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DESCRIPTION:&lt;em&gt;The performance will be preceded at 7:00 pm by a pre-perfor
 mance lecture\, &quot;Exploring the Music of East Asia\,&quot; by Ralph Samuelson wi
 th demonstrations by the performers on their instruments.&lt;/em&gt;\n\nMusic Fr
 om Japan&#x27;s 40th anniversary will be commemorated with exciting cross-cultu
 ral collaborations between musicians from Japan and its neighboring countr
 ies\, China and Korea.\n\nThree internationally acclaimed traditional inst
 rumentalists from Japan\, Korea\, and China will perform contemporary and 
 classical repertoire on their respective instruments. A series of solo wor
 ks will be followed by a group improvisation and the world premiere of&amp;nbs
 p\;&lt;em&gt;Unkai&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;(&lt;em&gt;Sea of Clouds&lt;/em&gt;)\, written by MFJ-commissi
 oned composer&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Ned Rothenberg&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;especially for t
 he occasion.\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Mayumi Miyata&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;will perform Japanese
 &amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;sho&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(a reedy sounding mouth organ traditionally used
  in&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;gagaku&lt;/em&gt;\, the ancient court music of Japan)\; Chinese-Am
 erican&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Wu Man&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;will perform&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;pipa&lt;/em
 &gt;(Chinese lute)\; and Korean-American&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Jin Hi Kim&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nb
 sp\;will perform&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;komungo&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(Korean zither).\n\n$25 memb
 ers\; $30 students/seniors\; $40 non-members
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SUMMARY:Music From Japan: East Asian Vibrancy
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