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We celebrate with drum and flute, with wine not made from grapes, in a place you can not imagine." --Rumi "Up all night listening
"A single tone played at the beginning of a concert opens a cosmic inquiry."
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whereas joy arises from within."
Eckhart Tolle
Live in silence.
Flow down and down in always
widening rings of being."
Rumi
April 26, 2025, 2:00pm, Main Temple, Hanamatsuri (Spring Festival and Buddha's Birthday)
April 16, 2025, Hanamatsuri (Spring Festival)
May 4, 2023, Hanamatsuri (Spring Festival)
Let Silence Have You!!! "You are the silence of the heart"
CANCELLED April 20, 2020, TBA, Hanamatsuri (Spring Festival)
CANCELLED April 25, 2020, TBA, Hanamatsuri (Spring Festival and Buddha's Birthday)
June 20, 2019, 1:30p.m., Art Club presents 17th Art Show (Chinese Brush Painting)
April 28, 2019, 3:15p.m., Hanamatsuri (Spring Festival and Buddha's Birthday)
April 28 & 29, 2018, 3:15 to 4:00p.m, Hanamatsuri (Spring Festival and Buddha's Birthday)
January 13, 2018, 6:30, Memorial Service for my daughter-in-law
January 10, 2018, 12:30, Birthday Party
October 2017, JAMS Concert
September 10, 2017, La Jolla Democratic Club Community Room @ AMC La Jolla 12 Theater
8657 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego, CA 92037, 2-4:30. August 19, 2017, The VI at La Jolla, Friendship Month, sponsored by the
San Diego Sister Cities Association,
August 12, 2017,Japanese Garden, Art Exhibit Room Jonathan Crick and Mary Lu Brandwein, duets and solos.
July 28, 2017, Nate and Tiffany' Wedding, Balboa Park, Japanese Garden.
April 22, 2017, at the Hanamatsuri (Spring Festival and Buddha's Birthday)
January 30, 2017, New Year's "Haru No Umi," arrangement Michio Miyagi
October 30, 2016, JAMS Concert
September 17, 2016, 5:00 p.m., Moon Viewing
August 13, 2016, 1:00 p.m., Concert Hour
April 23, 2016,
4:15 p.m., "Shakuhachi Oasis"
May 15, 2016, 3:00-4:00pm,
Concert Hour
October 24, 2015, 4-8 p.m.
Moon Viewing
September 6, 2015, 1:30pm,
Concert Hour
May 17, 2015, 3:00-4:00pm,
Concert Hour May 3, 2015
Zen Center Orange County, 20th Anniversary Celebration
April 25, 2015
Hanamatsuri, Spring Festival and Buddha's Birthday
Vista Buddhist Temple,Vista, CA,
"All the things that truly matter - beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace - arise from beyond the mind."
September 13, 2014, 1:00 p.m., Concert Hour
September 7, 2014, 1:00-4:00p.m.
September 6, 2014, 5:00 p.m., Moon Viewing
August 31, 2014, 3:00-4:00pm,Concert Hour
June 29, 2014, 1:30 p.m.
Koto and Shakuhachi Student Recital, Vista Buddhist Temple,
Vista, CA,
June 8, 2014,
Shakuhachi Recital 2014 of students and players from the San Diego area.
April 14, 2014
Japanese Spring Festival
Mira Costa College, Oceanside campus,
April 26, 2014
Hanamatsuri
Vista
Buddhist Temple,Vista, CA, April 7, 2014
Japanese Spring Festival
Mira Costa College, Oceanside campus,
April 4, 2014
Memorial Service for Professor Emeritus Phel Steinmetz (Photography)
March 16, A shakuhachi presentation by Mary Lu Brandwein October 20, 2013, AkiMatsuri, Sunday: 3:00p.m.
September 22, 2013, Sunday 1:00 PM, Door Open
June 23rd, 2013, 12:30,
Koto and Shakuhachi Student Recital, Vista Buddhist Temple,
Vista, CA,
May 11,
Mindfulness Retreat,
Francis Parker High School,
9:00 a.m.
April 27,
Hanamatsuri
Vista
Buddhist Temple,Vista, CA, Hondo, 4:30 p.m.
April 12th, 2012, 2:00,
Shakuhachi Presentation at the Japanese Cultural Spring Festival,
February 17, 2013, 3:00-4:00pm,
Lecture/Performance Concert Hour: Shakuhachi and Japanese Aesthetic Ideas August 15, Memorial Service for Margaret (Nancy) A. Panofsky
March 18, 25 and April 1st, starting at 2:00 p.m., First meeting 2 1/2 hours; other two meetings at least 2 hours,
March 3, 2012, Pasadena, CA,
February 19, 2012, 3:00-4:00pm,
Lecture/Performance Concert Hour: Shakuhachi and Poetry
January 30th, 2012, 7:00 p.m.,
Memorial Service for Noriko Kameda Sensei, Japanese Language Teacher, Mira Costa College,
Cardiff, CA.
January 29th, 2012, 12:30,
Koto and Shakuhachi Student Recital, Vista Buddhist Temple,
Vista, CA,
November 6, 13, 20, First three Sundays in November 2011, 3:00 p.m.
