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Kitsune Ensemble posted a status"Trailer for "Delhi in a Day," a feature-length film I was story consultant on, is now online: www.delhiinaday.com"
Kitsune Ensemble posted a status"Blackbirds & Bullets performs Wed July 6 8pm at The Stone. www.thestonenyc.com"
Kitsune Ensemble posted an event
CD release party at Issue Project Room
March 19, 2011 from 8pm to 11pm
In celebration of the release of "Dulces" on Clean Feed Records, Kitsune Ensemble members Miki Hirose, Gary Pickard, and Billy Fox will perform with Blackbirds & Bullets on Saturday March 19 at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn.It's a free show!Blackbirds & Bullets combines jazz improvisation with inspirations from South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. "Dulces" was awarded five stars and hailed as a "triumph of the imagination!" by Time Out Lisbon, and CISM radio in Montreal listed the…See More
An event by Kitsune Ensemble was featuredCD release party at Issue Project Room
March 19, 2011 from 8pm to 11pm
In celebration of the release of "Dulces" on Clean Feed Records, Kitsune Ensemble members Miki Hirose, Gary Pickard, and Billy Fox will perform with Blackbirds & Bullets on Saturday March 19 at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn.It's a free show!Blackbirds & Bullets combines jazz improvisation with inspirations from South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. "Dulces" was awarded five stars and hailed as a "triumph of the imagination!" by Time Out Lisbon, and CISM radio in Montreal listed the…See More
Kitsune Ensemble commented on a4 - Network Admin's event 'March Town Hall'"Clarinetist Gary Pickard will perform an excerpt from "Amanogawa," a suite composed by Billy Fox and recently premiered by Japanese and American chamber group The Kitsune Ensemble."
Kitsune Ensemble is attending a4 - Network Admin's event
March Town Hall at Asian American / Asian Research Institute
March 1, 2011 from 10am to 12pm
Who Will You Meet at Town Hall? Make unexpected, enriching and inspiring connections at this cornerstorne event of NYC's arts community.If you wish to make a 2-minute pitch include a one sentence description in the comment section below. If you will not be pitching but want your contact information to be accessible to other Town Hall attendees, please RSVP in the comment box below. Thirty-second micropitches are available for those last-minute pitchers.Don't miss it- no two Town Halls are the…See More
Kitsune Ensemble replied to Nico Daswani's discussion 'Have you been dreaming of going on tour?'"All of my questions relate to the Catch-22 of booking / promoting. Most programmers and venues hesitate to commit to artists lacking a previous track record of successful tours. Similarly, booking agents, managers, and funding organizations rarely…"
Kitsune Ensemble posted a discussionNew album out on Clean Feed Records
We're pleased to announce that "Dulces," the new album by Blackbirds & Bullets, is out now!www.cleanfeed-records.com/disco2US.asp?intID=343Blackbirds & Bullets features Kitsune Ensemble members Arei Sekiguchi, Miki Hirose, Gary Pickard, and Billy Fox.The album features five originals combining jazz with rhythmic and harmonic influences from South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, along with a very personal…See More
Kitsune Ensemble posted an event
Amanogawa, by the Kitsune Ensemble and Tomi Tsunoda at New York Center for Art & Media Studies
December 17, 2010 from 8pm to 11pm
The world premiere of "Amanogawa," performed by the Kitsune Ensemble and theatrical director/designer Tomi Tsunoda.This multidisciplinary performance will meld experimental and traditional musical and theatrical techniques to explore surprising subtexts of the ancient Tanabata legend.Performance of "Amanogawa" is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the Lower Manhattan…See More
An event by Kitsune Ensemble was featuredAmanogawa, by the Kitsune Ensemble and Tomi Tsunoda at New York Center for Art & Media Studies
December 17, 2010 from 8pm to 11pm
The world premiere of "Amanogawa," performed by the Kitsune Ensemble and theatrical director/designer Tomi Tsunoda.This multidisciplinary performance will meld experimental and traditional musical and theatrical techniques to explore surprising subtexts of the ancient Tanabata legend.Performance of "Amanogawa" is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the Lower Manhattan…See More
Profile Information
- Status
- Artist
- Discipline(s)
- Music
- In your own words, what is your ethnic identity? (for individuals)
- Japanese and American
- Your Artistic Background/Mission
- The Kitsune Ensemble is an improvising chamber group dedicated to the performance of compositions inspired by Japanese cultural, artistic, and historical themes. The ensemble is comprised of Japanese and American musicians based in New York City.
The Kitsune Ensemble is: Billy Fox (director/composer), Yayoi Ikawa (piano), John Savage (flute), Arei Sekiguchi (drums), Gary Pickard (clarinet, bass clarinet), Yoshi Waki (bass), Christopher Hoffman (cello), and Yusuke Yamamoto (vibraphone)... along with alumni Tim Collins (vibraphone) and Yasushi Nakamura (bass).
We have performed at the Kennedy Center, the Planet Arlington world music series, and the Spring Fever Festival. As individuals, the musicians have worked with Andrew Hill, Mark Dresser, Reggie Workman, Shunzo Ohno, Henry Threadgill, Otomo Yoshihide, Butch Morris, Edmar Castaneda, Junior Mance, Cassandra Wilson, Steve Coleman, John Abercrombie, and many others.
“The Kaidan Suite,” a musical recreation of hyakumonogatari kaidankai (ghost stories told by diminishing candlelight) was released on Gozen Reiji Records in 2006. A film of the multidisciplinary staging of "The Kaidan Suite" created by theatre directors Tomi Tsunoda and Andrew Scoville, was completed in 2009.
Director/composer Billy Fox has received the American Composer’s Forum McKnight Visiting Composer fellowship, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s MCAF performance grant, composition commissions from the Puffin Foundation and the MacPhail Center for Music, and was first-runner-up for travel/research grants from the Japan-US Friendship Commission and the Jerome Foundation. His debut album as a leader, “The Uncle Wiggly Suite” (featuring Mark Dresser) is available on Clean Feed Records, and features Kitsune Ensemble members John Savage, Gary Pickard, and Christopher Hoffman. His sophomore release for Clean Feed, “Dulces,” will be released in late 2010 and features members Gary Pickard and Arei Sekiguchi.
- Your Creative Influences
- Experimental jazz and classical informed by Japanese musical and narrative traditions.
- Web Link
- http://www.kitsuneensemble.org
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- At 8:35am on September 13, 2011,
A Thousand Stories said… Thanks for visiting the page, Kitsune Ensemble!
Hope you're enjoying the stories.Wishing you continued success,
G
- At 3:04am on May 5, 2010,
A.H. Dance Company said… - It was great to hear your town hall pitch!
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