• Performance Schedule:
  No more performances scheduled for 2006

The weekend in Tokyo with Stick player Greg Howard was wonderful. Greg was in Japan for the first time in six years, during the weekend of 18, 19, and 20 November. He had a busy weekend, including a joint concert with Stick player Kanamaru Toshiaki on the 18th, a Chapman Stick clinic on the 19th, and finally returning home to the US on the 20th.

I learned a lot about Greg’s Stick technique, but there was so much to absorb in such a short time that my head felt close to bursting. I have no performances scheduled for December, so I’ll use that time to study and practice the basic techniques I learned from Greg.

We also had time to discuss a few other things, such as the state of Stick activity in Japan and an exciting project Greg

has coming up soon that I may be able to lend him a hand on. We plan to keep in touch and work together to elevate the Stick scene in Japan, a little at a time.

Photo 1: With Greg Howard, at the Ishibashi Music Store in Shibuya

Photo 2: Greg Howard plays ramuji’s graphite Stick