May 11, 2011, 7:00 to 7:45 pm,
Carmel Valley Library Concert Hour April 6, MiraCosta College , Oceanside, CA, Spring Festival
March 20, Japanese 43rd Annual Flower
Arrangement and Cultural Exhibition, "Spring Beauty In Flowers"
February 20, 2011, 3:00-4:00pm, Lecture/Performance Concert Hour: Shakuhachi, An Exploration February 4, 2011, 5 to 8 pm, shakuhachi at reception of opening:
January 30th, 2011, 12:30,
Koto and Shakuhachi Student Recital, San Diego Buddhist Temple,
San Diego, CA,
November 17, 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Meditation Evening with Shakuhachi,
Vista Buddhist Temple,
November 9, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
First Unitarian UniversalistChurch of San Diego,
October 16, 2010, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm,
Summit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Oct 3rd, Obon
Festival,
Vista Buddhist Temple,
September 11, 2:00 to 4:00 pm,
The Red Lotus Society,
July 24, Obon
Festival,
Vista Buddhist Temple,
July 16, Meditation and Tea at
the Red Lotus Society,
June 27, Open House at the
Open Door Books, 2:00 to 4:00 pm,
downtown Pacific Beach, CA April 25,
Hanamatsuri
Vista
Buddhist Temple,Vista, CA,3:30 p.m.
April 21, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA, Spring Festival
March 21, Japanese 42nd Annual Flower Arrangement and Cultural Exhibition, "Spring Is Everywhere"
Oct 25th, Noon,
Koto Student Recital, San Diego Buddhist Temple,
San Diego, CA,
Oct 4th, afternoon
AkiMatsuri (Fall Festival)
San Diego Buddhist Temple,
San Diego, CA,
CANCELED
October 18, 5:00 to
8:00
p.m., Music Event,
Mission
Trails Region Park Visitor Center, San Diego, CA.
August 9, 1:00 to
4:00
p.m., Art Exhibit Opening,
Mission Trails Region Park Visitor Center, San Diego, CA.
July 30, Meditation,
First Unitarian UniversalistChurch of San Diego, 4190 Front
Street, San Diego, CA 92103, (619) 298-9978, 6:30 p.m.
July 25, Obon
Festival,
Vista Buddhist Temple, 150 CedarRoad, Bldg. B,
Vista, CA July 18, 1:00 to 4:00
p.m.,
Art Exhibit Opening,
Trails Region Park Visitor Center, San Diego, CA.
June 27, 2:00 to 4:00
p.m.
Joan Hansen: Art Exhibit
Opening,
Mission Trails
Region
Park Visitor Center, San
Diego, CA.
June 6, Japanese
Childrens'
Festival, Temecula, CA
May 9, Library Festival, 1: a.m., University Towne Center, San Diego, CA
April 22, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA, Japanese Cultural Day
April 5, Memorial Service, Bob Holtz, Jazz Musician and friend.
March 22, Ensemble with Yuki Easter and her students,Casa Del
Prado, Rm 104, 3:30 p.m.,
Balboa
Park, San Diego, CA
February 21, Open
House,2 -
5 pm,
Holistixs of San Diego, Solo Shakuhachi
January 24, New
Year'sCelebration,
Vista
Buddhist Temple,Vista, CA,7:00 p.m.
January 18, New
Year'sCelebration,
San Diego
Buddhist Temple, San Diego, CA,
November 5, 6:30 p.m.GaiChikuKai Shakuhachi Program by
GaiChikuKai of
San Diego October 26, Duet
with Yuki
Easter, "Kuro Kami" (Traditional Classic Japanese), Koto Recital,
Students
of Yuki Easter
October 17, ShakuhachiMeditation, Opening of the Philip Brett
Memorial
Peace Garden,
University of California at Riverside
October 5, Obon
Festival,
San Diego
Buddhist Temple,San Diego,CA, 3:00 p.m.
July 26, Obon
Festival,
Vista Buddhist Temple, Vista, CA
May 30, May 9, December 13, 4:00 p.m.
GaiChikuKai Shakuhachi Christmas Program by GaiChikuKai of
San Diego December 10, 6:30 p.m.GaiChikuKai Shakuhachi Christmas Program by GaiChikuKai of
San Diego November 10, 2007,
1:00p.m.,
AkiMatsuri (Fall Festival)
October 21, 2007,
12:55p.m., Fundraiser,
Buddhist Temple of San Diego
August 26, 2007,
7:00 p.m.,
Urasenke San Diego Association
August 2, 2007, Quail Botanical Gardens, Encinitas, CA,
July 28, 2007, 4:30
p.m.,
Obon Festival,
Vista Buddhist Temple, Vista, CA
2007 Spring Hanamatsuri Festival at the
Vista Buddhist Temple, Vista, CA
January 20, 2007, 1
p.m.,in
the Display Room,
Japanese Friendship
Garden
(SanKeiEn), Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
December 21, GaiChikuKai of
San Diego December 18, GaiChikuKaiShakuhachi Christmas Program by GaiChikuKai of
San Diego November 18, shakuhachipresentation at Sutra Workshop, Vista Buddhist Temple, 150 Cedar Rd # B, Vista,
92083 - (760) 941-8800
November 11, Wedding,
Sankeien, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
October 1, GaiChikuKai (Mary Lu Brandwein,
Jonathan
Crick, BruceJones,
Eugene Sukhorukov)
September 26, Tuesday
evening, 6:30 - 7:50 pm, Shakuhachi Meditation Evening, 5125
Constitution Road,
San Diego, CA, (858)-945-8739
September 10, Wedding, Dana
Point, CA
August 29, Tuesday
evening,
6:30 - 7:50 pm, Shakuhachi Meditation Evening, 5125 Constitution
Road,
San Diego, CA, (858)-945-8739
August 20, 12:00 noon
a"just
for fun" concert in Balboa Park
June 10, 11:00 a.m. a
"just
for fun" concert in Balboa Park
May 28, Wedding, Zen
Center
of San Diego, Pacific Beach, CA
April 29th, 2:15-3:00
p.m.
