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Extractions: : Command Performance : Brian Freeman, Joan Jeanrenaud, Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Will Power and Youth Speaks, featuring the world premiere of Wattis Artist-in-Residence Miya Masaoka's While I was walking, I heard a sound : : : Oct 1011, 8 pm Theater : : Headlining the evening is a new choral work for 100 voices by current Artist-in-Residence Miya Masaoka. Optional Link URL:
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Extractions: Miya Masaoka works simultaneously in the varied musical worlds of jazz, Western classical music, electronic music, traditional Japanese music and free improvisation, and is currently the director of an ensemble of traditional Japanese court music, the San Francisco Gagaku Society. She has studied Japanese music with court musician Suenobu Togi, and holds music degrees from San Francisco State University, a Masters Degree in Composition from Mills College and certificates from the Chikushi gakko school. Her debut recording for solo koto, Compositions/Improvisations received critical acclaim in Europe and the United States, and made several "Top Ten" lists, including CODA, The Bay Guardian (from two different critics) and the East Bay Express. She has performed extensively in Japan and the US and also has toured in India and Canada; both solo and with a wide variety of musicians and traditions, including Pharoah Sanders, L. Subramaniam, The Berlin Rias Dorchester Symphony and the Berlin Opera, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Steve Coleman, Mark Izu, Francis Wong, George Lewis, Henry Kaiser, Fred Frith, Wadada Leo Smith, Rohan de Saram (Arditti String Quartet), James Newton and many others. Her Eastern sense of time and space, multiplicities of aesthetics and improvisational skills have distinguished Masaoka as a new virtuoso and innovator on the contemporary landscape.
Extractions: Veteran drum 'n' bass duo LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad roll through town for another "Progression Session." For his debut recording with former Kronos Quartet cellist Joan Jeanrenaud and koto master Miya Masaoka, Rova Saxophone Quartet's Larry Ochs composed four extended works for improvisation that compel the players to be both quick-thinking and full-feeling. On the album's title track and on "Mystery Street," Ochs set up structures to tell his bandmates how and when but not always precisely what to play: The ambience (if not often the exact notes) is established in advance. This gives the tunes their distinctive characters while allowing the musicians enough freedom to interact spontaneously. As a result, both tracks cohere with a sophisticated musical logic yet develop lush, emotional cores woeful, haunted cello, hallucinatory koto (which at times sounds like an ethereal harp from the Magic Kingdom), and variously soulful or attitudinal sax.
Extractions: Momix, a troupe of dance-illusionists Miya Masaoka , Bay Area composer and master of the koto (a traditional Japanese stringed instrument), has earned an international rep in the past decade exploring the concept of music as a living, breathing entity with no limits. An extraordinary improviser who has collaborated with many of the world's creative-music leaders (from NYC pianist Cecil Taylor to Berlin bassist Peter Kowald), her performances draw from a wide range of sources, including gagaku (ancient melodies from the Japanese imperial courts), Thelonious Monk harmonies, and otherworldly timbral manipulations from her own bag of extended techniques. She also uses customized interactive electronics, complete with laser towers and computer networks, to extend the acoustic sound and polyrhythmic potential of her instrument into the cosmos. Beyond pushing her music to the max, Masaoka is keenly aware of performance as a visual art to complement the aural. For the live presentation a few years back of
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Extractions: Web Pages - ranked by popularity Miller, Elma http://www.hwcn.org/~aa210/Profile.html Composer and music typographer living in Canada. Early Women Composers http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/ Includes chronology; extensive biographies of obscure musicians; MIDI files; discography, bibliography, links.
