Multicultural Sonic Evolution (MuSE)

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Beginning - 00:00:00

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■ Welcome! 

Moderated by Yui Kitamura & Chihiro Shibayama, co-directors of MuSE

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■ Alicia Lieu

"Unwrapping Fortune"

an opera written by Alicia Lieu www.alicialieu.com  

 

01:00:00 ish:

 

■ Yukiko Akagi & Alex Alguacil - piano four-hands

Yukiko Akagi, piano: www.yukiko-akagi.com

Alex Alguacil, piano: www.alexalguacil.com

YouTube Channel: Alex Alguacil

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■ Moe & Vranas

"How Dare You?"

written by Maggie Moe & Joshua Vranas

 

■ Kevin Chavez

YouTube Channel: obospieler

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■ Lee Douglass & Toshi Hamada

Jyo En (Sounds of Arts Festival 2020 Cut Version)

Written By Lee Douglass & Toshi Hamada

Music by Kento Iwasaki

 

 

02:30:00 ish

 

■ DuoAA

Audrey Lo & Adam von Housen; violins

Audrey Lo's Instagram: @audreyloviolin

Adam von Housen's Instagram: @avhgeige

 

■ MuSE Chorus

Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus

Faure - Pavane, Op. 50

with Musikapiphany

Alicia Lieu, conductor

www.musefriends.org

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■ The Pocket Watch

Story by Kyusaku Yumeno

Music by Yui Kitamura

www.yuikitamura.com

Taka Kigawa, piano

www.takakigawa.com

Chihiro Shibayama, percussion & illustration

www.chihiroshibayama.com

Instagram: @cheeseheropaints

English Translation by Eric Margolis

 

 

03:00:00 ish

 

■ Hypercube

www.hypercubemusic.org

Interview guest: Chris Graham, percussionist 

 

■ Carter & Harris

"Somewhere Over New Jersey"

Written by Andi Lee Carter & Briana Harris

 

■ Artists By Any Other Name

www.artistsbyanyothername.com

Instagram: @artist_baon

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■ Jeff Fairbanks

www.fairbanksmusic.com

venmo: @StreetBeatBrass

 

04:00:00 ish

 

■ Chihiro Shibayama

“Willie’s Dream” with Kate Bae

a part of Artist-In-Residency Program: newburghcommunitylandbank.org

 

■ Clara Duo

www.claraduo.com

Instagram: @claraduo.nyc

 

■ Amaterasu Za

www.amaterasuza.org

Interview guest: Ako, Artistic Director

 

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05:00:00 ish

 

■ Bryan Blaskie

www.bryanblaskie.com 

Instagram: @BryanBlaskie

 

■ Cristina Spinei

www.cristinaspinei.com

Instagram: @cristinaspinei

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■ Roberta Michel

www.robertamichel.com

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■ Hiro x Hiroki (Garyu) x Tomomi

Hiro, calligrapher: www.hiromoji.com

Hiroki Takeuchi (Garyu), taiko player: www.garyu.bz

Tomomi Uta: Instagram: @tomomi__uta

YouTube Channel: Garyu Channel

 

 

 

06:00:00 ish

 

■ New Asia Chamber Music Society

www.newasiacms.org

Interview Guest: Andy Lin, Artistic Director

 

■ Imanishi & Nagira

Ayana Imanishi, violin

Masato Nagira, horn

Instagram: @nagira77

 

■ GLANK www.glankglankglank.com

Instagram: @glankglankglank

Interview guest: Paul Rudolph, composer

 

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07:00:00 ish

 

■ Kenji Haba

"Deck the Halls"

"O Holy Night"

www.kenjihaba.com

 

■ Mari Kotskyy

www.marikotskyy.com

"Hide & Seek"

Kaori Zinke & Azusa Hatabata; pianos

 

■ Feinstein & Hansen-Young

"Don't Ask"

written by Brian Feinstein & Diana Hansen-Young

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■ Empire Wild

www.empirewild.com
Venmo: @EmpireWild
Instagram: @EmpireWild
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWlMiE62MJkEZmWlHoe8qQ

Recent news: Empire Wild on the 2020 Ambassador Prize through the Concert Artists Guild (includes North American Management)

 

■ Bunta Satoh

Tugarubue player (Japanese bamboo flute from Tsugaru Region, Aomori Prefecture) Facebook: www.facebook.com/sato.bunta

Instagram: @buntasato

 

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08:00:00 ish

 

■ The Pleiades Project

www.thepleiadesproject.com

To donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thepleiadesproject

Recently, The Pleiades Project premiered their 5th Season of Pleiades 24 on Invision, and it is now available on our YouTube: 

https://youtu.be/-5_F6k7zpCo

https://youtu.be/KqfPTO-HAeQ

https://youtu.be/NizHf5xEmdU

https://youtu.be/WhBvD5hxPko

https://youtu.be/_MCT1RfYx3g

A new series called German Romantics: Clara on Invision: https://invision.inseries.org/series/the-pleiades-project-german-romantics

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■ Mark Wade Trio

www.markwademusicny.com

 

■ Sumie Kaneko

www.sumiekanekomusic.com

Instagram: @martinikaneko

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■ Rie Kawahara & Mayumi Fuchida

Oborozukiyo

arranged by Yui Kitamura

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09:00:00 ish

 

■ Manami Hattori

"Un bel di" from Madama Butterfly

www.manamihattori.com

 

■ Divya Maus & Richard Hanson

"Sewn Into You"

www.mollyhousemusical.com

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■ Mika Mori, Yuri Shingu and Johko Takemura

Mika Mori: www.sourire-musique.com

Yuri Shingu: www.yurishingu.com

Johko Takemura: j-musik.com/johko-t

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■ Vasko Dukovski

Clanking Replicator

www.dukovski.com

 

 

10:00:00 ish

 

■ Trevor New & Chihiro Shibayama

Trevor New, violist: www.trevornew.com

Chihiro Shibayama, percussionist: www.chihiroshibayama.com

 

■ New Docta

www.newdocta.org

Solange Merdinian: Instagram@solange.merdinian  

 

■ Reifler & Robelen

"Holding On"

Erin J. Reifler: www.erinjreifler.com  Instagram: @erinjreifler

Spencer Robelen: www.spencerrobelen.com

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and Holiday Otamatone Riddles scattered through out the festival.

Collect all the alphabets and rearrange them. What did you get?

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