"Shakuhachi Meditation" for the Hanamatsuri (Buddha's birthday)
April 23, Wedding, La
Jolla,
CA
April 21, 7:00 p.m.,
Shakuhachi solo presentation and with Taiko Drums, March 12, 10:00 a.m.
"Shakuhachi Meditation" for the "Ohigan Ceremony" April 5, 12:30 p.m.,
Shakuhachi solo presentation and with Taiko Drums, January 29, 7:00pm,
"Candlelit Evening of Peace & Healing: Shakuhachi Meditations"
December 12, 6:30 pm
GaiChikuKai of
San Diego November 10, 12:30 pm, Palomar Performing Arts presents The
Concert
Hour, "Awaking Peace, A Shakuhachi Offering"
October 9, 5:00 pm, Montpelier, VT, Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship
October 1, 7:30 pm, Brunswick, ME, for information Anne:
207-721-9229
September 10,
Quail Botanical Gardens Fundraiser, Encinitas, CA
July 2005,
GaiChikuKai of San Diego
(Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones, Mary Lu Brandwein)
July 2005 with two other musicians at the
University Community Branch of the
San Diego Public Library, July 20, 2005,
Escondido Arts Partnership
Municipal Gallery,
142
West Grand Avenue, (760) 480-4101
February 23, 2005
GaiChikuKai of
San Diego (Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones, Mary Lu Brandwein)
December 13, 6:30 pm
GaiChikuKai of
San Diego (Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones, Mary Lu Brandwein)
October 2, 2004, Zen & Art of Traveling, Palomar College, Room LS-16:
Time: 2:50-5:00
Wedding, Zen Center of San Diego, September 26, 2004
July 17, 6:30pm, Salon Bella (1605 West Lewis St., (Mission
Hills)
SanDiego, CA)
June 27, Pacific Beach, San Diego, Open Door Bookstore, Poetry
readingwith 4
male poets including Steve Kowit. May 24 & 25, Washington, MO, Private Presentations
May 19, 4 pm,
Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Appleton, WI,
Studio
FluteClass
April 14, 12:30 pm, MesaCommunity College,
Concert Hour, A Special Shakuhachi Presentation
March 29, 6:30 pm GaiChikuKai of
San Diego (Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones, Mary Lu Brandwein)
January 31, Los Angeles, CA, "Reibo" (A Meditation on? All the
Longingsof the Human Heart)
November 16, Minneapolis, MN, St. Patrick Church, 3535 72nd
St. E,
Inver Grove Heights, 7 pm November 15, Minneapolis, MN, St.Olaf Catholic Church, 8th
St. & 2nd
Ave. South, 9-11:00 am
November 13, Minneapolis, MN, "Awaking Peace: A Peek into the
Secret
Heart of Shakuhachi" November 10, Milwaukee, WI,
University of Milwaukee, "A Special Shakuhachi
Presentation," 3-5 pm
October 20, San Diego, CA, "A Special Shakuhachi
Presentation" October 18, 1 pm GaiChikuKai of
San
Diego
(Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones, Mary Lu Brandwein)
May 22, Bozeman, MT, Insight Meditation Community, 711 S. 15th
Avenue
Wakanakai's Student Recital, Japan-America Community Cultural Center
February 1, 2003, with the Tayama Koto Ensemble, Japanese
Cultural
Center (Cedar St.)
