2008 Woodie Awards
Hanayui to play Pacific
ALANA KANSAKU-SARMIENTO
Issue date: 2/29/08 Section: A&E
On March 4 at 7:30 p.m., taiko group Hanayui will be giving a free performance at Pacific's McCready hall.
Hanayui consists of Chieko Kojima, Uoko Fujimoto and Mitsue Kinjo. Each member specializes in traditional Japanese dancing, drumming, singing, and/or koto playing (the koto is a traditional Japanese stringed instrument).
Accompanying them will be Kaoru Watanabe, a renowned Japanese flute player, and former member of the KODO taiko company.
Hanayui is a sister company of KODO, which is famous throughout Japan and across the globe for their large scale taiko performances. Watanabe is a former member of KODO.
The Japanese musical art form known as taiko drumming is often known for its large drums, large body movement by players, and the ability to make sounds that are larger than life.
There will be a taiko workshop in the University Center's multi-purpose room on March 5. Students can either participate or watch this three-hour workshop, which is available without fee.
The performers, who are going on a multi-week tour to Los Angeles and Alameda Calif., Seattle, Wash. and Portland, are coming to Pacific University at the request of Sensei Yasutaka Maruki, professor at Pacific University.
"This is a very important performance. Hanayui is very well known and very rare. You don't usually have this kind of opportunity to invite people like them," said Maruki.
According to Maruki, the Hanayui performances are typically cheerful, with a sense of celebration centering around culture. This refers more to an indigenous culture that is especially drawn from a small island called Sado near the Japanese coast, from which all three Hanayui performers originate.
According to Maruki, the island has preserved a unique indigenous culture since the middle ages and preserved the tradition of being dynamic and lively.
Hanayui consists of Chieko Kojima, Uoko Fujimoto and Mitsue Kinjo. Each member specializes in traditional Japanese dancing, drumming, singing, and/or koto playing (the koto is a traditional Japanese stringed instrument).
Accompanying them will be Kaoru Watanabe, a renowned Japanese flute player, and former member of the KODO taiko company.
Hanayui is a sister company of KODO, which is famous throughout Japan and across the globe for their large scale taiko performances. Watanabe is a former member of KODO.
The Japanese musical art form known as taiko drumming is often known for its large drums, large body movement by players, and the ability to make sounds that are larger than life.
There will be a taiko workshop in the University Center's multi-purpose room on March 5. Students can either participate or watch this three-hour workshop, which is available without fee.
The performers, who are going on a multi-week tour to Los Angeles and Alameda Calif., Seattle, Wash. and Portland, are coming to Pacific University at the request of Sensei Yasutaka Maruki, professor at Pacific University.
"This is a very important performance. Hanayui is very well known and very rare. You don't usually have this kind of opportunity to invite people like them," said Maruki.
According to Maruki, the Hanayui performances are typically cheerful, with a sense of celebration centering around culture. This refers more to an indigenous culture that is especially drawn from a small island called Sado near the Japanese coast, from which all three Hanayui performers originate.
According to Maruki, the island has preserved a unique indigenous culture since the middle ages and preserved the tradition of being dynamic and lively.
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