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I will be debuting the “Burn Your Own” system at Cerritos Center on March 12! The system allows audience members to burn a free, take-home audio recording of the concert. The ultimate concert omiyage! In the lobby after the show is a bank of computers with CD trays out, waiting for a blank CD. You walk up, drop in a blank CD, chat with On Ensemble for about 90 seconds and bing!, your CD is ready!

I’ve written and tested the software and cobbled together about 8 computers. I’m looking for approximately 15 CDRW drives and another 10 old computers. Considering so many people have DVDRW drives these days, I’m hoping we can put some of those old CD ones back to work.

If you have something that might fit the bill, please leave a comment below or email me at kris [at] OnEnsemble [dot] org!  Thank you!

InventiOn 2011, On Ensemble’s year-long emphasis on creativity, is well underway! In preparation for Taiko 2.0, our biggest show ever, Patrick joined us for a week of rehearsals. We worked on a wide range of pieces and feel really good about the music. We’ve developed a new arrangement of Patrick’s piece Brilla that we’ll be debuting at the concert.  Here’s a sample!

Patrick and Kelvin are in town for the week to work on the music for our big performance at Cerritos. It’s such a treat to have the full On Ensemble quartet in town… and Patrick continues to amaze… We’re learning his wonderfully challenging piece, Brilla, and reworking many of our pieces.

Our new headquarters is fantastic! We’ve got things set up and the shop is very comfortable. I think this will be the spot where much great music is produced!

Our TAIKO 2.0 collaboration with Russel Baba, Jeanne Mercer, Kaoru Watanabe and Patrick Graham at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts is coming Saturday March 12th at 8pm!  Russel, Jeanne, Kaoru and Patrick are four of our favorite artists to work with.  We’ve been working on new material and it’s going to be one of best concerts to date!  We’ve also added another special guest artist Kodo’s principal dancer Chieko Kojima.  Chieko is on tour this month in the US and we were able to work out her schedule to have her join us for a special performance on the Cerritos stage.  Tickets are on sale now and are available through the Cerritos Center box office.

TAIKO 2.0
On Ensemble with guest artists: Russel Baba, Jeanne Mercer, Kaoru Watanabe, Patrick Graham and Chieko Kojima
Saturday March 12th, 8:00pm
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
12700 Center Court Drive
Cerritos, CA  90703
Tickets $61/$49/$37
Box Office:  (800) 300-4345

This will be our third time presenting a collaborative concert at the Cerritos Center.  Our last concert was with Kenny Endo and you can read a review of the concert at CerritosInk blog.

We’ve moved into the shop at the Japan America Theater! I’m really excited about our upcoming year there. It’s quite a bit more space than we’re used to and it’s a treat to be in Little Tokyo and in constant contact with the JACCC.

Patrick arrived on Thursday evening and we spent Friday recuperating from our respective crazy schedules. We took a hike at Vasquez Rocks, had a picnic, and went to Griffith Observatory; a rare moment of down time for On Ensemble with Patrick in tow. We’re looking forward to a week of rehearsals with Kelvin set to arrive. More fun to come!

Patrick and Maz at the peak