PRESS RELEASE
October 2005
For immediate release
MASTER OF NOH, HOSHORYU, TO APPEAR IN EXCLUSIVE
UNITED STATES PERFORMANCE IN CSMA’S TATEUCHI HALL
(Mountain View, CA) The Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA)
at Finn Center will present the exclusive United States performance
of Master of Noh, Hoshoryu, featuring Master Junnosuke
Watanabe and his troupe from Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, November 29th at
7 pm in CSMA’s Tateuchi Hall. A sake reception will follow
the performance. The event is co-sponsored by The Consulate General
of Japan in San Francisco and The Japan Society of Northern California,
with airline sponsorship provided by All-Nippon Airways (ANA),
LTD.
The performance, featuring the acclaimed principal artist of Noh theater, will
provide an extraordinary cultural experience from one of the world’s
greatest theatrical genres. The Consul General of Japan and Nobuko Saito Cleary,
a member of CSMA’s Board of Sponsors, will provide an introduction to
Noh theater prior to the performance.
Noh blends poetry, drama, stylized gestures, dance, instrumental and vocal
music, elaborate costumes and masks with a highly refined aesthetic to create
an exquisite theatrical style passed down from master to disciple for almost
700 years.
Master Junnosuke Watanabe is a principal artist of classical Noh theater. He
began his training at age four under the supervision of his father, also an
established Noh artist. One of his important mentors was Fusao Hosho, the eighteenth
generation director of the Hosho school of Noh. Watanabe has mastered many
of the major roles in the Noh repertoire and has performed all over Japan and
internationally, including in the United States, United Kingdom and Egypt.
He has been recognized by the Japanese government as an “important intangible
cultural asset.” Watanabe believes Noh is a living art and has explored
this traditional form in fusion productions. He also works in film and television
as a choreographer, commentator, consultant and actor.
This special performance is part of CSMA’s special multi-cultural
programming presented in Tateuchi Hall, Silicon Valley’s
newest performance venue. The hall is.named in recognition of
donors Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi of Japan. The Tateuchi
Foundation is committed to promoting and improving international
understanding, knowledge and the quality of relations between
Japan and the United States. Mr. Tateuchi has for many years
served in various senior management positions and is currently
serving on the boards of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
and the Japan America Society of Hawaii. At the 100th anniversary
gala of The Japan Society of Northern California held this fall,
Mr. Tateuchi received the Humanitarian Award in recognition of
his many contributions.
“
We are thrilled that CSMA’s Tateuchi Hall is the exclusive
U.S. venue for this special event,” said Angela McConnell,
CSMA Executive Director. “This performance brings one of
the world’s great Noh masters to our stage and supports
Mr. Tateuchi’s commitment to cross-cultural understanding
between our country and Japan.”
The Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA), a non-profit arts
education center founded in 1968, is committed to providing Arts
for All. The school serves more than 30,000 people of all ages
yearly through: private music lessons; music, visual and digital
arts classes and camps; arts-in-the-schools (Arts in Action,
Music in Action) programs; lectures and concerts (in Tateuchi
Hall); exhibitions (in Mohr Gallery); community outreach events;
and a generous financial aid program. In January 2004 CSMA opened
its permanent home at Finn Center, an award-winning, 25,000 square-foot
facility.
Tickets for the Master of Noh, Hoshoryu, concert and reception
on Tuesday, November 29th at 7 pm are $75 per person ($50 tax-deductible,
with proceeds benefiting the arts education programs of the Community
School of Music and Arts). Tateuchi Hall is located at CSMA at
Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. For additional
information, sponsorship opportunities, and to purchase tickets,
contact 650-917-6800, ext 335, tickets@arts4all.org, or see www.arts4all.org.
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