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Extractions: Masaoka, Miya Monks Japanese Folk Song dizim 4104-2 Muzyka **** Realizacja ***** Wiele by³o we wspó³czesnym jazzie przedsiêwziêæ dziwnych, realizowanych na nietypowych instrumentach, odwo³uj¹cych siê do klasycznego materia³u standardowego. Przyznam jednak szczerze, ¿e po³¹czenie Monka i muzyki japoñskiej nawet dzi mo¿e lekko dziwiæ tym bardziej, ¿e w roli instrumentu solowego wystêpuje... uwaga - koto. D³ugo nie wiedzia³em jak podejæ do tego projektu. Od pierwszego przes³uchania sta³o siê jasne, ¿e nie jest to dzie³o, którego wymiar wzbogaci recepcjê twórczoci Monka we wspó³czesnym jazzie, ani te¿ jego samego specjalnie nobilitowaæ nie bêdzie. Nawet obecnoæ Reggie Workmana na kontrabasie i Andrew Cyrillea na perkusji niewiele w tej kwestii pomo¿e. Znikomy wk³ad w rozwój jazzu nie jest jednak jedynym kryterium oceny. Monks Japanese Folk Song zawiera muzykê, która, choæ bezporednio nawi¹zuje do jazzu, nie jest nim, ani te¿ nie powinna byæ jak jazz traktowana. Obok znakomitoci Monka znajduj¹ siê tutaj tak¿e kompozycje liderki i Cyrillea, ca³oæ jednak jest bardzo utrzymana w stylistyce muzyki japoñskiej zarówno poprzez specyfikê brzmienia koto, jak i melodykê, któr¹ ten instrument narzuca. W ten dziwny, nie zawsze dla Europejczyka zrozumia³y nastrój doskonale wczuli siê akompaniuj¹cy Masaoce artyci. S³owo akompaniuj¹cy nie jest tu najszczêliwsze, bowiem poczynania obydwu muzyków nie ograniczaj¹ siê do zwyk³ego podgrywania solistce. Chwilami sprawia to wra¿enie jakby Workman i Cyrille zapomnieli, ¿e przez te wszystkie lata byli jazzmanami z krwi i koci. A mo¿e w³anie dowiadczenia jazzowe pozwoli³y im tak umiejêtnie wys³yszeæ specyfikê tej, jak¿e innej muzyki?
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Extractions: Lewis, George trombone / Masaoka, Miya koto The Ustal Turmoil S³owa na temat tej muzyki rozpocz¹æ wypada³oby od konstatacji, ¿e jej efekt brzmieniowy jest zupe³nie nietypowy dla uszu przywyk³ych do "normalnych" sk³adów instrumentalnych. Oto bowiem znany puzonista, poruszaj¹cy siê po sferze muzyki improwizowanej (w tym jazzie, free improv, muzyce wspó³czesnej oraz elektronicznej - i niech mi zostanie wybaczony ten niedoskona³y logicznie podzia³) - George E. Lewis spotyka wirtuozkê japoñskiej cytry, zwanej koto - Miyê Masaokê. Jedynie dwa instrumenty, przy czym do brzmienia jednego jedynie europejskie ucho przywyk³o. Koto przez d³ugi czas bêdzie chyba jeszcze kojarzone z etniczn¹ muzyk¹ japoñsk¹ i prawdopodobnie znane niewielu. Nie podejmujê siê nawet w jakikolwiek sposób oceniaæ tego typu muzyki - s¹ jej fascynaci, s¹ osoby ods¹dzaj¹ce od czci i wiary tak graj¹cych muzyków. W moim przekonaniu powinnimy daæ zaistnieæ tego typu muzyce w naszej wiadomoci, zw³aszcza, ¿e rozwijana jest ju¿ bez ma³a 40 lat. Pomimo tego, ¿e ca³oæ p³yty jest zapisem dokonanym "na ¿ywo", mi najbardziej podobaj¹ siê dwa, najd³u¿sze zreszt¹ na p³ycie, utwory zarejestrowane podczas wystêpu przed publicznoci¹. Wed³ug mnie potwierdzaj¹ one jedynie fakt, ¿e muzycy lepiej graj¹, brzmi¹, kiedy maj¹ przed sob¹ ¿ywego odbiorcê.
