Celebrate autumn in St. Louis with music for
Sankyoku and String Quartet!

Sumie Kaneko and Yoko Reikano Kimura; koto, shamisen and voice
James Nyoraku Schlefer; shakuhachi

Arianna String Quartet: John McGrosso and Julia Sakharova, violins; Joanna Mendoza, viola and Kurt Baldwin, cello

Going back to St. Louis to the Touhill Center for the Performing Arts to perform with the Arianna String Quartet in an evening of music for traditional Japanese instruments and string quartet as part of UMSL’s International Performing Arts Series. This performance will feature Four Ethereal Songs for shakuhachi, koto, and string quartet by Aleksandra Vrebalov, and Floating Bridge of Heaven for shamisen, shakuhachi, and string quartet by Donald Womack. Plus sankyoku trios by Minoru Miki and James Nyoraku Schlefer

TICKETS

PROGRAM

Poem in the Evening (1973) – Minoru Miki

Moon Through the Pines (2022) – James Nyoraku Schlefer

Four Ethereal Pieces (2022) - Aleksandra Vrebalov

The Floating Bridge of Heaven (2014) – Donald Womack