MUSIC
Music & Rhythms TOKYO KIDS
Let’s enjoy a concert with handcrafted musical instruments!
From 2010 Concert
Synopsis
Under the direction of Ondengoza and the Bamboo Orchestra, performing musicians who are making an impact the world over, children will have an opportunity to participate in a nature workshop where they will make their own musical instruments from bamboo, and use the instruments to create their own music. Venues for our fourth annual “Music & Rhythms TOKYO KIDS” workshop will include Takao in Hachioji-shi, which is a lush green area within Tokyo, and areas in the vicinity of Odaiba Kaihin Koen (Odaiba Seaside Park) in Daiba, Minato-ku. The musical instrument creation and performance workshop will be held in these mountain and seaside locations where children can immerse themselves in nature.
The workshop will be capped off on the final day with a concert at the Tomin Hiroba adjoining the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building located in the heart of Tokyo, combining the sounds of professional performers and local groups covering an array of genres with the natural sounds made by the children’s bamboo instruments that they will have created.
The workshop will be capped off on the final day with a concert at the Tomin Hiroba adjoining the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building located in the heart of Tokyo, combining the sounds of professional performers and local groups covering an array of genres with the natural sounds made by the children’s bamboo instruments that they will have created.
Schedule
Saturday, September 3 – Sunday, October 23, 2011
Venues
Takaonomori Wakuwaku Village
Daiba Kumin Center
Tomin Hiroba
Daiba Kumin Center
Tomin Hiroba
Target participants
Elementary or junior high school students: 480
*If applicants exceed availability, participants will be chosen by random drawing.
*If applicants exceed availability, participants will be chosen by random drawing.
Participation fees / How to participate
3,000 yen
Deadline for Application for Participation: Wednesday, June 1 – Monday, August 22, 2011
1st deadline: July 20
2nd deadline: August 22
Deadline for Application for Participation: Wednesday, June 1 – Monday, August 22, 2011
1st deadline: July 20
2nd deadline: August 22
Organizers
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Culture Creation Project (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), and Music & Rhythms TOKYO KIDS Executive Committee
Special co-sponsor
Kissport: Minato Sports, Community, Culture, and Health Foundation
Support
Hachioji City Board of Education (planned), Minato City Board of Education (planned), and Tokyo Kodomo-kai Rengo-kai (planned)
Cooperation
Takaonomori Wakuwaku Village (planned)
Guest instructors and musicians
Ondekoza (taiko drums) / Ochi Brothers (percussion) / Sizzle Ohtaka (singer and voice-over artist) / Kazutoki Umezu and Yoko Tada (saxophone and clarinet) / Wagane N’diaye Rose (African percussion) / Matsuri Kobo and Daidabo (taiko drums) / And many more
Contact
Music & Rhythms TOKYO KIDS Executive Committee Office
TEL: 03-3353-9927
http://www.station.li/music/
TEL: 03-3353-9927
http://www.station.li/music/
Program
Step 1: Let’s connect with nature! Let’s make musical instruments!
At this outdoor workshop children will stroll through nature looking for natural materials that emit sound. Using bamboo, nurtured by water, soil, and wind, they will make their own musical instruments.
≪Venues / Schedule≫
Takaonomori Wakuwaku Village (Hachioji-shi) ／ 9/3(Sat.), 4(Sun.), 10(Sat.)10:00～16:30
Daiba Kumin Center (Minato-ku) ／ 9/17(Sat.), 18(Sun.), 19(Mon, N/H)10:00～16:30
*Participants can choose only one location and time from the list above.
≪Venues / Schedule≫
Takaonomori Wakuwaku Village (Hachioji-shi) ／ 9/3(Sat.), 4(Sun.), 10(Sat.)10:00～16:30
Daiba Kumin Center (Minato-ku) ／ 9/17(Sat.), 18(Sun.), 19(Mon, N/H)10:00～16:30
*Participants can choose only one location and time from the list above.
Step 2: Let’s play together!
Using the musical instruments created in Step 1, children will give rhythm performances with songs and dances, creating musical pieces with musicians as guest instructors in preparation for the concert.
