Co-directed by Hamilton Professor of Music E. Michael Richards; and KazukoTanosaki, lecturer in music at Hamilton, the symposium will explore therelationship between tradition and innovation in Japanese music. Event timesand locations are as follows:
Saturday, April 5 - (All events except the evening concert take placein Schambach Center Room 201.)
* 9 a.m. to noon and 3:40 to 5:30 p.m. - Scholars and performers from the U.S.,Mexico and Hong Kong will present their research. Topics will include themusic of Japan's best known composer of art music, the late Toru Takemitsu;the traditional and contemporary musics of Japan and Israel, the connectionsbetween Toshiro Mayuzumi's right wing politics and his music; and Japanesemusic for a film subtitled "Godzilla and his Spawn."
* 1 to 3:30 p.m. - Internationally renowned composers Harue Kunieda, MasaoEndo, Toshiro Mayuzumi and P.Q. Phan will discuss their music and ideas.
* 8 p.m., Schambach Center, Wellin Hall - Hamilton Orchestra and music studentswill perform with the Syracuse Society for New Music and winners of the firstMusic of Japan Performers Competition, cellist Hugh Livingston and flutistAsako Arai.
Posted March 24, 1997