Review Archives Reviews that mention miya masaoka. FRED FRITH/MAYBE MONDAY. PETER KOWALD/miyamasaoka/GINO ROBAIR Illuminations (Several Views) Rastascan BRD 049. http://www.jazzword.com/nova/showreview.pl?item=artist&artist_id=102894&artist_n
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Extractions: www.interactiva.org English Deutsch Espa±ol ... Composers Composers : For women composing art (classical) music. This section is composed of links to composers listed in categories of Arts: Music: Composition: Composers and lists Web Sites presenting information about women composers in general. Music Women in Music Composers: Agnesi, Maria Teresa d': English Arts Music Composition Composers A Agnesi, Maria Teresa d'
CalArts Alpert Award In The Arts discovery and transformation within myself, the musicians I play with, and the listeners. Composer, performer, sound artist and writer miya masaoka began her http://www.alpertawards.org/music.html
Extractions: "I consider myself an investigative artist who explores ways of thinking about sound, ways of probing deeper into our relationships with the natural environment by charting interactions and extracting sonic information from objects, instruments and living things.Ultimately, my work seeks to instigate discovery and transformation within myself, the musicians I play with, and the listeners." Composer, performer, sound artist and writer Miya Masaoka began her work as a kotoist studying traditional techniques and multiple styles of both Western and Japanese music; today she is a virtuosic experimental performer whose musical compositions and performance works pose questions about identity, the body, and the relationship between humans and the plant and animal kingdoms. In addition to creating solo, chamber, orchestral and choral compositions, Masaoka creates film, video, multi-channel and installation works that often employ advanced computer technology. An improviser working across new music, electronics, jazz and koto performance, she has collaborated with artists such as Andrew Cyrille, Toshiko Akiyoshi, L. Subramaniam, Fred Frith, and Pharoah Sanders. She has worked with Madagascar cockroaches, electrical signals from philodendrons and the bodies of naked men, and the sounds of swarming bees.
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The LAB Beth Custer and miya masaoka Wednesday, February 19, 8 PM Beth Custer and miya masaokatear it up on electric clarinet and koto improvisations, delivering a http://www.thelab.org/archive03/clarinet_monster.htm
Extractions: $10-$15 sliding scale admission for all events The Clarinet Monster Series initiates BETH CUSTER's role as curator and Composer in Residence at The LAB. Beth is a founding member of the Club Foot Orchestra, Trance Mission, Eighty Mile Beach, Clarinet Thing, Dona Luz 30 Besos, and now leads the Beth Custer Ensemble. She writes music for film, television, dance, theater, museum installations, and the concert stage. Her residency is part of Meet the Composer's New Residencies program and is hosted by The LAB in collaboration with Lise Swenson's TILT and the Joe Goode Performance Group. Funding for New Residencies was provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts and other generous supporters. Beth Custer Clarinet Thing Clarinet Thing returns after a seven-year hiatus. Much hailed in the Bay Area's underground jazz scene, Clarinet Thing is a quintet of the Bay Area's finest clarinetists that play original music and arrangements of jazz classics including works by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, John Carter, and Bobby Bradford, as well as original compositions by its members. Don't miss this very rare performance!
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Extractions: composer/performance artist Miya Masaoka separately monitors the electrical feedback of plants and human brain activity as the plant and person respond to the audience in the space of the LAB. The audience will be invited to interact with the plant and the human being, eat leafy greens and meat on a nearby snack table, and contemplate the relationship of plants and human beings while listening to the sounds they generate. Vegetarians may choose to eat only greens. Randy Nordschow will present Fishnets in the Year 2000, a work for mixed ensemble based on I, a text by John Cage. In the spirit of Cage, this piece involves indeterminate elements such as instrumentation, and performance length. Nordschow and other invited instrumentalists will perform as an ensemble acting independently from each other. The music is a direct translation of I from Cage's Norton Lectures I-VI, delivered at Harvard University over thirteenyears ago. images by Donald Swaringen
