Kojiro Umezaki

Shakuhachi, Composition, Music-Technology

Joe Gramley

Irvine, CA – 10/09/10

Who
2010-11 Chamber Series
When
Saturday, October 9, 2010
8:00pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
Winifred Smith Hall, UC Irvine (map)
Irvine, CA, USA
Other Info
Themed on notions of the cyclical drawing inspiration from Walt Whitman to the number 108, UCI music faculty member Kojiro Umezaki presents a program of new works for shakuhachi, percussion, and technology. Joining him will be special guest and fellow Silk Road Ensemble member, Joseph Gramley, Assistant Professor of Percussion at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

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For Zero

For: percussion and electronics
Composer: Kojiro Umezaki
Year(s): 2010
Commissioned by: Joseph Gramley
Written for: Joseph Gramley
Performed by: Joseph Gramley and Haruka Fujii
    Performances:

  • Julliard Summer Percussion Seminar (July 2010) – premiere

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New York, NY – 07/26/10

Who
Julliard School of Music
When
Monday, July 26, 2010
7:30pm - All Ages
Where
Julliard School of Music (map)
New York, NY, USA
Other Info
Julliard Summer Percussion Seminar
Faculty and Friends Concert
Room 309

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Julliard School of Music

Julliard Summer Percussion Seminar
Faculty and Friends Concert
Julliard School of Music
Room 309

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University of California, Irvine

2010-2011 Chamber Series
Saturday, October 9, 2010, 8 p.m.
Winifred Smith Hall
Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi
special guest – Joseph Gramley, percussion

Themed on notions of the cyclical drawing inspiration from Walt Whitman to the number 108, UCI music faculty member Kojiro Umezaki presents a program of new works for shakuhachi, percussion, and technology.  Joining him will be special guest and fellow Silk Road Ensemble member, Joseph Gramley, Assistant Professor of Percussion at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

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American Museum of Natural History

Members of the Silk Road Ensemble explore the exciting story of Blue and White ceramics through music and discussion.(http://www.silkroadproject.org/)

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Review of (Cycles) America

Review of 04/24/09 concert in Saginaw, Michigan.

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(Cycles) America

For: percussion and electronics
Composer: Kojiro Umezaki
Year(s): 2009
Commissioned by: Joseph Gramley
Written for: Joseph Gramley
Performed by: Joseph Gramley
    Performances:

  • Julliard Summer Percussion Seminar (July 2010)
  • Michigan Day of Percussion (May 2010)
  • Weidner Center for the Performing Arts (May 2009), University of Wisconsin – Green Bay
  • Saginaw, MI (April 2009). Review is here.
  • McIntosh Theatre, University of Michigan School of Music (April 2009) – premiere

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Blue and White

music, narration, video
The Silk Road Ensemble
directed by Nick Cords and Kojiro Umezaki
produced by The Silk Road Project
original music – Joe Gramley, Colin Jacobsen, Kojiro Umezaki
arrangement of Ambush from Ten Sides – Wu Tong
video direction – Ken Sackheim
animation – Kevork Mourad
text and narration – Nick Cords and Kojiro Umezaki
Year(s): 2007
    Performances:

  • Museum Rietberg, Zurich (September 2007)
    editing – WORKedit, New York City
  • Art Institute of Chicago (April 2007) – premiere

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