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2010 Gigs
- Aug 16th – 27th : KASA JIZO and the Wonderful Hat Song
Performances in Brisbane Schools QLD on tour through through NEXUS ARTS
- Sept 6th – 17th : KASA JIZO and the Wonderful Hat Song
Performances in Brisbane Schools QLD on tour through through NEXUS ARTS
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28th September : The Joan Saxton Lecture Luncheon Club
Guest of Honour: Anne Norman
Curiosi-tea · absurdi-tea · frivoli-tea · audaci-tea - some of life's necessi-teas
Anne Norman took to researching and writing a book as a portable project to do between shows while on tour. She chose the unlikely topic of tea, and the result is a humorous and informative book entitled Curiosi-tea. In lyrical language, the historical narrative playfully unfolds through three fictional characters, the dominant being Camellia Cha, the Avatar of Tea. Anne will perform excerpts from her book as well as shakuhachi, and tell of her adventures in China and Japan in her quest for knowledge about tea.
Anne has degrees in music and ethnomusicology from universities in Australia and Japan, and has a serious dependency on sencha green tea, developed between bouts of hyperventilation while studying shakuhachi (bamboo flute) in Kobe in the mid 1980s
Tuesday 28th of September 2010
Time of arrival 11.30am for noon luncheon
Speaker: 1.00pm 2.00pm
The Joan Saxton Lecture Lunch Club
The Gables, 15 Finch Street , East Malvern, Victoria
Bookings: The Gables (03) 9571 6631 by the Friday before
Two course lunch with wine and coffee $45.00
thegables.com.au
- Oct 11th – 21th : KASA JIZO and the Wonderful Hat Song
Performances in Hobart Schools TAS on tour through through NEXUS ARTS
- Oct 25th – Nov 5th : TAIKO
Performances in Brisbane schools QLD with taiko performer Toshi Sakamoto on tour through NEXUS ARTS
- Nov 8th – 19th: KASA JIZO and the Wonderful Hat Song
Performances in Perth Schools WA on tour through through NEXUS ARTS
- Nov 28th: The Three Magi for the Middle East, Africa and the Far East
The Newman College choir conducted by Gary Ekkel, with guest artists: Philip Gunter (oud); Matt Stonehouse (percussion); Hailleluel Gebre-Selasse (Ethiopian chant and percussion); and Anne Norman (shakuhachi)
- Dec 19th: Jouissance at Iwaki
Live broadcast on 'Sunday Live' on ABC Classic FM radio
Sunday Live
Sunday Dec 19th at 3pm
Free admission - no booking needed
Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre, Melbourne
2010 Performance History
- Aug 8th : Hiroshima & Nagasaki Memorial Concert 2010
Sixty-five years after the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by nuclear blasts, Japanese for Peace will bring together a diverse array of
inspiring musicians, speakers and citizens of the world in a concert to celebrate
peace and imagine a world without nuclear threat.
The 6th annual peace concert will feature acoustic performances from
local, indigenous and traditional Japanese musicians
Performers:
Anne Norman - Shakuhachi
Dean Frenkel - Overtone Singer, Didgeridoo
Lee Morgan - Indigenous Musician
Liz Frencham - Singer/Songwriter
Wadaiko Rindo & Ayako Sato - Japanese Drums
Speaker:
Dave Sweeney Australian Conservation Foundation
Sunday 8 August 2010, 3:00 5:00 pm
State Library of Victoria, Village Roadshow Theatrette
Tickets at door: $15/$10 conc
For more information:
Japanese for Peace
Kaz 0413 849 984
info@jfp.org.au
- June 28th – July 2nd : KASA JIZO and the Wonderful Hat Song
Performances in Perth Schools WA on tour through through NEXUS ARTS
- July 26th – Aug 6th : TAIKO
Performances in Cairns schools QLD with taiko performer Toshi Sakamoto on tour through NEXUS ARTS
- May 26th – June 4th : TAIKO
Performances in Perth schools WA with taiko performer Toshi Sakamoto on tour through NEXUS ARTS
- May 23rd: Canberra International Music Festival
Jouissance performs Music by Byzantine composer & poetess, Kassia
Jouissance: Deborah Kayser (soprano), Jerzy Kozlowski (baritone/bass), Peter Neville (percussion), Nick Tsiavos (doublebass), Anne Norman (shakuhachi)
- Thursday 20th May: Balance Sound Meditation
Garth Stone & Elise McColl
Special Guests Anne Norman & Jess Ipkendanz
Relax and rejuvenate in comfortable and intimate surroundings as you deepen your meditation practice by immersing yourself in ambient sound. Anne is an intuitive shakuhachi performer, improviser and composer, working in a diverse range of music creation. Jess is a musician, composer and visual artist who has performed solo works in Australia, Japan, Germany, Denmark and Italy.