Three Treasures Zen Community, Vista, CA, January 18, 2003
December 19, 2002, 101 Artists' Colony, Encinitas, CA, 7:30 pm
Grossmont Community College, San Diego, CA, Classroom
Presentation,
Room 544B
November 13, 2002, 101 Artists' Colony, Encinitas, CA, 8:00 pm
Cottey College, Nevada, MO, Lecture-Recital
Truman State University, Kirkville, MO, Several offerings
GaiChikuKai of San Diego (Jonathan
Crick,
Bruce Jones, Mary Lu Brandwein)
August 27, 2002, Clarie De Lune, 2906 University Avenue North
Park,
SanDiego, CA
GaiChikuKai of San Diego (Jonathan
Crick,
Bruce Jones, Mary Lu Brandwein)
July 17, 2002, The Other Side, 4096 30th Street (at Polk) in
North
Park, San Diego, CA
July 1, 2002, Twiggs, 4590 Park Blvd., Sand Diego, CA
May 1, 2002, with the Tayama Koto Ensemble, Mira Costa
Community
College, Japanese Fair
April 8, 2002, Grossmont Community College, San Diego, CA,
Presentation
March 30, 2002, San Diego Japanese Teachers' Workshop, Cal
State
University San Marcos
March 20, 2002, Concert Hour, Mesa Community College, San
Diego, CA
University of San Diego
Mesa Community College, San Diego, CA, November 8, Music Class
R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility, US-Mexican Border
October 21, Kansas City, MO, St. Peter's Church
Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, MO, October 9, 2001
October 6, with the Tayama Ensemble, Chula Vista, CA
September 23, with the Tayama Ensemble, El Cajon Civic Center,
El
Cajon, CA
September 10, Arco Olympic Training Center, 2800 Olympic
Parkway,
Chula Vista, CA
August 28, with the Tayama Ensemble, Japanese Cultural Center,
Vista,CA
August 25, Colin Cowie Lifestyle Special, Three Hour
Presentation in
Brentwood, CA
August 7, World Music Class, Mesa Community College, San Diego,
CA
July 24, Music and Spirituality Class, University of California
at
SanDiego
July 17, Ordinary Mind Zendo (Barry Magid, Teacher), Manhattan,
NY
New York Zen Center, Fire Lotus Temple, July 14, 2001
Workshop on the Bamboo Way
Ascending
- Calendar 2025
at the Vista Buddhist Temple in the main temple (Hondo)
"Shakuhachi Prayer for Today's World"
Shakuhachi: Mary Lu Brandwein
Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA Campus
Awaking
- Calendar 2023
Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA Campus
Silence
- Calendar 2020
Robert Adams
Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA Campus
at the Vista Buddhist Temple in the main temple (Hondo)
"Shakuhachi Prayer for Today's World"
Shakuhachi: Mary Lu Brandwein
Silence
- Calendar 2019
at the Prado in Balboa Park, Room 101,
Come and see and enjoy the art work and purchase for your home!
Background Music: Japanese Shakuhachi: Mary Lu Brandwein
Traditional Komuso Honkyoku (meditation music), Shinkyoku (new music), Improvization, Japanese Folk Music.
at the Vista Buddhist Temple in the main temple (Hondo)
"Meditation"
Shakuhachi: Mary Lu Brandwein
In addition to the traditional Komuso Honkyoku,
and in the spirit of those same Komuso, there will be improvization (Watazumidozo style) on a 2.4 (nishakuyon: lower and deeper flute)
Surrender
- Calendar 2018
August 1, 2018, 1:00, New Japanese Bamboo Duet Sound!
Mary Lu Brandwein and Jonathan Crick on Shakuhachi, duets and solos.
Contemporary Japanese Music on traditional flutes
(Japanese bamboo flute).
University Community Branch Library, 4155 Governor Dr., San Diego, CA, (858) 552-1655
at the Vista Buddhist Temple in the main temple (Hondo)
"Shakuhachi Meditation"
Shakuhachi: Mary Lu Brandwein
In addition to the traditional Komuso Honkyoku,
and in the spirit of those same Komuso, there will be improvization (Watazumidozo style) on a 2.4 (nishakuyon: lower and deeper flute)
Mary Lu Brandwein on Shakuhachi (Japanese Bamboo Flute)
Background music as guests arrived...
A cathartic prayer of heartbreak (Watazumidozo style on 2.4)
Hidden Valley Zen Center, Escondido.
Summoning the Light
- Calendar 2017
December 10, 2017, 6:30, The Many Modes and Moods of Christmas
Mary Lu Brandwein and Jonathan Crick on Shakuhachi, duets and solos. Wide range of modes and scales.
(Japanese bamboo flute)
Public Library on Governor Dr.
Many and varied JAMS performers
Yuki Easter on Koto with Mary Lu Brandwein on Shakuhachi.
Mary Lu Brandwein will play a reflexion on Charlottesville, Virginia...shakuhachi meditative style...
coupled with a piece/prayer that all hearts be turned toward compassion.
Mary Lu Brandwein, reflexion on Charlottesville, Virginia...shakuhachi meditative style...
coupled with a piece/prayer that all hearts be turned toward compassion.
in the main temple (Hondo)
"Shakuhachi Meditation"
Shakuhachi: Mary Lu Brandwein
In addition to the traditional Komuso Honkyoku,
and in the spirit of those same Komuso, there will be improvization on a 2.4 (nishakuyon: lower and deeper flute)
Vista Buddhist Temple,Vista, CA,
Admiral Baker
"Wind and Rain Ensemble," Yuki Easter on Koto and Mary Lu Brandwein on Shakuhachi.
Deepening
- Calendar 2016
Many and varied JAMS performers
Yuki Easter on Koto with Mary Lu Brandwein on Shakuhachi.
Bruce Jones and Mary Lu Brandwein, duet on Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)
Crown Point Junior Academy, 4033 Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA 92109
Yuki Easter on Koto with Mary Lu Brandwein on Shakuhachi.
Jonathan Crick on Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) with Kazuaki Uehara on Sanshin
Takeda Sanshin: Kazuaki Uehara Otsukimi Sanshin Songs from Yaeyama, Okinawa
(Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones and Mary Lu Brandwein will also play shakuhachi duets and any or all players may do solos.)
Japan Telescope by San Diego Astronomy Association.
