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。
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