Shakuhachi Grand Master gives hands-on demonstration and performance

Ethnoise! Graduate Workshop with Shakuhachi Grand Master Michael Chikuzen Gould
Friday, October 15, 2:30pm
Judd Hall 313
5835 S. Kimbark Ave.

Michael Chikuzen Gould is one of a very few non-Japanese Grand Masters of shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese bamboo flute. This presentation emphasizes the historical roots of shakuhachi in Zen culture and how it was used by monks in their daily lives. A demonstration of shakuhachi will be included, and students will also have an opportunity to play shakuhachi. To find out more about Ethnoise! visit http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/ethnoise/about/. Non-University of Chicago students, email sarehart@uchicago.edu for participation options.

Performance: Voice of the Shakuhachi
Saturday, October 16, 8:00pm
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street, 4th floor

An evening of Japanese traditional and contemporary music for the shakuhachi, koto, and shamisen. Featuring Michael Chikuzen Gould with Chieko Iwazaki on koto and shamisen and Kuniyasu Iwazaki on shakuhachi. Free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served.

For more information, contact Sarah Arehart at sarehart@uchicago.edu or 773.702.2715, or visit http://ceas.uchicago.edu/events.