Russel, Jeanne, and Kaoru are all now in town in preparation for Works in Progress! We spent about 10 hours practicing yesterday and things are coming together!
Ticket sales are going well and it looks like we might sell out… just 17 tickets remain. If you haven’t yet reserved your seat, please do so today!
Thank you everyone… we’re REALLY excited about this concert!
We’re now getting close to a seventh workshop! Thank you to the following generous donors!
Anna Wong
Atsuko Fukunaga
Matt Ogawa
Thanks to donations from the following people, we’re now at $5975! Only $25 more to reach the $6000 mark, and a sixth, hands-on taiko workshop for students at Glassel Park Elementary!
Bonnie Peterson
Tony, Val, Preston, and Zenshin Daiko
We’re now at $5825, almost 60% toward our goal! Thank you to the following generous donors, including our first online donations!
Audrey Nakasone
Brian Yamagata
Carol Lin
David Okihiro
Gary Ono
Hiromi Ashmore
Karen and Joe Denton Johnson
Larry An and Eileen Ho
Nelson Yamagata
Rosh and Joy Tanaka
We’re half-way to our goal! Thank you so very much to our most recent donors!
Carol Ono
Gwen Gibson
Karen Reid
Margie Wu
Michael & Joyce Yoshimura
Tina Marier
Whew! For the last few months I’ve been working on a new piece called Engine Room for debut at On Ensemble’s Works in Progress concert. I’m pleased to say, the rough draft is finally done! The last 30 seconds of the piece took me almost a month to figure out… but I think I like it. Please join us at the show and let me know what YOU think!
Here is the rough score for anyone interested. Here are the original Inkscape files for the score too.
Kelvin: here is the video explaining the ending. Thanks for all your work on the piece!
As of Dec 4, we’re almost halfway to our goal, thanks to the generous donations by all these great friends. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Alysse Itatani
Annette Mackay
Brett, Kristi & Jalen Iwami-Asamoto
Donna Cole
Donna Uyematsu
Eric Lineback
Floyd & Lynda Kameda
Henry & Mari Fujii
Hiroka Fujimoto
Ibuki Lee
Jacob Gorelik
Jason Takagi
Jeff Ellsworth
Jerry & Carol Baba
Jimmy Takagi & Glenn Davis
John & Gloria Masunaga
Jon & Diane Bergstrom
Joyce & Tuan Tran
Ken Noriega
Lauren Bailey
Linda & John Lindsay
Linda Kimura
Lynn Reynolds
Mary & George Fujimoto
Mike & Chandra Fienen
Miyo Minato
Rob Friedrich and Sharon Houston
Sherri & Yutaka Kawazoye
Sonya Elder
Stan Shikuma
Steve Sano & Linda Uyechi
Susan Kanagawa and Raymond Yuen
Tadashi Kameda & Laura Masunaga
Ted & Reiko Kameda
Vera Leo
Please help On Ensemble reach our goal of $10,000!
Now accepting donations online!
In preparation for Works in Progress, we have begun the 2009 FoundatiOn Team fund drive! Our goal is to raise $10,000 this year, enabling the creation of a whole concert of brand-new music. This self-produced concert is our once-a-yearvenue for high-risk, high-potential new music and I think we’ve got some potentially revolutionary taiko pieces!
Every donor to the fund drive gets the 2009 limited-edition FoundatiOn Team CD, with brand-new studio tracks from On Ensemble! Donors can receive the newly-designed FoundatiOn Team t-shirt (made with organic cotton!), a recycled-cotton grocery bag with the On Ensemble logo, and quarterly love letters from On Ensemble members!
In addition, I’m particularly excited about a one-of-a-kind collaboration to bring hands-on taiko workshops to Los Angeles public-school students. We have partnered with Glassell Park Elementary to integrate taiko workshops with the school’s curriculum. For every $1000 we raise, On Ensemble will provide a hands-on workshop, specifically designed for 4th and 5th-grade students, free of charge to Glassell Park Elementary! With our goal of $10,000, we’ll provide a series of nine workshops, plus a final performance involving the students!
I’ve thought long and hard about how to make this year’s fundraising campaign special; how it could maximize your contribution. I’m proud to say, this is it!
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With your donation, you become a member of the FoundatiOn Team and…
• You empowerthe creation of exciting, new taiko music
• You enable hands-on arts education for public school students
• You step in where arts funding has fallen short
• You take advantage of the best donation deal in town!
But I know I haven’t convinced you yet…