【My
Other Bamboo Flute 】
主講人:Shawn Rezoh Head (蓮藏)
日期:2019年04月29日(一)
時間:13:30~15:10
地點:北藝大音樂一館M102
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Biography
Internationally performed composer and master shakuhachi performer Shawn
Renzoh Head continues to transcend borders through his music; mixing Japanese
traditional music with a distinct western compositional style. Shawn earned his
Shihan degree under the tutelage of Michael Chikuzen Gould and became the youngest
non-Japanese Shihan in shakuhachi. He also earned a bachelor's degree in
composition from the prestigious conservatory, the Cleveland Institute of Music
under Professor Keith Fitch and Professor Steven Kohn.
As a performer Shawn has made it his goal to popularize the shakuhachi
both in its traditional form and a modern western by commissioning a plethora
of composers to write engaging music. Recently he has commissioned composers:
Hsin-Jung Tsai, Bo Li, David Vayo, Eric Charnofsky, and more. He aims to
commission and perform twenty new works by the year 2020. He has also made
it a point to lecture as often as he can at a variety of schools such as: Ball
State University, The Ohio State University, the Cleveland Institute of Music,
the University of Kansas City Missouri, and Cypress Lone Star College among
others. "Shawn Head's performance of shakuhachi music during our recent
Classical Revolution Cleveland show was truly stunning. His technical and
musical command of the instrument were stunning, and the repertoire performed
was captivating. It was the first time CRC has incorporated music from that
genre in our shows, and it was eye-opening…."– Ariel Clayton Karas.
As a composer, Shawn has made a substantial output of music that reflects
the complex aesthetics of Japanese Music. His recent composition, “Burning Roots Sketch No. 4,” commissioned by
violinist, Misha Vayman is an example of the connection between his western
roots and with Japanese sounds. Vayman says that Shawn’s music is "A
deeply felt Japanese sentiment structured with a virtuosic western
filigree." Other performers have said, "When playing Shawn's music, I
feel that I need to open my musical perspective to colors, techniques, and
tonalities I don't get to use often while playing western repertoire."-Leah Stevens, flutist. His current project is
to render a concerto for Shakuhachi and Orchestra, commissioned by the
Energy Corridor Houston Orchestra, (ECHO).
Shawn is currently based in Houston, Texas where he actively
involved in the Japanese community.
