Her Wild Spirit
Her Wild Spirit – Sandy Evans Her Wild Spirit draws inspiration from the atmosphere and rhythms of both the great Japanese koto player
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Gogatsu No Shinju
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,
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Sydney Sacred Music Festival: 15 September
In this new work conceived for the Sydney Sacred Music Festival, saxophonist
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Bello Winter Music Festival – July 12-15 2018
When: July 12-15 2018 Where: 35 Hyde St, Bellingen, NSW 2454 More information at: http://www.bellowintermusic.com/
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Koto Transformation – 26 May/1 June 2018
KOTO TRANSFORMATION AUSTRALIS Performance Schedule Sydney – Saturday, 26 May 2018. Io Myers Studio, UNSW. Gate 2, High St, Kensington Matinee Performance @
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Sizzle/Ensemble Offspring – April 29 2018
From art music to pop music and everything in between, Sizzle returns to the Petersham Bowling Club for another year of free, family-friendly
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Commonalities Beyond Borders – 9 March 2018
Commonalities Beyond Borders The Koto and Guqin Presented by the Asia Society Time: 6pm – 8:30pm Venue: Entrance Court, Art Gallery of NSW, Art
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Article in Loud Mouth E-zine: ‘Inside the Musician’
I recently wrote about my journey as a koto musician for Loud Mouth magazine’s ‘Inside the Musician’ series. The article is available online
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Kinuta Sansho
砧三章 Kinuta Sansho – Tadao Sawai The first and third movements of this piece combine the traditional “kinuta-ji” motif with interweaving rhythms by
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Uta
詩 Uta (Poem) – Tadao Sawai (1983) “Several months before writing this piece, I read Ishimuro Michiko’s autobiographical novel, Memories of the Camellia
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(Uminari) – Ocean Sounds
海鳴り (Uminari) Ocean Sounds – Yukiko Ishii (1999) This upcoming woman composer has created here an unusual combination of textures with the Tsugaru
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National Tour with Way Out West – August 2017
Way Out West’s sound has been described as “utterly unique” and has earned the band a loyal local following as well as invitations
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