Crown Point Junior Academy, 4033 Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA 92109
Shakuhachis at the Japanese Friendship Garden (SanKeiEn) in Balboa Park with Mary Lu Brandwein, Bruce Jones and Jonathan Crick
Japanese Friendship Garden, close to tea house San Diego, CA.
at the Hanamatsuri (Spring Festival and Buddha's Birthday)
Vista Buddhist Temple,Vista, CA,
Time: 4:15 p.m. in the main temple (Hondo)
Shakuhachi: Mary Lu Brandwein
In addition to the traditional Komuso Honkyoku,
and in the spirit of those same Komuso, there will be improvization on a 2.4 (nishakuyon: lower and deeper flute)
Koto and Shakuhachi Ensemble: Wind and Rain
, Yuki Easter, Mary Lu Brandwein
Mission
Trails Region Park Visitor Center, San Diego, CA.
January 31, 2016, 1:30pm,
Concert Hour,
Shakuhachi Ensemble: GaiChikuKai
Serra Mesa Library, Serra Mesa-San Diego, Ca.
Deepening
- Calendar 2015
Shelter Island by the Yokohama Friendship Bell
Yuki Easter on Koto with Mary Lu Brandwein on Shakuhachi.
GaiChikuKai (Mary Lu Brandwein, Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones and Jim Danielson) on Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute),
Jonathan Crick and Kyoko, shakuhachi and koto
Harmonies Choir
Takeda Sanshin: Kazuaki Uehara Otsukimi Sanshin Songs from Yaeyama, Okinawa
(Jonathan and Mary Lu may also play shakuhachi duets and any or all players may do solos.)
Japan Telescope by San Diego Astronomy Association.
Koto and Shakuhachi Ensemble: Wind and Rain
, Yuki Easter, Mary Lu Brandwein
Serra Mesa Library, Serra Mesa-San Diego, Ca.
Koto and Shakuhachi Ensemble: Wind and Rain
, Yuki Easter, Mary Lu Brandwein
Mission
Trails Region Park Visitor Center, San Diego, CA.
Zen Center of Orange County,Costa Mesa, CA,
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Program: "A Peek into the Secret Heart of Shakuhachi"...one's own secret heart...
Shakuhachi: Mary Lu Brandwein
In addition to the traditional Komuso Honkyoku (Meditation Pieces),
and in the spirit of those same Komuso, there will be improvization on a 2.4 (nishakuyon: lower and deeper flute)
Time: 3:45 p.m. in the main temple (Hondo)
Shakuhachi: Mary Lu Brandwein
In addition to the traditional Komuso Honkyoku,
and in the spirit of those same Komuso, there will be improvization on a 2.4 (nishakuyon: lower and deeper flute)
Joy
- Calendar 2014
--Eckhart Tolle
Shakuhachi at the Japanese Friendship Garden (SanKeiEn) in Balboa Park with Mary Lu Brandwein and Jonathan Crick
Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego, CA.
Moments of Zen, Artist's Reception: Rosemary KimBal (Dancing Brush)
Shakuhachi Flute by Mary Lu Brandwein
Seal Carving by Gordon Ma
Encinitas Community Center, 1140 Oakcrest Park Drive, Encinitas, CA 92024
Yuki Easter on Koto with Mary Lu Brandwein on Shakuhachi.
Jonathan Crick on Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) with Kazuaki Uehara on Sanshin
Takeda Sanshin: Kazuaki Uehara Otsukimi Sanshin Songs from Yaeyama, Okinawa
(Jonathan and Mary Lu may also play shakuhachi duets and any or all players may do solos.)
Japan Telescope by San Diego Astronomy Association.
Shelter Island by the Yokohama Friendship Bell
Shakuhachi Trio: Bruce Jones, Jonathan Crick and Mary Lu Brandwein
Mission Trails Region Park Visitor Center, San Diego, CA.
Student pieces (Southern California Koto Ensemble) and shakuhachi students
For information: 858-945-8739
Time: 4:00 p.m. Room 3601, The Little Theater
Shakuhachi with Mary Lu Brandwein
Time: 4:30 p.m. in the main temple (Hondo)
Shakuhachi: "Inner Explorations, Beyond Mind" with Mary Lu
Brandwein
Time: 1:00 p.m. Room 3601, The Little Theater
Shakuhachi with Mary Lu Brandwein
University of California at San Diego, Shakuhachi Offering by Mary Lu Brandwein
at the Japanese Annual Flower
Arrangement and Cultural Exhibition,
Casa Del Prado,
Surrender
- Calendar 2013
San Diego Buddhist Temple
2929 Market St., San Diego, CA 92102
Ensemble: Yuki Easter (Koto) and Mary Lu Brandwein (Shakuhachi)
(619) 239-0896
JAMS-SD (Japanese Arts & Music Society) Festival
Ruby G Schulman Auditorium, Carlsbad City Dove Library, 1775 Dove Lane Carlsbad, CA 92011
Program: Shakuhachi & Koto (Mary Lu Brandwein and Yuki Easter), as well as
classical guitar, Okinawa Karate performance with Sanshin play, piano, and violin.
Piano will be featured.
Ticket: Advanced $12.00; At the window $15.00
Student pieces (Southern California Koto Ensemble) and shakuhachi students
Shakuhachi Sound and Mindfulness
Shakuhachi Inner Explorations with Mary Lu
Brandwein
Mira Costa in Oceanside, CA
Mission
Trails Region Park Visitor Center, San Diego, CA.
