Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Greetings Shakuhachi players,
I hope 2010 is finding you in great health and spirits!



The Craft of Pure Sound
A Day of Shakuhachi Making and an Introduction to Playing
with Perry Yung

February 6, 2010 • 10 am – 4 pm • $85 (MRO Students: $75) includes materials

Here is more information at the Zen Center website:

http://www.mro.org/firelotus/retreats/r … ptions.php

Making and playing your own shakuhachi flute can be a immensely
gratifying life experience. For me, there are few things in this world
more joyful than waking up and blowing Choshi on a flute crafted by my own hands.
Join me in a personal shakuhachi making workshop devoted to crafting
your own unique bamboo flute. I will share some of
the traditional techniques I learned while studying under Kinya Sogawa,
a professional maker and player in Japan who was an uchi deshi (live-in
apprentice) under the renowned Chikusen Tamai.
Participants will take a piece of raw bamboo stock
and take it from the beginning stages of drilling and cutting to refining the
utaguchi angles and tuning the tones holes. Everyone will leave with a functional and
relatively well-in-tune natural bore shakuhachi crafted by their own hands. This experience will allow
the participants to greatly deepen their relationship with the instrument and it's tradition.

The Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, is the New York City branch of Zen Mountain Monastery,
the main house of the Mountains and Rivers Order. Supporting home practitioners in the metropolitan area, ZCNYC offers varied practice opportunities within the Eight Gates training matrix.

Space is limited so those interested should RSVP ASAP at

Zen Center of New York City
Fire Lotus Temple
500 State Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tel. (718) 875-8229
e-mail: zcnyc@mro.org

After the making section, I will spend some time teaching the basics of playing and then close the day with a brief, informal concert.  This would be a great opportunity to spend some quality time together.

I would like to thank Kohl Sudduth and Barry Weiss for recommending me for this special opportunity.

I hope to see you there! - Perry