- 14th May : Music of the Tea Lands
 Watch an elegant Japanese Tea Ceremony performed by Adam Wojcinski while
feasting your ears on music from countries where the bounty of tea is
revered: Japan and Ireland; with Anne Norman - shakuhachi, Mel Robinson -
cello and Liminality - Cath Connelly, harp and Greg Hunt, fiddle. Also
featured is live performance of large ink brush calligraphy by Shingo Nozao,
and poetry by Camellia Cha
- 20th March: The Third Australia-Japan Peace Forum
Making the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons a Reality
Guest Speakers:
Professor Yuki Tanaka, Hiroshima Peace Institute
Associate Professor Tilman Ruff, University of Melbourne, former President of Medical Association of Prevention of War
Performer
Anne Norman, Shakuhachi
Japanese for Peace (JfP) will mark the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a forum to discuss what steps we can take to help create a nuclear-free world, as part of the lead-up to the NPT Review Conference in May. We expect the forum will attract people with different backgrounds, who come together to work for the common cause of eradicating nuclear weapons, so they will never threaten human beings again.
- 27th March: 2010 Lake Bolac Eel
Festival
Brolga Twilight Celebration
The Kikkabush women will return with Mother Eel and aboriginal dancers will
perform traditional brolga dances and indigenous brolga tales around the campfire on the shores of Lake Bolac. Also celebrating the local Brolgas and environment are composer Anne Norman performing on shakuhachi with violinist/vocalist Jess Ipkendanz, local musicians 'end of March', the Brolga Choir directed by Jeanette Hajncl, audience participation, and choreography of local dancers by Susan Taylor with giant brolga puppets
- February 28th : "Ring The Bells"
Anne helps children to compose for Melbourne¹s fabulous Federation Bells at ArtPlay, Birrarung Marr, Melbourne.
- 7th February : Music for the Soul
Fine Blue Thread
Helen Mountfort - Cello, Ria Soemardjo - Voice, Sam Evans Tabla
are joined by shakuhachi player Anne Norman
in
Music for the Soul Series
in the fantastic acoustics of
the Northcote Uniting Church
The last Fine Blue Thread concert in this venue with Anne Norman and was sold out. Arrive early for tickets.
(Note: The band will be on risers for better viewing this year.)
- 24th January : A Summer Meditation in Taste, Sound & Flora
Kaiseki (multi course dinner) by Hide’ Shibata
Shakuhachi (Zen bamboo flute) by Anne Norman
Ikebana (live flower arrangements) by Shosho Shimbo
Hide’ Shibata brings his culinary skill to the traditional art of Kaiseki, a multi course dinner using the best of seasonal produce, giving it a unique and modern interpretation.He is joined by Ikebana practitioner Shoso Shimbo and renowned Shakuhachi performer Anne Norman, bringing together the elements of spontaneous Zen arts in the form of fresh food, flower arrangement and sonic gestures from the bamboo flute.
Kaiseki 懐石has its origins in a course of dishes served to welcome guests before serving tea in the Japanese Tea Ceremony. The delicate and subtle combinations of flavours will awaken your sense of taste to a whole new experience.
The Shakuhachi 尺八was originally used by Zen monks to aid in their meditation. Its soulful sound will reach your spirit and take you on a peaceful journey.
Ikebana 生け花 is the art of Japanese flower arrangement. It is a creative art with a contemplative aspect and has strong links with Zen meditation. Through Ikebana, we can develop a sense of respect for nature and reflect upon the search for our place within the natural world.
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