Going Deeper to the Vast Field of Benefaction
-
Calendar 2012
Unitarian Universalista Church San Diego.
"Shakuhachi Study as Inward Process, A Workshop"
Vista Buddhist Temple
150 CedarRoad, Bldg. B,
Vista, CA
Memorial Service for Carol Lem
Mission
Trails Region Park Visitor Center, San Diego, CA.
Kameda Sensei was my first Japanese language teacher at Earl Waren High School, Solana Beach, CA., more than 25 years ago.
Student pieces (Southern California Koto Ensemble) and shakuhachi students
Instrument of
Turning Inward
-
Calendar 2011
First meeting 2 hours; other two meetings at least 1 1/2 hours
Shakuhachi Study as Inward Process, A Workshop
Vista Buddhist Temple
150 CedarRoad, Bldg. B,
Vista, CA
3919 Townsgate Drive, San Diego, CA 92130,
(858) 552-1668
Ensemble: Koto (Yuki Easter) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu Brandwein)
Ensemble with Yuki Easter and her students,
Casa Del
Prado, Rm 104, 3:30 p.m.,
Balboa
Park, San Diego, CA
Mission
Trails Region Park Visitor Center, San Diego, CA.
Gotta’ Have Heart: Asian Fusion,
Jeanette Osais & The Artists of Sophie's Gallery,
Sophie's Gallery & Gift Shops annual Valentine celebration
featuring Asian inspired art,
NTC Liberty Station, 2960 Historic Decatur Road, San Diego, CA 92106
Further information: 619 578 2207
Student pieces (Southern California Koto Ensemble)and shakuhachi students
Ensemble: KuroKami: Koto (Yuki Easter) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu Brandwein)
Instrument of
Awaking Peace
-
Calendar 2010
150 CedarRoad, Bldg. B,
Vista, CA
4190 Front
Street, San Diego, CA 92103, (619) 298-9978, 6:30 p.m.
"Turning Inward"
Classical
Japanese
shakuhachi meditation music, shakuhachi and meditation (Mary Lu
Brandwein)
8778 Cottonwood Avenue
Santee, CA 92071-4475,
(619) 562-0833
"The Inner Journey: An Introduction"
Classical
Japanese
shakuhachi meditation music, shakuhachi and meditation (Mary Lu
Brandwein)
150 CedarRoad, Bldg. B,
Vista, CA
12:00 noon, hands on workshop for koto and
shakuhachi
3:30 pm,
Ensemble: Koto (Yuki Easter) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu Brandwein)
Solo: shakuhachi (Mary Lu Brandwein), "Shika No Tone" (Distant Call of the Deer)
546 Third Ave., San Diego, CA, 619 808-9847
"The Inner Journey: An Introduction"
Classical
Japanese
shakuhachi meditation music, shakuhachi and meditation (Mary Lu
Brandwein)
150 CedarRoad, Bldg. B,
Vista, CA
12:00 noon, hands on workshop for koto and
shakuhachi
3:30
pm,
Ensemble: Koto (Yuki Easter) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu Brandwein)
Solo: shakuhachi (Mary Lu Brandwein), "Shika No Tone" (Distant Call of the Deer)
546 Third Ave., San Diego, CA, 7:30 to 9:00 pm,
619 808-9847
4761 Cass Street,
858 270-8642
Shakuhachi Explorations with Mary Lu
Brandwein
including "Reibo" (Reverie) from the Futaiken in Sendai
Ensemble with Yuki Easter and her students,
Casa Del
Prado, Rm 104, 3:30 p.m.,
Balboa
Park, San Diego, CA
Peek into the
SecretHeart
of Shakuhachi
- Calendar 2009
Student pieces (Southern California Koto Ensemble)
Ensemble: Koto (Yuki Easter) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu Brandwein)
Ensemble: Koto (Yuki Easter and Yuki's Koto Students) and Shakuhachi
(Mary Lu Brandwein)
"The Inner Journey: An Introduction," classical
Japanese
shakuhachi meditation music, shakuhachi and meditation (Mary Lu
Brandwein)
12:00 noon, hands on sesson koto and
shakuhachi
3:30
pm,
Ensemble: Koto (Yuki Easter) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu Brandwein)
Two 30 minutes ensemble performances with Yuki Easter on koto
and
MaryLu Brandwein on shakuhachi and a solo shakuhachi meditation.
4469 Morrell Street, San Diego, CA 92109, (619) 200-5433
Ensemble: Koto (Yuki Easter) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu
Brandwein)
Haru No Umi (Spring Sea) and Hokkai Minyo (Folk Melodies from
Hokkaido=) both arranged by Michio Miyagi
Ensemble: Koto (Yuki Easter) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu
Brandwein)
Haru No Umi (Spring Sea) and Hokkai Minyo (Folk Melodies from
Hokkaido=) both arranged by Michio Miyagi
with neither mouthpiece nor finger holes?
Only the old oak tree in the yard, that bandit who steals your
breathaway, only he knows;
the "one who plays the stringless harp...the unstruck
sound..."
