{"id":193849,"date":"2024-03-14T15:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T01:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=193849"},"modified":"2024-03-15T20:37:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T06:37:09","slug":"100th-anniversary-kabuki-music-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/14\/100th-anniversary-kabuki-music-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"100th anniversary: Kabuki music masters guide <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> students"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_93596\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pz2AKsiYfGA?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"100th anniversary: Kabuki music masters guide UH students\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>To commemorate the centennial milestone of English-language Kabuki productions at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa, master musicians from Japan are mentoring students for the premiere of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/liveonstage\/benten\/\">The Maiden Benten and the Bandits of the White Waves<\/a><\/em> this April at <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/liveonstage\/kennedy-theatre\/current-season\/\">Kennedy Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_193869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193869\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2024-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Student playing shamisen in front of another student\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-193869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2024-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2024-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2024-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-193869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student Arlo Chiaki Rowe (right) attends rehearsal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Enriching the performance will be a live music ensemble, spotlighting authentic Japanese singing and instruments such as the three-string shamisen, taiko drums and traditional flutes.<\/p>\n<p>On stage, student actors will bring to life the Japanese theatre art form known for its ornately decorated costumes and eye-catching makeup.<\/p>\n<p>A skilled ensemble of 13 musicians comprising UH M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/music\/\">music<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/liveonstage\/\">theatre and dance majors<\/a>, faculty and community members, will provide music emanating from the <em>geza<\/em>, an offstage musician\u2019s box.<\/p>\n<h2>Master mentoring<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_193868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193868\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2024-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Students seated playing shamisen, with Kashiwa instructing\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-193868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2024-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2024-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2024-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-193868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kabuki percussionist Kashiwa Senjir\u014d (left) trains the music ensemble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This spring, the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/liveonstage\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Department of Theatre and Dance<\/a> invited esteemed Kabuki percussionist Kashiwa Senjir\u014d to train <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa students on campus. During an intensive three-week residency, Kashiwa taught student musicians a variety of kabuki-specific patterns that are integral to creating the atmospheric backdrop of the production. The live ensemble will also provide a range of sound effects, from the tinkling of butterflies to the thunderous crash of waves.<\/p>\n<p>Among the melodic soundscape, audiences will hear <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa musician Morgan Chan\u2019s thunderous taiko drumming. The graduate music student is humbled to be mentored by master artists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_193870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193870\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2024-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Student\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-193870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2024-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2024-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2024-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-193870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morgan Chan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;It\u2019s been an amazing opportunity, and I\u2019m very grateful that I guess, the stars have aligned, so they say,&rdquo; said Chan. &ldquo;It really adds to the atmosphere to have live music because as opposed to an audio track that gets played over, the musicians have the opportunity to respond to what\u2019s happening on stage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em> story:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/10\/100-years-of-hawaii-kabuki\/\">100 years of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Kabuki in English: Masters from Japan train <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> actors<\/a>, December 10, 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa has brought in other respected musicians to mentor students in the ensemble; master shamisen artist Kineya Sakiyo (Bryson Teruo Goda, shakuhachi (bamboo flute) performer Christopher Yohmei Blasdel and Kenny Endo, a taiko master.<\/p>\n<p>Arlo Chiaki Rowe, a <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/liveonstage\/theatre\/directing\/\">directing <abbr>MFA<\/abbr> candidate<\/a> at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, will lend their vocal talents to the ensemble. Rowe, who is of Japanese descent has been working for months to grasp their melodic contribution, seeing it as a meaningful connection to their cultural background.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Being able to sing in Japanese, it gives me so many opportunities to really feel like, yeah this is my culture, this is what I want to do,&rdquo; Rowe said.<\/p>\n<h2>Ticket information<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188261\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2023-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Actors in kabuki costume and make up\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-188261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2023-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2023-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-theatre-kabuki-2023-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karese Kaw-uh as Benten Koz\u014d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The upcoming <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa production, also commonly known as <em>Benten Koz\u014d<\/em>, depicts five distinctive thieves with a mastery of masquerade and captures schemes and back stories that lead to shocking revelations, surprising reunions and startling twists. The 40-member cast will perform the play in English.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.evenue.net\/cgi-bin\/ncommerce3\/SEGetEventList?groupCode=KT2&#038;linkID=hawaii&#038;shopperContext=&#038;caller=&#038;appCode=\">Ticket prices range $8&#8211;$25<\/a> for the production set to open April 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. and April 28 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This play, which also marks Kennedy Theatre&#8217;s 60th anniversary season, pays homage to the longstanding tradition of Kabuki in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, the very first on-campus production at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa debuted in November 1924.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/liveonstage\/benten\/\">For more go to Kennedy Theatre\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Respected musicians train the live music ensemble in authentic Japanese singing, shamisen, taiko drums and traditional flutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[131,1466,133,130,76,9,56],"class_list":["post-193849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-kennedy-theatre","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-music","tag-theatre","tag-theatre-and-dance","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193849"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193964,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193849\/revisions\/193964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}