On Ensemble : Masato Baba, Kristofer Bergstrom, Shoji Kameda and Kelvin Underwood » Featured Project

2010 WAA Showcases

shoji — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:55:44 +0000

This week On Ensemble will be attending the Western Arts Alliance Annual Booking Conference. Here’s our showcase schedule:

Tuesday August 31st : 10:00pm
Wednesday September 1st : 10:00pm
Pacific Room, First Floor, Hyatt Regency Long Beach

We’re represented by Cadence Arts Network at Booth 431.

Up Next: Green Show at OSF

kris — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:31:47 +0000

We’re excited to be returning to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Kelvin’s home turf to perform in the free, outdoor Green Show series, Aug 28, 2010 at 7:15pm. We’ll be performing in the beautiful surroundings of the Festival Courtyard Stage. You can see the whole schedule of free concerts here. The Green Show was one of our favorite performances last year. If you’re in the Ashland area, join us Aug 28!

Up Next: Musical Instrument Museum

shoji — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:57:49 +0000

Our next performance is in Phoenix, AZ at the new Musical Instrument Museum. The Musical Instrument Museum ordered a whole set of Miyoshi taiko and we’re excited to see them at the museum. Our performance is this Saturday the 26th. We have a hands-on demonstration at 11:00am and then a full concert performance at 7:30pm. Tickets are $25-$30 and are available at the Musical Instrument Museum’s website or by calling the box office at: (480) 478-6001.

Up Next: Nakanaka

shoji — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:04:02 +0000

Maz and Shoji will be performing in the East Village tonight at DROM with some really great guest artists: Yuka Yamamoto, Shanir Blumenkranz, Barbara Merjan and Kaoru Watanabe! Should be a fun performance come check it out if you are in NY.

Saturday June 19th, 9pm
General admission: $10
DROM
85 Ave A (b/w 5th & 6th)
212 777-1157

Next up: NakaNaka and Paradise Lost in New York

shoji — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:35:19 +0000

Maz and I are headed to New York this month! First we will performing Tuesday June 15th at Carnegie Hall for the New York premiere of Eric Whitacre’s Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings. We were lucky enough to work with Eric two years ago when he premiered Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings at the Boston Court Theater in Pasadena. The New York performance will be the concert version which probably means no elaborate fight to the death angel battle scenes but it’ll be an experience none the less!

Then on Saturday June 19th at 9pm we’ll be performing with at DROM with Kaoru Watanabe (flutes and taiko), Yuka Yamamoto (vocals, ukele), Shanir Blumenkranz (bass) and Barbara Merjan (drums and taiko) as a part of NakaNaka a performance series that Kaoru facilitates. Should be a lot of fun!

Next up: Tacoma Washington!

shoji — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:58:07 +0000

Our next performance is in Tacoma! We’re performing in the Rialto Theater at the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts. We’ll be doing a few educational programs for local schools then our concert performance will be on Friday May 28th at 7:30pm.

If you are in the Seattle/Tacoma help spread the word! Tickets are $24 and $39 and can be purchased online at the Broadway Center’s website.

World City – Kuniko and On Ensemble

shoji — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:50:55 +0000

Come see us perform for free this Saturday at 11:00am and 12:30pm! We’re performing with Japanese storyteller Kuniko Yamamoto at the Music Center’s World City series. This is a great one to bring your kids to!

World City features internationally renowned artists in admission-free performances on select Saturdays at the W.M. Keck Foundation Children’s Amphitheatre at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

All tickets are free and are distributed on Grand Avenue at 2nd Street. Tickets for 11:00am performance distributed beginning at 10:00am. Tickets for 12:30pm performance distributed beginning at 11:00am.

Yamasong the film!

shoji — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:30:55 +0000

Sam, the director we’ve been working with, has finished “Yamasong” a short animated film based on our track of the same title. He’s started submitting it to film festivals and it’s already been accepted to the World Music and Independent Film Festival in Washington, DC and the Florida Film Festival. We’ve also set up a website for the film and will be producing a DVD soon! We’ll be posting more news about “Yamasong” and where it will be showing soon!

Next up: Kenny Endo & Friends in Concert

shoji — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:34:19 +0000

Kenny Endo is celebrating his 35 years of being a taiko pioneer with a big concert at the Aratani/Japan America Theater on Saturday April 3rd at 8:00pm and we’ve been invited! We’ll be appearing as guest artists along with Kinnara Taiko, Kaoru Watanabe (taiko and fue), Wu Man (pipa), Abe Lagrimas (percussion), Derek Nakamoto (piano) and June Kuramoto (koto). I goes without saying that Kenny Endo has been a huge influence on our band and it will be an honor sharing the stage with such a great roster of musicians!

Next up: Western Washington University

shoji — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:19:22 +0000

This week were are headed all the way up to Bellingham Washington for a couple of educational programs for kindergarten to 6th grade students. This will be our second time going to Western Washington University and we’re looking forward to returning to Bellingham!