Calendar

Solo Exhibition: Refuge in the Vegetal World; Miya Masaoka

Solo Exhibition: California College of the Arts, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art

The Masses and Dirty Sounds/Sounds Dirty: Dirt, plants, computer, human interaction, sound
Curated by Diego Villalobos.
February 16 – March 24 2024
360 Kansas St, San Francisco, CA 94103
https://wattis.org/calendar/february-16-24-2024

The Lab: Duo concert: Miya Masaoka & Hans Tammen

February 16, 2024
Live Performance by Miya Masaoka (koto + computer, monochord) with Hans Tammen (synthesizer)
The Lab, 2948 16th St.
San Francisco, CA

Trio Brew: Reggie Workman, Gerry Hemingway, Miya Masaoka

CD Release Party: Trio Brew: Reggie Workman, Bass; Gerry Hemingway, Drums, Miya Masaoka, Koto and Monochord
Out Music Festival
February 1 2024, 8:30pm
Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave, NYC

Stanford University, CCRMA solo Concert

February 14, 2024
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: CCRMA Stage / CCRMA LIVE, Stanford University

Miya Masaoka will present a selection of fixed media multichannel works and a live performance.
FREE and Open to the Public.
info@ccrma.stanford.edu

DARA String Festival 2023

DARA String Festival August 26-27
Theater Im Delphi

Bassgitarre: Farida Amadou
Cello: Zoé Cartier
Tar: Elshan Ghasimi
Bühneninstallation: Anna Kubelik
Koto & Elektronik: Miya Masaoka
Bratsche & Geige: Joanna Mattrey, Grégoire Simon
Geige & Stimme: Biliana Voutchkova

Theater im Delphi gGmbH
Gustav-Adolf-Str. 2
13086 Berlin
info@theater-im-delphi.de

Darmstadt, Germany. Open Studio Showcase: Katie Young and Olivia de Prato, Miya Masaoka

6:30PM August 16
Solo Violin and Electronics composed by Miya Masaoka, performed by Olivia de Prato
Open Studio Showcase of Katherine Young, by invitation to Olivia de Prato and Miya Masaoka
Lichtenberschule
Ludwigshöhstaße 105, Darmstadt, Germany

Monumenta Ethereal : Still images, Rome, NYC

This is a developing project in Rome, Italy…. More »

New Work for Mivos String Quartet, American Academy of Rome

Thursday, June 8, 2023. Mivos Quartet, The Horizon Leans Forward
American Academy in Rome: Open Studio
Angelo Masina 5, Rome, Italy.

Keynote Talk: The Space Imaginary in Sound and Music, ZHDK Switzerland

Mach 7, 2023, 15:00
Miya delivers a keynote speech, “The Space Imaginary in Sound and Music” at the Academy ZHDK in Zürich, Switzerland.
This is talk is based on experiences working at EMPAC, informal conversations, and researching at the Accademy of Rome, Italy during 2022-23.

Zurich University of the Arts
Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, 8005 Zurich

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

Thursday, May 11, 2023 San Francisco Contemporary Music Players: The Dust and the Noise for cello, violin, piano and percussion by Miya Masaoka
7:00 pm ‘How Music is Made’ Pre-Concert Talk | 8:00 pm Concert | Post-concert Party
Herbst Theatre, SF War Memorial, 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
TICKETS General: $35, Student: $15 (more…)

Myra Melford, Miya Masaoka, Zeena Parkins, Pierre Boulez Saal

Saturday, May 3, 2023. Myra Melford, Miya Masaoka, Zeena Parkins MZM Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, German 19 :00 https://www.boulezsaal.de/en/event/myra-melford-104173 Improvised Music and Jazz… More »

Olivia de Prato : Solo Violin, Miller Theater

Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Olivia de Prato Solo Violin CD Pop Up Concert, World Premiere Mapping a Joyful Path for solo violin by Miya Masaoka and works with other acclaimed composers: commissioned by the New York Foundation for the Arts. Miller Theater, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Free admission (more…)

MaertzMusik Berlin, Berliner Festspiele, Germany

Sunday, March 26, 2023 The Imaginary Decolonized Space/Place for 3 Musicians and Sine Waves/Difference Tones composed by Miya Masaoka
MaertzMusik Berliner Festispiele

Final night The Imaginary Decolonized Space/Place

Solo Contrebasse at the American Academy in Rome, Italy

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 6 pm. The Salon at the American Academy in Rome with contrabassist Dorian Jackman offering a recital of solo works by Bach, Hans Werner Henze, Stephen Scodanibbio, and Miya Masaoka on February 1, 2023. Via Angelo Masina 5, Rome, Italy

Houseplants and Extreme Weather Data Report: Warsaw, Poland

Sunday, February 5, 2023 When I was Plant installation and talk 17:00 (5pm)
Installation with Houseplants, EEG sensors, electronics, printed papers with extreme weather data, sound, human and plant interaction. Centrum Sztuki Włączającej / Teatr 21 Centrum Sztuki Włączającej / Władysława Skoczylasa 10/12, 03-465 Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland
teatr21.pl

