Schedule

Please come and join us!!

WaFoo Concert - Modern Improvisational Music of Japan

Feburary 18th, 2012 - 2 pm
Flushing Library
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
(718) 661-1200


WaFoo, literally meaning "wind of Japan" or simply "Japanese style," is a group of talented Japanese musicians who have performed across the world. The concert will feature Japanese traditional instruments such as Shinobue (Japanese Bamboo Flute), Shamisen and Sanshin (both Japanese three strings banjo) as well as their original compositions which are unique blends of Japanese philosophy with a variety of music styles. Don't miss to listen to their lyrical, aesthetical and delightful sound!

The Recent Major Activities

• Princess Kaguya, Music & Staged Reading by WaFoo, Nov. 2011
• Staten Island Jazz Festival 24, Oct. 29, 2011
• Japan Earthquake Fundrasing Series March - June 2011
• Staten Island Jazz Festival 23, Oct. 2010
• WaFoo Winter Concerts Series, Oct. 2008 -Jan. 2009
• Staten Island Branch Libraries Concerts Series, July-Aug 2008
• Art by Ferry festival, June 2008
• White Plains Cherry Blossom festival, May 2008
• WaFoo Spring Concert April 19, 2008
• WaFoo Live - Haru Ichiban Festival at Drom March 21, 2008
• WaFoo Piano & Calligraphy Improvisation at Greenwich House Music School Feb. 10, 2008
• WaFoo on Island Hope, Staten Island Cable TV Feb. 2008
• WaFoo at Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts Jan. 19, 2008
• WaFoo "D" Trio plus One at Allegro Vivace Music School Jan. 13, 2008
• WaFoo Fall Winter Concert Oct. 2007
• Summer Festival Japan - Charity Event
  "Thousand Cranes Project" - Hopes for Children, Aug. 2007
• Modern Improvisational Arts of Japan - Jazz Japonica & Calligraphy
  ~ Sponsored by Queens Library International Resource Center ~, Aug. 2007
• "Pondering An Inconvenient Truth" with OutLOUD and WaFoo , June 2007
• WaFoo Summer Concert July 2007
• "Summer Haiku" with OutLOUD and WaFoo , June 2007
• WaFoo Concert at Hammond Museum , June 2007
• White Plains Cherry Blossom festival, May 2007
• WaFoo Spring Concert March 2007
• WaFoo Concert & Lecture at Bridgeport Central High School, Feb. 2007
• WaFoo Concert For New Rochelle MTA Station, Jan. 2007
• WaFoo Concert Japan Society, Jan. 2007
• Pre Thanksgiving Banquet hosted by Japan Society of Fairfield County, Nov. 2006
• WaFoo Spring - Fall - Winter Concert 2006
• WaFoo Concert & Lecture at Hammond Museum, Oct. 2006
• WaFoo Spring - Summer Concert 2006
• White Plains Cherry Blossom Festival 2006
• WaFoo suite with With Richmond County Orchestra on air
  on Cable TV "MANHATTAN CLASSICAL OPERA HOUR", March 11 & April 22, 2006
• WaFoo Concert at Greenwich Japanese School, December 2005
• Solo Piano & Calligraphy United Nations Charity Fair December 2005
• WaFoo in Concert, St. Peter's Church, Staten Island, October 2005
  - Funded by COAHSI Premier Grant
• Music of Masters: Concert with the Richmond County Orchestra,
  World Premier "WaFoo Suite (Jazz Band Concerto)" has performed
  with a symphony orchestra at St. John's University, Staten Island, October 2005,
  - Funded by COAHSI Original Grant
• SeptemberFest 2005, Greenwich CT, September 2005
  - Funded by Puffin Foundation
• "D" (Off Broadway Show), Manhattan, June 2005, Music Director & Performer
• PS 22 Educational program (GAINS),
  - Funded by SI Bank & Trust Foundation Staten Island, June 2005
• Nagasaki Hiroshima Reflections by Staten Island OutLOUD, Staten Island, April 2005
• Cherry Blossom Festival, White Plains, May 2005
• NYC CultureFest 2004 at Battery Park, October 2004
• JuneFest 2004 at Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, June 2004
  - presented by COAHSI