The Sound of (Japanese) Music Series - Resources for Educators
“The Sound of (Japanese) Music,” was series of presentations and performances by four Japanese music ethnomusicologists that occurred in the late spring/summer of 2020. Designed to deepen your level of understanding of traditional Japanese music, these presentations expand your knowledge of Japanese history and culture, including modern music innovations. The presentations covered the evolving traditions of the koto, shakuhachi, shamisen and the recent development of taiko drumming.
Listed below are each lecture with links to the video recording/essay and handout/resource list associated with each presentation.
Adachi Ginko Kongo no Tsubone 1880.
Koto: Its Music and Musicians, Yesterday and Today with Dr. Anne Prescott
Presentation and performance recording
Click here to access Dr. Prescott's Lecture on the Koto
Presentation handout and materials
Koto: It's Music and Musicians, Yesterday and Today Presentation Handout
Koto Music. Japan Digest. The National Clearinghouse for United States-Japan Studies.
Wada Sanzo Priests of the Fuke Sect - Komuso
The World in a Single Sound - the Shakuhachi, its History, and its Music with Mr. Devon Tipp
Presentation Essay
At the request of the artist, we did not record the lecture or performance.
Mr. Tipp will, however, be writing an essay on shakuhachi based on his presentation (coming soon).
Presentation handout and materials
For more information on Devon Tipp's work, please visit www.greengiraffemusic.info
Presentation and performance recording
Click here to access Dr. Eguchi-Wright's lecture on the Shamisen.
Presentation handout and materials
Strings Revolution: Shamisen Handout
Wada Sanzo Taiko Zukuri - Japanese Vocation Series Three
Taiko: Tradition as a Basis for Innovation with Dr. Ben Pachter
Presentation and performance recording
Click here to access Dr. Pachter's lecture on Taiko
Presentation handout and materials
Taiko Resource List (Video Links and Recommended Readings)
Taiko in the US - Recommended Reading
Co-sponsored by the Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh NCTA