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New CD released on July 27th, 2010! Please click here to order.
My translation of Minoru Miki's orchestration/instrumentation manual Composing for Japanese Instruments has been published by the University of Rochester Press.
Please see http://www.urpress.com/80462731.HTM for order information.
Composing for Japanese Instruments is a well-organized and systematic manual on how to approach, listen to, and compose for traditional Japanese instruments. When Minoru Miki first published it in 1996, he brought alive the arcane world of traditional Japanese instruments and music for a new generation of Japanese composers. Now, with the English edition, composers and scholars from around the world will have the same opportunity to discover and utilize the rich musical possibilities inherent in these beautiful instruments.
—Christopher Yohmei Blasdel, Shakuhachi performer, Artistic Director, The International House of Japan, Inc.
dragoneyes recently released on compact disc in Japan on:
Matsumura, Erina. dragoneyes. Tokyo CMC Entertainment CMC061105, 2006.
Click here to listen to the new recording!
Shinonome no Uta ('Song Poem of the Eastern Clouds') released on compact disc! Please click the link below for more information:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/jeffcairns
「東雲の詩」も入っているCDは新発売されています。詳しい情報は、こちらまで：http://cdbaby.com/cd/jeffcairns