≪Venues / Schedule≫
Takaonomori Wakuwaku Village (Hachioji-shi) ／ 10/2(Sun.), 10:00～16:30
Daiba Kumin Center (Minato-ku) ／ 10/9(Sun.)10:00～16:30
Tomin Hiroba ／ 10/16(Sun.)10:00～16:30
*Participants can choose only one location and time from the list above.
≪Venues / Schedule≫
Takaonomori Wakuwaku Village (Hachioji-shi) ／ 10/2(Sun.), 10:00～16:30
Daiba Kumin Center (Minato-ku) ／ 10/9(Sun.)10:00～16:30
Tomin Hiroba ／ 10/16(Sun.)10:00～16:30
*Participants can choose only one location and time from the list above.
Step 3: Let’s have a concert together! (Rehearsal & Concert)
Rehearsal
All the participants in the workshops at each venue so far will come together to perform a public rehearsal along with guest musicians on the eve of the concert. Each of the musical parts will be performed together to create the finished piece “Wind of the Earth, from Tokyo”.
Concert
All participants will perform the “Wind of the Earth, from Tokyo” concert, along with the rhythms and dances created in the workshops and guest musical performances.
≪Venue / Schedule≫
Tomin Hiroba
Rehearsal: 10/22 (Sat.) 13:00 - 16:30 (scheduled)
Concert: 10/23 (Sun.) Time not yet determined (scheduled to end around 16:30)
*Participants will participate in both rehearsal and concert. The concert is open to the general public. Admission is free.
All the participants in the workshops at each venue so far will come together to perform a public rehearsal along with guest musicians on the eve of the concert. Each of the musical parts will be performed together to create the finished piece “Wind of the Earth, from Tokyo”.
Concert
All participants will perform the “Wind of the Earth, from Tokyo” concert, along with the rhythms and dances created in the workshops and guest musical performances.
≪Venue / Schedule≫
Tomin Hiroba
Rehearsal: 10/22 (Sat.) 13:00 - 16:30 (scheduled)
Concert: 10/23 (Sun.) Time not yet determined (scheduled to end around 16:30)
*Participants will participate in both rehearsal and concert. The concert is open to the general public. Admission is free.
School Workshop
Synopsis
A workshop will be held in cooperation with schools in Tokyo in a new initiative starting this year.
The project endeavors to bring together children in the school and their parents or guardians for a mini-concert, encouraging participation from neighboring residents, people from shopping districts, local musicians, and other local people to create a music-based festival fitting to the local community, which will round out a musical instrument creation and performance workshop with registered students and teachers in the school.
In putting on the “Workshop & Mini-Concert” in cooperation with the schools that function as venues of learning for area children, we hope to spur school-centered community development with Music & Rhythms TOKYO KIDS serving as a venue uniting the community with its schools.
The project endeavors to bring together children in the school and their parents or guardians for a mini-concert, encouraging participation from neighboring residents, people from shopping districts, local musicians, and other local people to create a music-based festival fitting to the local community, which will round out a musical instrument creation and performance workshop with registered students and teachers in the school.
In putting on the “Workshop & Mini-Concert” in cooperation with the schools that function as venues of learning for area children, we hope to spur school-centered community development with Music & Rhythms TOKYO KIDS serving as a venue uniting the community with its schools.
School where workshop will be held
Higashifukasawa Elementary School, Setagaya-ku (held in gymnasium and schoolyard)
Date and time
Friday May 6, 2011, 10:30 – 14:00
Workshop participants
6th grade students at the school are eligible
Program
A musical instrument creation and performance workshop will be held for students in the 6th grade at the school, under the guidance of guest instructors. The mini-concert to be performed starting in the afternoon by workshop participants and guest instructors endeavors to bring together children in the school and their parents or guardians, encouraging participation from school-area residents, locally active music groups, and other local people to create a music-based festival fitting to the local community.
*Please contact the secretariat in advance to obtain media coverage permission.
This workshop is not open for viewing by the general public.
*Please contact the secretariat in advance to obtain media coverage permission.
This workshop is not open for viewing by the general public.
Guest instructors
Ondekoza, Kimihiro Kitamura (Bamboo Orchestra)
