Jiuta shamisen Player
Louisville, KY
Jackie Frain is a certified jiuta shamisen player and instructor. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee and relocated to Louisville, Kentucky in 2020.
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Frances White
Composer
Princeton, NJ
Frances White composes instrumental and electronic music. She is particularly known for her works combining live instruments and computer-generated electronic sound spaces.
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Elizabeth Brown
Shakuhachi Player
Brooklyn, NY
Elizabeth Brown combines a successful composing career with an extremely diverse performing life, playing flute, shakuhachi, and theremin in a wide variety of musical circles.
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Elizabeth Brown
Composer
Brooklyn, NY
Elizabeth Brown combines a successful composing career with an extremely diverse performing life, playing flute, shakuhachi, and theremin in a wide variety of musical circles.
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James Nyoraku（如楽）Schlefer
Shakuhachi Player
Brooklyn, NY
James Nyoraku 如楽 Schlefer received the Dai-Shi-Han (Grand Master) certificate in 2001, one of only a handful of non-Japanese to receive this high level award.
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James Nyoraku（如楽）Schlefer
Composer
Brooklyn, NY
James Nyoraku Schlefer holds advanced degrees, and has years of performing experience, in two musical traditions.
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Kaoru Watanabe
Taiko and Shinobue Player
Brooklyn, NY
Composer and musician Kaoru Watanabe grounds his performance in traditional Japanese music while inhabiting a startling combination of musical worlds.
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Ralph Samuelson
Shakuhachi Player
Chappaqua, NY
Ralph Samuelson is a performer and teacher of the Japanese bamboo flute, shakuhachi, and a pioneer in the growing presence of shakuhachi music in the US.
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Masayo Ishigure（石榑 雅代）
Koto and Jiuta shamisen Player
New York, NY
Masayo Ishigure began playing the koto and jiuta shamisen at the age of five in Gifu, Japan and has created an extensive multi-faceted career that continues to stretch the limits of the koto while maintaining a strong grasp of the tradition.
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Miyabi Koto Shamisen Ensemble
Koto and Shamisen Ensemble
New York, NY
Miyabi Koto Shamisen Ensemble is a New York based group founded and headed by Ms. Masayo Ishigure. Ms. Ishigure began playing the koto and shamisen at the age of five, and later developed her skills with Tadao and Kazue Sawai as a special research student.