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Shakuhachi Instruction and Performance
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John Singer • Berkeley, CA • $55 per hour
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John Singer, master Shakuhachi teacher, performer, recording artist and former shakuhachi instructor at the University of Hawaii, has performed music on the Japanese bamboo flute since 1975.
After several years of intensive study in Japan under the tutelage of the late shakuhachi Grand Master and Living National Treasure Yamaguchi Goro and shakuhachi Master Matsumura Homei, John was awarded a Shihan (Master Teacher certificate) in 1982.
He later learned the Nezasa Ha Kinpu Ryu pieces from Kinpu Ryu Iemoto, Master Inoue Shouei (Shigeshi). It is important to note that John is one of a small group of shakuhachi masters in the world and currently the only outside of Japan to record and perform using extremely rare ancient Edo period instruments dating back to the 17th century. John has performed throughout East Asia, The United States, and Western Europe to audiences very appreciative of his unusual talent and mastery of this difficult musical instrument. He has appeared many times on radio and television, and has been actively performing and lecturing at colleges, Zen centers, and other venues in recent years.
The main motivation for John's concerts is to give his audiences an understanding of the Shakuhachi both as an unusually dynamic musical instrument and as a meditative tool having a rich history within the Zen Buddhist tradition.
John is also currently available for private instruction to those seriously interested in learning how to play this amazing instrument.
Question and answer
Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?
A. I am one of the few licenced Shakuhachi teachers in the US. My teacher was Yamaguchi Goro. He was a living National Treasure in Japan
Q. What do you like most about your job?
A. I love playing, teaching and performing with Shakuhachi.
I've been doing it for more than 35 years.
Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A. They usually ask me how long it takes to become good at it. I tell them that the questions is flawed.
Everyone is different and becoming "good" is not really important. The important thing is enjoying Shakuhachi practice.
