Category: Events

  • Roulette, A Shomyo-Noh chamber opera reading

    May 10, 2017 A Line Becomes A Circle: A Shomyo-Noh chamber opera reading composed by Miya Masaoka, Libretto: Shiki Masaoka (1867-1902) Masaoka’s Shomyo-Noh chamber opera, with text from Haiku fragments of the dying poet, Shiki Masaoka, is both sparse and rich; a weaving of bel canto opera with Shomyo and Noh vocalizations and percussion. Masaoka recently… More »

  • Gallery 456, Soho, NYC

    May 7, 2017 7:00 PM Solo set on the Electric One String And later joined by Charmaine Lee, vocals Chinese American Arts Council (Gallery 456) in SoHo 456 Broadway # 3, New York, NY 10013… More »

  • Spectrum: Masaoka – Vitkova – Ilgenfritz – Hein

    Friday, March 24, 2017 19:00 or 20:00 Miya Masaoka – one-stringed koto, preperations Lucie Vítková – accordion James Ilgenfritz – doubelbass Nicola L. Hein – guitar 121 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002 http://www.spectrumnyc.com… More »

  • The Stone, NYC

    March 22, 2017 9:00 PM Robert Dick, Flutes, Miya Masaoka, koto, Ken Filiano 9:00 set www.thestonenyc.com… National Sawdust Inn-Fest

    March 11, 2017 7:00 PM Triangle of Resistance Jennifer Choi, Vln, Melissa Tong, Vln, Lev “ljova” Zhurbin, Vla, Alex Waterman, Cello, Ben Vida, Analog modular synth, Satoshi Takeishi, Japanese Percussion, Miya Masaoka, koto, Gordon Beeferman, conductor Many exciting artists on Innova Records 80 N 6th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249… More »

  • University of Maine, concert, studio visits

    March 1-2 2017 7:00 PM The Intermedia MFA Tuesdays at the IMRC Lecture Series http://intermediamfa.org/events-2/lectures2017/… More »

  • The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University

    February 23, 2017 1:00 PM Complex Issues: Triangle of Resistance Miya Masaoka, Sound Arts, in conversation with Tom Kalin, Film MFA Sound Arts Director Miya Masaoka discusses the album Triangle of Resistance, critically acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal for its “deeply expressive hybrid style,” including its musical and sound structures, timbres, and the creative… More »

  • Music From Japan, Scandanavia House, Victor Borge Hall

    February 19, 2017 5:30 PM Miya Masaoka: Improvisations: Shakuhachi master Akikazu Nakamura, Miya Masaoka, koto, Brad Garton, computerNew Directions in Japanese Contemporary Music, curated by Fuyoko Fukunaka. Also works by Yoshiaki Onishi and other composers. Momenta String Quartet, Elizabeth Brown also performing. Scandanavia House,  58 Park Avenue, New York City… Brown University: Music Now, A Forum for Contemporary Music

    February 17, 2017 1:00 PM Composer, sound and performance artist Miya Masaoka will be speaking about her recent work Free and open to the public Brown University, Orwig Music Building, Room 109 https://www.brown.edu/academics/music/events/music-now-miya-masaoka… More »

  • Park Avenue Armory

    Monday, February 6, 2017 Memorial for Pauline Oliveros Vagina Dialogues Installations, Meditations, Stories, and Performances 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM Evening Concert 8:00 PM… More »