Nuova Consonanza, invited judge for music competition award, Rome, Italy

December 10, 2022. Nuova Consonanza. Mattatoio La Pelanda
piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4 Rome, Italy
Winners of the Competition for Nuova Consonanza will be announced, Miya Masaoka and 2 other judges will be introduced.
18:00

William Parker CD Release

William Parker, Miya Masaoka and other artists. Release 2022… More »

Grammy Nomination 2022, Jane Ira Bloom: Best Immersive Audio Album with guests

Grammy Nomination 2022, 65th Annual Grammy Awards: Jane Ira Bloom: Best Immersive Audio Album: Picturing the Invisible – Focus 1. Mastering Engineers Morten Lindberg, Ulrike Schwarz, Jane Ira Bloom – Clarinets, Miya Masaoka, Koto, Mark Helias, Bass and others… More »

UnStumm | Transatlantic Movements telematic : real-time performances with dance, video and sound in mixed reality.

Thursday, November 10, 2022, With UnStumm | Transatlantic Movements, Claudia Schmitz and Nicola L. Hein, Masaoka and other aratists from Argentina, US and Germany to a telematic real-time performances with dance, video and sound in mixed reality.
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Peripheries: Harvard University, Center for the Study of World Religions

Inner Sounds: an essay by Miya Masaoka and other artists Peripheries: work that explores the interstices between discourses, traditions, languages, forms, and genres. Harvard University, World Religions a Journal of words and images. Issue 5. Published January, 2023. https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/publications/peripheries… More »

EMPAC: Talk: The Space Imaginary in Sound and Music: New Work for Violin and Sine Waves:

Wednesday, November 7, 2022. 7pm : EMPAC premiere for violin and sine waves for the Wave Field Synthesis Array and virtuosic violinist Olivia de Prato. Talk: Multi-Dimensional Spatiality in the 15th Century and Now. On the corner of 8th Street and College Avenue / Troy, NY 12180 (more…)

BANG ON A CAN : Longplay 2022

Sunday, May 1, 2022 1:15, Robert Black, solo contrebasse, Four Moons of Pluto composed by Miya Masaoka. Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, NY
https://bangonacan.org/long-play-2022/

Governors Island, Harvestworks Residency and Commission. Building 10a, Nolan Park, Soft opening June 2022

Resonant frequencies meet parabolic surfaces made from clay of the earth, animals of the sea, and met with the activity of human toil. (more…)

10,000 Tones for PEACE Benefit Arts for Arts

Friday, March 18, 2022, 10,000 Tones for PEACE Benefit 7pm The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
Miya Masaoka One String, Ned Rothenburg – Reeds, 50 musicians and dancers NY, NY 107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002
https://www.artsforart.org/advocacy.html

ISSUE PROJECT ROOM: 2021 Benefit

Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 7:30pm, Yamaha Artists Services, New York. New Work, Signing, collaboration: Miya Masaoka and Joanna Mattrey. Duo collaboration premiere of these two artists

OSTRAVA DAYS 2021 BANDA II: MIYA MASAOKA: THE ENERGY BURNS FROM WITHIN for orchestra

August 25-27, 7pm, 2021 OSTRAVA DAYS 2021 BANDA II: MIYA MASAOKA: THE ENERGY BURNS FROM WITHIN for orchestra, conducted by Petr Kotik. Triple Hall Karolina, Music of Today Festival, 11th Bienale, Ostrava Center for New Music, Ostrava, Czech Republic. Masaoka Talks and Meetings August 22-28
https://www.newmusicostrava.cz/en/ostrava-days/program/247-ostravska-banda-ii.html

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship 2021

April 2021: Guggenheim fellowship

Miya has been named one of the awardees of the 2021 John S. Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for Musical Composition, given to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional creative ability in the arts. For a full list of 2021 awardees, see here.

Seeking a Sense of Somethingness (out of nothingness) TIME : SPANS FESITVAL 2021

TIME : SPANS 2021: EMPAC WAVE Field Synthesis Showcase: 3D compositions by Miya Masaoka, Nina Young, Bora Yoon, Pamela Z. Thursday August 12 to Monday August 16. The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 W 37th Street, NY, NY

New Noh Opera “Long Arc of Time” (postponed due to Covid)

New Noh Opera “Long Arc of Time” scheduled for Ostrava NOVO Opera Festival in the Czech Republic 2021 has unfortunately been cancelled. https://vimeo.com/520686622… More »

The Boccaccio Project “Intuit (a way to stay in this world)”

Intuit (a way to stay in this world) Library of Congress commission as part of The Boccaccio Project. For solo cello. Kathryn Bates of Del Sol, June 2020. Duration: 3 minutes. Composed by Miya Masaoka in strict quarantine in New York City 2020…. More »

When I Was A Plant v. 2 (Spanish Speaking plant, with climate data)

 2019 Toronto Biennale, Main Exhibition space
November 14-December 1, 2019, curated by Myung-Sun Kim and Maiko Tanaka.
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Cubistics: A 3 Dimensional score: performance, video, sculpture

Cubistics, a 3-Dimensional Score
December 15, 2019 20:00
Masaoka, Kaffe Matthews, Andrea Parkins
Silent Green, Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

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