Instrument of
Peace
-
Calendar 2008
(Jonathan Crick, Mary Lu Brandwein, Eugene
Sukhorukov,
JimDanielson)
a free, just for fun Concert with Japanese music as well as
Medievalmusic
at
Allied Gardens/Benjamin Branch of the
San Diego Public Library
5188 Zion Ave.
San Diego, CA 92120-2728
(619) 533-3970
"Koto Ensemble of Southern California"
Ensemble: Koto (Yuki Easter) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu
Brandwein),
Cultural Center
Pieces include: Yamamoto Hozan's "Ame" (Rain) and "Gen No
Shirabe"
(String Melody)
Miyagi Michio's arrangement of "Hokkai Minyo" (Folk Melody
from
Hokkaido)
Hands on shakuhachi session and discussion with Mary Lu
Brandwein
fromnoon to 2:30 p.m., Cultural Center
Hands on koto classes and discussion with Yuki Easter from
noon to
2:30 p.m., Cultural Center
Ensemble: Koto (Yuki Easter) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu
Brandwein),
3:30p.m., Cultural Center
Pieces include: Yamamoto Hozan's "Ame" (Rain), "Gen No
Shirabe"
(String Melody), Miyagi Michio's arrangement of "Hokkai Minyo"
(Folk
Melody
fromHokkaido)
Solo koto: Yatsuhashi Kengyo's "Rokudan" (Six part Danmono):
JapaneseClassic Tradition
Solo shakuhachi: Yokoyama Ranpo's "Eirei Ni Sasagu" (Offering
to a
Departed Soul): Meditative Tradition
Two hours of Mary Lu's shakuhachi forming a canopy of sound as
peoplearrive and the wedding couple gets ready
On shakuhachi: Processional, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your
Face,"
and the Recessional, "Ebb Tide"
Morning and Evening
meditation accompanied by Mary Lu Brandwein's shakuhachi
Inner Peace
-
Calendar 2007
(Jonathan Crick, Mary Lu Brandwein, Bruce Jones,
Eugene
Sukhorukov)
a free, just for fun Christmas Concert with carols in 4 part
harmony(sing along)
as well as Medieval music and Japanese pieces
at
Mira Mesa
Library
8405 New Salem St.
San Diego CA 92126
Tel: 858-538-8165
(Jonathan Crick, Mary Lu Brandwein, Bruce Jones,
Eugene
Sukhorukov)
a free, just for fun Christmas Concert with carols in 4 part
harmony(sing along)
as well as Medieval music and Japanese pieces
at
University Community
Branch of the
San Diego Public Library
4155 Governor Drive
San Diego, CA
Coachella Valley
Museum and Cultural
Center
82-616 Miles Ave, Indio, Ca 92201
Telephone: 760-342-6651
Koto (Yuki Easter and Aaron Murg) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu
Brandwein)
2929 Market Street, San Diego, CA, 619-239-0896
Koto (Yuki
Easter)and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu Brandwein)
Program to include: Rokudan (Yatsuhashi Kengyo), Gen No
Shirabe
(Yamamoto Hozan); Ame (Yamamoto Hozan); Kojo No Tsuki
"Tsukimi"
Moon Viewing Tea
Ceremony Demonstration with shakuhachi(Mary Lu Brandwein)
Mission
Valley's
Presidio Place Condominium Complex
a sushi evening in the Bamboo Garden with shakuhachi (Mary Lu Brandwein)
Koto (Yuki Easter and Aaron Murg) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu
Brandwein)
GaiChikuKai (Shakuhachi Quartet of San Diego) in concert.GaiChikuKai of
San Diego
(Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones, Mary Lu Brandwein,
Eugene
Sukhorukov)
just for fun shakuhachi performance of quartets, trios, duets
and
solos
Koto (Yuki Easter) and Shakuhachi (Mary Lu Brandwein)
with neither mouthpiece nor finger holes?
Only the old oak tree in the yard, that bandit who steals your
breathaway, knows;
the "one who plays the stringless harp...the unstruck
sound..."
Living Peace
-
Calendar 2006
(Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones, Mary Lu Brandwein,
Eugene
Sukhorukov)
will give a free, just for fun "Around the World Christmas," a
shakuhachi concert with sing along in four part harmony with
quartets,
trios,
duets and solos
at CCA (Corrections Corporation of America) 446 Alta Road, San
Diego,CA
(Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones, Mary Lu Brandwein,
Eugene
Sukhorukov)
will give a free, just for fun shakuhachi performance of
quartets,
trios, duets and solos
at
University Community
Branch of the
San Diego Public Library, 4155 Governor Drive, San Diego, CA
will participate in the Asian Street Festival, San Diego, CA,
12:40
p.m.
in the portico to the right of the Botanical builing if you
face it.
GaiChikuKai (Mary Lu Brandwein,
Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones, Eugene Sukhorukov)
in the portico to the right of the Botanical builing if you
face it.
GaiChikuKai (Mary Lu Brandwein,
Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones, Eugene Sukhorukov)
MiraCosta College,
3333 Manchester Ave., Cardiff, CA 92007, Phone: (760) 944-4449
Vista Buddhist Temple, 150
Cedar Rd # B, Vista, 92083 - (760) 941-8800
MiraCosta College,
One Barnard Drive, Oceanside, CA 92056
Open Door Books, 4761 Cass Street, Pacific Beach (Corner of
Cass &
Missouri), 858-270-8642
with neither mouthpiece nor finger holes?
Only the old oak tree in the yard, that bandit who steals your
breathaway, knows;
the "one who plays the stringless harp...the unstruck
sound..."
