The Blackbird Creative Lab
I’m super honored and excited to participate in the Blackbird Creative Lab this May with these amazing artists at the Yerkes Observatory! 憧れのエイスブラックバードのワークショップ、ブラックバード・クリエイティブ・ラボに参加することになりました。ものすごく楽しみです。
News
Music Review: Quince Ensemble breaks the bounds of what choral music can do
Read Article Here Quince Quartet (Photo by KARJAKA Studios) By SHEILA REGAN | Special to the Pioneer PressPUBLISHED: March 20, 2022 at 10:07 a.m. | UPDATED: March 21, 2022 at 12:14 p.m. In a …
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Quince Ensemble Presents “Songs of One’s Own”
All-female vocal quartet, Quince Ensemble, will be giving the world premiere of “Songs of One’s Own,” which features women writers’ texts, including Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, and Akiko Yosano. They …
Star Tribune Interview
Read Article Here MUSIC Once they lived the jazz life in NYC; now they call Minnesota home How acclaimed artists JC Sanford and Asuka Kakitani moved their jazz life to …
I Care if You Listen at ACF Interview
Read Article Here Jazz Musician Asuka Kakitani Follows the Story and the Color SUN YUNG SHIN on April 8, 2021 at 6:00 am The first recording of jazz music …
New Release “The Tree in Front of My House”
My new piece The Tree in front of My House for Minneapolis-based band, Sprig of That is now out! Sprig of That commissioned eight composers to write a piece for …
Inatnas Orchestra at Crooners
SUN · JULY 21, 2019 7:30 PM $15.00 – $20.00 Purchase Ticket Composer/Conductor: Asuka Kakitani Composer/Trombone: JC Sanford Saxes: Bruce Thornton, Stephanie Wieseler, Pete Whitman, Joe Mayo, Brian Handeland Trumpets: …
2019 McKnight Composers Fellowship
I am honored to be selected as one of the recipients for 2019 McKnight Composers Fellowship. I would like to thank American Composers Forum and McKnight Foundation for their amazing …