Feb. 26 - Lecture on Kabuki Music: Kiyomoto narrative singing
On Thursday, Feb. 26, Mark Oshima will be presenting a lecture on Kabuki Music from 6-7:30 p.m. in Ammons Hall.
Mark Oshima is a native of Fort Collins and graduated from Rocky Mountain High School. He currently resides in Japan and is a specialist in the history and literature of the Edo Period.
Since 1987, Oshima has taken professional names both in Japanese classical dance and Kiyomoto narrative music, singing on the Kabuki stage under the name Kiyomoto Shimatayu.
Oshima has also written extensively on Kabuki and other forms of Japanese theater and is the translator of Kabuki Backstage, Onstage: An Actor's Life by Matazo Nakamura.
Feel Free to drop by and listen to this Lecture/Demonstration. The event is free and open to the public.
Sponsors: Office of International Education, CSU Asian Studies Board, Japanese Student Association, and TIFO (the Toshiba International Foundation).
For more information, contact Masako Beecken at Masako.Beecken@colostate.edu
Category: Events and Coming Attractions
Submitted: Monday, February 23, 2004
Subject: Lecture on Kabuki Music: Kiyomoto narrative singing
Contact: Jacqueline B. Sene
E-mail: Jacqueline.Sene@colostate.edu
Phone: (970) 491-5917
