NAJC Redress 2008 registration form.pdfDates: Saturday September 20, 2008
Location/Time: 7:30pm
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Takeo Yamashiro
Photo credit: Tamio Wakayama
Katari Taiko
Nishihara Kage Duo
Photo credit: Vivien NishiKeynote Speaker:
AFN National Chief Mr. Phil Fontaine, B.A., LL.D.(R.M.C.), LL.D.(Brock), LL.D.(Windsor) The crowning achievement of his career to date is leading the successful resolution and settlement of claims arising out of the 150 year Indian Residential School tragedy. The Final Settlement now being implemented is the largest, most unique and most comprehensive settlement in Canadian history. Worth over 5.2 billion dollars in individual compensation, the settlement also includes a Truth and Reconciliation commission, an education fund, healing resources and commemoration funding.
Performances:
Takeo Yamashiro, Shakuhachi,
and Teresa R (Kobayashi) Tabo, koto.
Shakuhachi master, Takeo Yamashiro has lived and practiced his music in Canada since 1972. Prior to his arrival in Vancouver, Yamashiro trained under two Kyoto Masters, Shuzan Yamashita and Kofu Kikusui. The latter appointed him with a mastership and the designated name of Rempu (Lotus Wind) in 1971, the Chief Protégé and Successor for his Religious Shakuhachi Music Dojo. Takeo taught, lectured, performed and film-scored for five years in Japan. He is known to be the first professional musician specializing in Japanese traditional music among the post-war immigrants to Canada. He is rated today as one of the most influential shakuhachi masters in North America.
Teresa R. (Kobayashi) Tabo started her studies on the Koto more than 40 years ago at the age of 6 in Hiroshima Japan with Master Teruko Yonemaru . For many years she continued her studies with her mother, Master Miyoko Kobayashi, who came to Canada in 1957 and is known as a pioneer in teaching Japanese Classical Music in this country. Master Teresa Kobayashi returned to Japan in 1976 to continue her extensive studies again - with Master Yonemaru and then in Tokyo with Masters Iwaida, Uchino and Tomita - where she achieved her teaching degree. Subsequently, she continued to return to Japan to study and obtained her Mastership - Sho Koto designation. Master Kobayashi, along with her mother who founded the Koto Ensemble of Greater Vancouver, has continued to teach, perform, lecture and recor
Katari Taiko
Katari Taiko has the distinction of being the first taiko drum group formed in Canada and has developed a large and enthusiastic popular following. Since its inception in 1979, this Asian-Canadian performing company has performed throughout Canada and the U.S. The group has appeared in numerous festival and theatre settings.
Katari Taiko has built up an extensive repertoire of both traditional and modern pieces, including original compositions. Their performances incorporate vocals, martial arts, poetry and theatre. The synergy of the group, their joy and passion, together with the visceral experience of the drumming appeals to audiences of all ages and transcends cultural barriers.
Nishihara Kage Duo (Alison Nishihara, pianist, Eileen Kage, percussion player/composer)
The Nishihara & Kage Duo creates and performs taiko and piano adaptations of classical piano repertoire. Composed of two Japanese Canadian artists Alison Nishihara (pianist) and Eileen Kage (taiko and percussion), the duo presents a unique musical performance expression.
Given that the repertoire of classical piano is traditionally dominated by European males, in 2001, Nishihara was drawn to working with Kage whose drumming represents a dimension of her Japanese Canadian identity that was largely absent in her musical expression. Kage has been exploring and pushing the boundaries of Taiko drumming since the 1980s and was up for the challenge of incorporating Taiko into this new direction.
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AFN National Chief Mr. Phil Fontaine, B.A., LL.D.(R.M.C.), LL.D.(Brock), LL.D.(Windsor) The crowning achievement of his career to date is leading the successful resolution and settlement of claims arising out of the 150 year Indian Residential School tragedy. The Final Settlement now being implemented is the largest, most unique and most comprehensive settlement in Canadian history. Worth over 5.2 billion dollars in individual compensation, the settlement also includes a Truth and Reconciliation commission, an education fund, healing resources and commemoration funding.
Performances:
Takeo Yamashiro, Shakuhachi,
and Teresa R (Kobayashi) Tabo, koto.
Shakuhachi master, Takeo Yamashiro has lived and practiced his music in Canada since 1972. Prior to his arrival in Vancouver, Yamashiro trained under two Kyoto Masters, Shuzan Yamashita and Kofu Kikusui. The latter appointed him with a mastership and the designated name of Rempu (Lotus Wind) in 1971, the Chief Protégé and Successor for his Religious Shakuhachi Music Dojo. Takeo taught, lectured, performed and film-scored for five years in Japan. He is known to be the first professional musician specializing in Japanese traditional music among the post-war immigrants to Canada. He is rated today as one of the most influential shakuhachi masters in North America.
Teresa R. (Kobayashi) Tabo started her studies on the Koto more than 40 years ago at the age of 6 in Hiroshima Japan with Master Teruko Yonemaru . For many years she continued her studies with her mother, Master Miyoko Kobayashi, who came to Canada in 1957 and is known as a pioneer in teaching Japanese Classical Music in this country. Master Teresa Kobayashi returned to Japan in 1976 to continue her extensive studies again - with Master Yonemaru and then in Tokyo with Masters Iwaida, Uchino and Tomita - where she achieved her teaching degree. Subsequently, she continued to return to Japan to study and obtained her Mastership - Sho Koto designation. Master Kobayashi, along with her mother who founded the Koto Ensemble of Greater Vancouver, has continued to teach, perform, lecture and recor
Katari Taiko
Katari Taiko has the distinction of being the first taiko drum group formed in Canada and has developed a large and enthusiastic popular following. Since its inception in 1979, this Asian-Canadian performing company has performed throughout Canada and the U.S. The group has appeared in numerous festival and theatre settings.
Katari Taiko has built up an extensive repertoire of both traditional and modern pieces, including original compositions. Their performances incorporate vocals, martial arts, poetry and theatre. The synergy of the group, their joy and passion, together with the visceral experience of the drumming appeals to audiences of all ages and transcends cultural barriers.
Nishihara Kage Duo (Alison Nishihara, pianist, Eileen Kage, percussion player/composer)
The Nishihara & Kage Duo creates and performs taiko and piano adaptations of classical piano repertoire. Composed of two Japanese Canadian artists Alison Nishihara (pianist) and Eileen Kage (taiko and percussion), the duo presents a unique musical performance expression.
Given that the repertoire of classical piano is traditionally dominated by European males, in 2001, Nishihara was drawn to working with Kage whose drumming represents a dimension of her Japanese Canadian identity that was largely absent in her musical expression. Kage has been exploring and pushing the boundaries of Taiko drumming since the 1980s and was up for the challenge of incorporating Taiko into this new direction.
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