Joe Okuda Presents Nature Shock（ネーチャーショック）Featuring Shizuno Nasu and Shino Watanabe
God made sound the perfect music. Joe's nature sound is shockingly beautiful.
Profiles（出演者プロフィール）
Nature Sound Artist, Producer of Music and Sound Designs
Joe OKUDA[ジョー奥田]
Born in Osaka, currently based in Los Angeles and Tokyo.
Utilizing the Neumann Binaural Microphone and state of the art digital recording equipment, Joe Okuda records exquisite sounds of nature from around the world. Using these nature sounds as a foundation for his projects, and with his producing and engineering background, he creates a comprehensive world of nature.
Joe’s projects were conceived from his feelings of desperation to capture and preserve the sounds of nature in our environment that are constantly being threatened by extinction and to bring forth environmental awareness to all. As a witness to the slowly vanishing beauty of nature, Joe Okuda takes initiative in documenting and archiving these sounds to be passed onto the next seven generations.
Dancer
Shizuno NASU[那須シズノ]
Born in Osaka, Began her classical ballet training at age three. She was chosen as an exchange student with the Bolshoi Ballet at age seven and made her debut as a professional dancer at age 19. She has won high praise in France, Germany, Italy, Greece, India, South Korea, China, Japan and the U.S. Shizuno’s quest for her own stylistic voice led her to study old Japanese mythological dances. She undertook a multi-year pilgrimage, performing in every prefecture of Japan, and deepening within her the skill and spirit of mai, the dance. Beyond the influence of both the West and the East, Shizuno continues to refine her unique mai, a dance attuned to the rhythms of Mother Nature. Her most recent and successful stage production “Pele and Poliahu” (‘09 & ‘10) is such representation of her passion and inspiration. Shizuno says “Spirit and Nature – the movement of wind, the stark land of Pele, and the interweaving energies of opposites, yin and yang… We must heal the earth with renewed spirit and awareness of the interconnectedness of all beings and elements.”
Koto Player
Shiho WATANABE[渡邉志保]
Shiho Watanabe, a graduate of Gunma Prefecture's Fine Arts Collage, has an associate teacher's certificate from Miyagi's Koto Music Academy. She presently lives in Hilo and teaches koto.
Date and Pleace 日時＆場所
Tuesday May 3rd, 2011
at 7:00pm East Hawaii Cultural Center
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
at 7:00pm Volcano Art Center
Admission 入場料
$12.00 Advanced purchase
$15.00 At the door
Ticket Outlet *Appreciate exact change.
Tickets will be available form March 15th
What is Binaural Recording?
Binaural recording is a method of recording sound that uses a special microphone arrangement and is intended for replay using headphones. Dummy head recording is a specific method of capturing the audio, generally using a bust that includes pinnae (outer ears). (From Wikipedia)
Information
Information and advance booking
This event is supported by:
- Café 100
- Maikai Ohana Tours
- LOMI LOMI ASSOCIATION JAPAN
- ALOHA SPIRIT, Japan
- Multi Media Design Studio MEDI@SONIC
- Special Thanks to Randy Takaki
