Japanese Gagaku Ensemble Audition

The Japanese Gagaku Ensemble will hold auditions on the first day of class on Thursday, 9/10 at 5pm in 112 Dodge (enter the building from College Walk).  Opportunities to study this ancient court music of Japan are extremely rare in the United States.  Students will be supplied with excellent instruments, including the hichiriki, ryuteki, sho, biwa, and koto(gaku-so). Some musical background (wind instruments, especially) and/or prior knowledge of Japanese culture are helpful, but not prerequisites. Ensemble meets once a week for 2-3 hours and will perform at least twice publicly. The instructor is Louise Sasaki.  For more information contact Patricia Slattery at pas2141@columbia.edu.  For more information visit the CU Music Performance Program website:  music.columbia.edu/mpp.