K – Kayoko Wakita K I think it helped me go deeper because since I knew Japanese pretty well I was able to ask… 続きを読む 71. (2 segments) Knowing Japanese helped me understand traditional arts deeper and explain them better in English.
カテゴリー: Kayoko Wakita
70. Staging of large ensemble works by Shin’ichi Yuize with former students, while performing for their fund raising in return.
K – Kayoko Wakita K We did ensemble work. And then gradually, as my students graduated, we had a larger ensemb… 続きを読む 70. Staging of large ensemble works by Shin’ichi Yuize with former students, while performing for their fund raising in return.
69. My father had non-Japanese shakuhachi students, who had been attracted by our concerts. After long lessons, my mother served them Japanese lunch.
K – Kayoko Wakita K My father had non-Japanese students with the shakuhachi. Some of them were just wonderful,… 続きを読む 69. My father had non-Japanese shakuhachi students, who had been attracted by our concerts. After long lessons, my mother served them Japanese lunch.
68. A renowned shakuhachi master, Watazumi Dōso (海童道祖), stayed with us for over a month. He played a 5 feet foot long shakuhachi and exercised with sticks.
K – Kayoko Wakita K we had Watazumi (Doso Roshi)(master of Shakuhachi) who stayed with us for over a month. Ev… 続きを読む 68. A renowned shakuhachi master, Watazumi Dōso (海童道祖), stayed with us for over a month. He played a 5 feet foot long shakuhachi and exercised with sticks.
67. Whenever we had notable shakuachi players, we welcomed everyone to listen to them regardless of what school they belonged to.
K – Kayoko Wakita K Whenever we had shakuhachi players that were not necessarily of my father’s school, he’d s… 続きを読む 67. Whenever we had notable shakuachi players, we welcomed everyone to listen to them regardless of what school they belonged to.
66. Yasuko Nakashima stayed for two years, attending a Community College, and spent every summer with us, so our students of our and students of other schools got a chance to study with her.
K – Kayoko Wakita K her father felt that she should get a taste of how it is to be a school girl in the United… 続きを読む 66. Yasuko Nakashima stayed for two years, attending a Community College, and spent every summer with us, so our students of our and students of other schools got a chance to study with her.
65. Yuize and Yasuko Nakashima performed as guests and inspired me to continue koto.
K – Kayoko Wakita K I think the most interesting would be when Yuize and Nakashima were guests of ours, and th… 続きを読む 65. Yuize and Yasuko Nakashima performed as guests and inspired me to continue koto.
64. Shin’ichi Yuize, a western trained Japanese musician, wrote many works for koto and shamisen.
K – Kayoko Wakita K And Yuize was basically a western trained musician. He was a harpist, concert harpist whos… 続きを読む 64. Shin’ichi Yuize, a western trained Japanese musician, wrote many works for koto and shamisen.
63. Learned many new compositions from Shin’ichi Yuize and Yasuko Nakashima of the Seiha School to expand the concert repertoire.
K – Kayoko Wakita K we’d really have to work hard and learn a lot of numbers because our repertoire had to be … 続きを読む 63. Learned many new compositions from Shin’ichi Yuize and Yasuko Nakashima of the Seiha School to expand the concert repertoire.
62. (2 segments) Bilingual MC with my father at our concerts, explaining the music’s historical backgrounds and differences from Western music.
K – Kayoko Wakita K K – I would introduce the music and analyze it for them, too, as well as, you know, introd… 続きを読む 62. (2 segments) Bilingual MC with my father at our concerts, explaining the music’s historical backgrounds and differences from Western music.