Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Please contact Rachel Rudich <rachelrudich@mac.com> for further details and to schedule lessons.

Kaoru Kakizakai (bio to follow) will be coming to the Los Angeles area
to give lessons and do a concert! Kakizakai sensei is a very well
known performer and teacher and we are all excited to have the special
opportunity to have him visit us here in southern California. I hope
you can find the time to take a lesson and/or see his concert.

Here's the schedule:

Wednesday, October 15, Pomona College, Claremont: Lunch time casual
concert and World Music class presentation 12:15-2:30

Thursday, October 16, afternoon classes, and free and open to public
concert 8pm at CalArts, Santa Clarita

Friday, October 17, available for lessons in Claremont, Pomona College

Saturday, October 18, MAIN LESSON DAY in Claremont, Pomona College.
He'll give a group class at 9am and then lessons throughout the day.
Everyone is invited to go out for dinner in the evening together.
Private lessons: 50 minutes, $60
Group lesson: $20 per person

I'll be organizing the Saturday lesson day. Please let me know now if
you are interested in a lesson and your preference for the time of
day. We'll fill up Saturday first, and then move on to Friday.

Feel free to get back to me at rachelrudich@mac.com
or call me at
909-575-7137

Rachel Rudich



Kaoru Kakizakai was born in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture in 1959 and
started playing the kena while he was in his teens. At 21 he started
playing the shakuhachi in the Kinko style. His teacher recognized an
unusual ability to play so he recommended him study with the
master,Yokoyama Katsuya. He graduated from the NHK Traditional Music
Conservatory and is the winner of the prestigious Kumamoto All Japan
Hogaku competition. He has recorded with Yokoyama sensei on his CDs
and videos and is a popular leader of shakuhachi workshops for the
International Shakuhachi Training Center (Kokusai Shakuhachi
Kenshukan) in Tokyo. He has performed extensively in America, Europe,
Asia, and Australia and is a faculty member of the Boulder Colorado
summer intensive camps as well as the Australian Shakuahchi Festivals.
Currently he is research fellow at the Tokyo College of Music, full
time instructor for the International Shakuhachi Kenshukan and NHK
Culture Centre and President of the International Shakuhachi Kenshu-
kan Chichibu School and Higashi Yamato School.