822/10/2020Don In this new work conceived for the Sydney Sacred Music Festival, saxophonist [more]
Past Concerts Bello Winter Music Festival – July 12-15 2018 09/04/201807/09/2018Don When: July 12-15 2018 Where: 35 Hyde St, Bellingen, NSW 2454 More information at: http://www.bellowintermusic.com/ [more]
Past Concerts Koto Transformation – 26 May/1 June 2018 16/02/201807/09/2018Don KOTO TRANSFORMATION AUSTRALIS Performance Schedule Sydney – Saturday, 26 May 2018. Io Myers Studio, UNSW. Gate 2, High St, Kensington Matinee Performance @ [more]
Past Concerts Sizzle/Ensemble Offspring – April 29 2018 16/02/201807/09/2018Don From art music to pop music and everything in between, Sizzle returns to the Petersham Bowling Club for another year of free, family-friendly [more]
Past Concerts Commonalities Beyond Borders – 9 March 2018 16/02/201807/09/2018Don Commonalities Beyond Borders The Koto and Guqin Presented by the Asia Society Time: 6pm – 8:30pm Venue: Entrance Court, Art Gallery of NSW, Art [more]
NEWS Article in Loud Mouth E-zine: ‘Inside the Musician’ 04/01/201804/01/2018Don I recently wrote about my journey as a koto musician for Loud Mouth magazine’s ‘Inside the Musician’ series. The article is available online [more]