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Past Performances 2009

Saturday, April 11, 7:30pm Whale and Jazz Festival

Shirley Muramoto/koto and Karl Young/shakuhachi

 Performing Yoshino Shizuka by Chikushi Katsuko,

      Shaei by Sawai Hikaru,

      and Cast Your Fate to the Wind by Vince Guaraldi

Gualala Arts Center, 46501 Gualala Road, Gualala, CA

$20 advance, $5 more at the door

http://gualalaarts.org/Festivals/2009WhaleJazz.html

 

Saturday, April 25, 1pm Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival

Shirley Muramoto and Brian Mitsuhiro Wong and their koto students

With special guests Kazuhiro Watanabe and Bando Misayasu

 Songs include: Hana Ikada by Tadao Sawai, Okoto by Hikaru Sawai,

Raden by Tadao Sawai, and Ume ni mo Haru.

Quinlan Community Center, 10185 Stelling Road, Cupertino

http://www.cupertinotoyAugust 1, Saturday, 3:30pm-4:15pm

– Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto and Brian Mitsuhiro Wong Koto Studios

 present a program of koto music and story telling.
 Participants include Felicia Kazuou Bock,
Mika Mar, Kiyomi Nomura, Brenden Landis,
 and Teen Readers from the Berkeley Public Library.

 We will be performing,
“Aki Kaze no Uta” by Katsuko Chikushi,
“Can I Have This Dance”,
and “Sadako and the 1,000 Cranes”.

 Buddhist Church of Oakland,
 925 Jackson Street, Oakland, CA.

August 6, Thursday

Part of Peace Day commemoration at the Berkeley Public Library
,
 Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto and Brian Mitsuhiro Wong

 will perform koto works from classical to contemporary.
 They will also perform original music they have written with Brenden Landis
 for the telling of
 “Sadako and the 1,000 Cranes”

with the Teen Readers of the Berkeley Public Library.
 Paper cranes will also be taught and folded. 3pm-5:30pm,

 Berkeley Public Library
2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, CA
 http://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/children/childrens_event_calendar.php

  • August 9, Sunday, 3:30pm-4:30pm
  • Buddhist Church of Sacramento Bazaar,
  • 2401 Riverside Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95818 in the main temple.

http://www.buddhistchurch.com/events/SBC%20Bazaar%20Programv4.pdfokawa.org/index_files/2009CBFinfo.htm

 

 

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