Celebrating the Music of James Nyoraku Schlefer

Kammerraku Encore

Saturday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m.

Tenri Cultural Institute – 43A W. 13th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)

Admission: $25 in Advance | $30 at the Door

Kyo-Shin-An Arts and Arts at TCI present Kammerraku Encore, KSA's first celebration of the music of shakuhachi Grand Master James Nyoraku Schlefer.

This program of audience favorites features the always extraordinary Arianna Quartet and the world premiere of Schlefer’s delightfully irreverent Bamboo Dances for shakuhachi and string quartet. To purchase tickets, please visit Schlefer’s website.

Performers

• Sumie Kaneko – Shamisen and voice

• Yoko Reikano Kimura – Koto and voice

• James Nyoraku Schlefer – Shakuhachi

• Arianna String Quartet
  John McGrosso and Jane Price, violins; Joanna Mendoza, viola; Kurt Baldwin, cello

PROGRAM

• Moon through the Pines by James Nyoraku Schlefer 
  koto, shamisen, shakuhachi

• Bamboo Dances by James Nyoraku Schlefer – World Premiere
  shakuhachi and string quartet
  Moveoverture
  Jubislidy (aka Slickback)
  Valse Macabre
  Chacachacarera
  Bogakuraku
  Jiggy Gigue
  Galoopy
  Interludy
  Racherachenitsa

• Tommy – a musical fantasy based on a true story by James Nyoraku Schlefer 
  shakuhachi, koto, shamisen and string quartet

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