Odaiko New England performs at the Newport Black Ships Festival at the historic Cardine’s Field, one of our biggest performances of the year. We’re very pleased to return to Newport’s weekend-long festival celebrating the signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa, which opened the Japanese ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to United States trade. The “Black Ships,” or “Kurofune,” refers to the Japanese term for foreign ships.
We’ll be joined this year by the taiko group Shindaiko.
Shimoda is now Newport’s sister city and also celebrates this festival.
The Black Ships festival is hosted by the Japan-America Society of Rhode Island.
Omiyage Players: Join us for a workshop with Shoji Kameda (composer of Omiyage) and On Ensemble member Maz Baba. This workshop focuses on movement and flow from the core, and how to direct that movement into the long phrases of Omiyage.
Prerequisite: Players must be able to play the Omiyage Chu part from beginning to end. If you don’t know Omiyage, or are just beginning to learn it, you are welcome to audit the workshop.
Date: Monday Jan. 18
Time: 7:30 – 10:00
Place: ACAS, 29 Montvale Ave., Woburn MA (Odaiko New England dojo)
Cost: $50 (Odaiko New England students $40)
$10 Audit
Please Pre-register.
Odaiko New England performs at the Newport Black Ships Festival at the historic Cardine’s Field, one of our biggest performances of the year. We’re very pleased to return to Newport’s weekend-long festival celebrating the signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa, which opened the Japanese ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to United States trade. The “Black Ships,” or “Kurofune,” refers to the Japanese term for foreign ships.
We’ll be joined again by the taiko group Shindaiko.
Shimoda is now Newport’s sister city and also celebrates this festival.
The Black Ships festival is hosted by the Japan-America Society of Rhode Island.
