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Japan America Chamber Ensemble was
founded in the fall of 2000 at the prompting of Etsuko Price, a member of
Japan America Society, in order to perform at the Societies' annual fund
raising event.
After the very well received performance the
members decided to keep and expand the ensemble by adding more members and
instruments such as Koto (Japanese Harp).
The group
has regular monthly rehearsals in Torrance. The musical repertory is
dedicated to traditional/folk music of Japan, and includes American
standard music. This allows the group to explore unique
cross-cultural musical concepts.
The ensemble has as it's
music director, the enormously talented Mr. Ark Sano. Mr. Sano serves as a composer, an
arranger, and conductor for the group of very talented
players.
Currently the ensemble is performing
actively at various
venues for a variety of occasions,
such as cultural festivals, community organization events and assisted living nursing facilities serving
the Japanese community, beside two free public concerts annually. |