Awaking Peace
-
Calendar 2005
(Jonathan Crick, Bruce Jones, Mary Lu Brandwein,
Eugene
Sukhorukov)
will give a free, just for fun shakuhachi performance of
quartets,
trios, duets and solos
at
University Community
Branch of the
San Diego Public Library, 4155 Governor Drive, San Diego, CA
Palomar College, rebroadcast Sunday, November 13th, 6 pm on Cox Digital
Cable Channel 958 and on KKSM AM1320.
will give a free, just for fun shakuhachi performance of
trios,
duetsand solos
At
Balboa Park, San Diego,CA, in front of the botanical building
and by the lotus pond
4155 Governor Drive, San Diego,
CA
"No Mirror" (A Poetry and Music Presentation)
with Jon Wesick (poetry), Charlaine Coleman (poetry), Mary Lu
Brandwein (Poetry and Shakuhachi)
will give a shakuhachi concert hour of trios, duets and solos
at
San Diego Mesa
Community College
Awaking Peace
-Calendar 2004
will give a free, just for fun shakuhachi performance of
trios,
duetsand solos
at
University Community
Branch of the
San Diego Public Library, 4155 Governor Drive, San Diego, CA
Guests: MaryLu Brandwein (Bamboo Way) and Mr. Ken Levin
(simultaneousinterpreter) and The students
Judith Parenio: Paintings and Mixed Media Exhibit Opening
(619)
291-9095
Shakuhachi before, during
and
after.
will give a free, just for fun shakuhachi performance of
trios,
duetsand solos
at North ClairemontBranch
of the
San Diego Public Library, 4616 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, CA
My son's wedding: PabloSantiago-Brandwein and Rande' Dorn
Awaking Peace - 2003
December 10, San Diego, CA, Miramar Community
College,
World MusicClass,
1:15 pm
Peace Through Understanding Program
Centering Prayer Group, "Awaking Peace: A Peek into the Secret
Heartof
Shakuhachi"
Dharma Field Meditation and
Learning Center,
3118 West 49th Street
North Clairemont Branch
of theSan Diego
Public Library,
4616 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, CA, 6:30pm
will give a free, just for fun shakuhachi performance of
trios,
duetsand solos
At Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, in front of the botanical
building
and by the lotus pond
May 10 and 11, Champaign, IL, Prairie Zen Center, 515 S.
Prospect
Avenue
May 3, San Lorenzo, NM, Southwest Sangha
April 30, Tucson, AZ, Zen Desert Sangha, 3226 N. Martin Avenue
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA, April 27, 2003
New Year's Festival, 6:00 p.m., Vista, CA
A Shakuhachi Offering: "The Three Ancient Pieces."
These pieces are said to have
been "found," "transmited," or "given" with the so-called composer
beinga
conduit
and not really a "composer." These pieces are said to have emerged
in
dreams as a gift from the Buddha.
KYOREI (Bell from the Great Void), from an
old
Chinese composition dating from the 7th century AD
KOKU (Flute in the Empty Sky), 14th century
MUKAIJI (Flute in the Misty Sea), 14th
century
REIBO will be the introduction to these three
traditional pieces as well as
some words of explanation.
Presentations - 2002
"No Mirror" (A Poetry and Music Presentation)
with Jon Wesick (poetry), Charlaine Coleman (poetry), Mary Lu
Brandwein (Poetry and Shakuhachi)
November 7, 2002, 5:30 pm
"No Mirror" (A Poetry and Music Presentation)
with Jon Wesick (poetry), Charlaine Coleman (poetry), Mary Lu
Brandwein (Poetry and Shakuhachi)
"A Peek into the Secret Heart of the Shakuhachi"
Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts, October 23, 2002,
7:00 pm
Residential College Program, Missouri Hall, Main Lounge,
October
21,2002, 7:00 pm
Two World Music Classes, October 22, 2002, 9 am and 3 pm
will give a free, just for fun performance at Balboa Park, San
Diego,CA
In the garden just West of the Mingei Museum
October 6, 2002, 3:00pm
"No Mirror" (A Poetry and Music Presentation): 7:30pm
with Jon Wesick (poetry), Charlaine Coleman (poetry), Mary Lu
Brandwein (Poetry and Shakuhachi)
will give a free, just for fun performance at Balboa Park, San
Diego,CA
Place will be in front of the Botanical Garden Building near
the
lotuspond
August 25, 2002: 3:00pm
A Poetry and Music Presentation, 7:30pm
with Jon Wesick (poetry), Charlaine Coleman (poetry), Mary Lu
Brandwein (Poetry and Shakuhachi)
8:30 to 10:00pm accompanying Painting and Poetry by scevans55
Shakuhachi Presentation
Presentations - 2001
For the Assian Students Association's Tour of Asia
November 16, Evening, Open Admission
Meditation Session, October 29, 2001
A Peek into the Secret Heart of the Shakuhachi
Participation in A50 Project
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Signing of the San
FranciscoPeace Treaty
with Urasenke Tea Ceremony Demonstration, 6pm
(Using sound/music to reach greater self-knowledge and
a deeper experience of one's s/Self)
For all those who wish to use sound/music as a door to a
spiritual
practice
Bring your musical instrument or at least your voice
The