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My call for scores is now finished. You are welcome to send music for consideration but the official competition is over and no more commissions will be given at this time.

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Take a look below to see all of the past composition that I have written and commissioned. All winners will have their composition added here with the recordings when made. Click on the Composer’s name for their interview. Click on their work title to hear the composition.

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 20-20 Bamboo CD Early Release Special.

This Project was started in 2018 and I thought that I was going to be able to get all the pieces commissioned and performed. There even remains one piece that has yet to be performed but due to the pandemic, I don’t see it happening any time soon here in Japan where restrictions are still troublesome. Nonetheless, I wanted to release this album for all to hear and have a record for the composition competition that I held. I want to give special thanks to all the composers. Also, to the former string quartet group, Westheimer String Quartet, Adam Vincent Clay, Frances Fenton, Hsin-Jung Tsai, Paul Conolly, Banri Hoshi, and many others who helped make this CD possible. On a final note, I must apologize to the last composer, Gary Smart who wrote me a beautiful piece called “Diary,” which has yet to be performed. It is my intention to perform it here in Japan as soon as possible. It will be added to the official CD at a later date. For now, I hope you all can enjoy the hard work that all these composers put in and my friends from all over the world adding their artistic talents to the pieces.

1.       Echo – Solo Shakuhachi Eric Charnofsky, composer

2.       Empty Cicada Shell – Solo Shakuhachi Hsin-Jung Tsai, composer

3.       Burning Roots Sketch No. 1 – Shawn Renzoh Head, composer

4.       In My Pine Viewing Room and A Folding Fan – Solo Shakuhachi, Shawn Renzoh Head, composer

5.       Sky Above Great Wind – Shakuhachi and Piano Bo Li, composer piano, Hsin-Jung Tsai

6.       Song of the Little Owls – Shakuhachi and Bassoon Gabriel Lubell, composer, Bassoon, Banri Hoshi

7.       G.A.N. Kyoku I – Solo Shakuhachi Omar Peracha

8.       G.A.N. Kyoku II - Solo Shakuhachi Omar Peracha

9.       G.A.N. Kyoku III - Solo Shakuhachi Omar Peracha

10.   Antenna – Shakuhachi and Electronics, Chapman Welch, composer and electronics

11.   Dialogues – Shakuhachi and Piano, Adam Vincent Clay, composer and pianist  

12.   Song of Autumn – Solo Shakuhachi, Hsin-Jung Tsai, composer

13.   I Broke The Silence and Then It Decieved Me, Shakuhachi and Piano, Shawn Renzoh Head, composer, Hsin-Jung Tsai, piano

14.   Inside MY Glass Doors – Shakuhachi and String Quartet, Shawn Renzoh Head, composer ft. Westheimer String Quartet

15.   Six Meditation (EYEMUSIC VII)– Shakuhachi and String Quartet Aaron Bielish, composer, ft. Westheimer String Quartet

16.   Air – Solo Shakuhachi – Takemitsu, composer, Shawn Renzoh Head, arranger (bonus track)

17.   Mirroring I, II, and III  – Shakuhachi and Cello David Vayo, composer Daron Kirsch, Cello

18.   Episodes of Renka for shakuhachi and Soprano – Stephen Yip, composer, Frances Fenton, Soprano

19.   Kabuto Mushi Uta – Solo Shakuhachi: Shawn Renzoh Head, composer

20.   Unnjikan – Solo shakuhachi: Shawn Renzoh Head, composer

21.   Diary – Shakuhachi, and Piano: Gary Smart, composer

LISTEN HERE

https://youtu.be/sDms-DS9leQ

Addendum 

For composers who send works already written for shakuhachi...

Works submitted with shakuhachi parts or for solo shakuhachi are recommended to be sent. Winning works will be bought at composers score sale price and receive a performance and recording. 

Past Winners

1) Miki Saito

"Stillness" - for solo shakuhachi

2) Paul SanGregory

“Ruminating” - for shakuhachi and piano

3) Aaron Beilish

“Jody” - Shakuhachi and Violin (EYEMUSIC)