The National Flute Association
2005 Annual Convention
◎August 11-14, 2005
◎Venue : Town & Country,
San Diego
,California,USA
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◎August 11, Thursday Evening Headliner Concert
“ GALA EVENING RECITAL ” ( 15 minutes : 2 pieces )
●Performer: John Kaizan Neptune(shakuhachi)
Masayo Norikura(koto)
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●Program: 1."Tsuru no Sugomori"
(The Nesting Life of the Cranes) 7 minutes
Composer's Name: traditional (unknown) Date of Composition probably
1600s
2."Five and Thirteen Are Prime Numbers" 7 minutes
Composer: John Kaizan Neptune Date of Composition 1983
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◎August 12, Friday Afternoon Concert (4:00−5:00PM)
Kozan & John Kaizan Neptune
Shakulute/Shakuhachi Joint Concert
“SHAKUHACHI: OLD AND NEW DIRECTIONS”
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4:00−5:00p.m. RECITAL:SHAKUHACHI:
OLD AND NEW DIRECTIONS
Regency Ballroom John Kaizan Neptune and Wataru Kozan Tanifuji perform
traditional
folk and classical Japanese shakuhachi music and new music/jazz on
standard shakuhachi and the shakulute: a Western flute
with shakuhachi
mouthpiece.
●Performer:
Shakulute Shakuhachi
(Western flute with shakuhachi mouthpiece) :John Kaizan Neptune(HP)
:Wataru Kozan Tanifuji
Koto: Reiko Obata(HP) Jushichi-gen Koto: Masayo Norikura
●Program:
PARTT (15 min.) : Shakuhachi:John Kaizan Neptune Koto:Reiko Obata
1."Itsuki no Komori Uta" (Lullaby from Itsuki) traditional
2."Mogamigawa Funa Uta" (Boat Song from Mogami River) traditional folk music
3."Bamboo Blues" by John Kaizan Neptune (1951-), written 1978, unpublished
4."Haru no Umi" (Spring Sea) by Michio Miyagi (1894-1956) written 1927,
PARTU (20 min.): Shakulute:Kozan Tanifuji Jushichi-gen Koto:Masayo Norikura
1.Shakulute Solo:"The Space Between the Forest and Lake
Onnetoh"
by Wataru Kozan Tanifuji (1945-)
written in 2003, unpublished 6 minutes
2.Shakulute・Jushichi-gen Koto:"Aika "(An Elegy)〜Shizumeru Hitomi
(Melancholy Eyes)
by Katsuhiko Yoshizaki (1954-)
written in 1988 11minutes
PARTV (15 min.):
1."Take Five" by Paul Desmond, witten
in 1959 5 minutes
Shakuhachi: John Kaizan Neptune Koto:Reiko Obata
Jushichi-gen:Masayo Norikura
2."In the Air" by John Kaizan Neptune, written
in 1985 9 minutes
Shakuhachi: John Kaizan Neptune Shakulute:
Kozan Tanifuji
Koto: Reiko Obata Jushichi-gen Koto :
Masayo Norikura
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