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Junko Ueda performs Shomyo chant in the Festival des Musiques Sacrées du Munde,’Sacrées Journées de Strasbourg’.

• 4 February, Sunday, 2018, 10:00 at Grande Mosquée, Strasbourg
• 4 February, Sunday, 2018, 16:30 at Église protestante de Saverne

More information: www.sacreesjournees.eu

• 2 December, Saturday, 2017, 16h ~ 19h (advanced)
• 3 December, Sunday, 2017, 10h ~ 12h30 (advanced)
• 10 February, Saturday, 2018, 10h ~ 13h (beginner)
• 10 February, Saturday, 2018, 16h ~ 19h (advanced)
• 11 February, Sunday, 2018, 10h ~ 12h30 (advanced)

- Fee: Beginners 70 SF (members ADEM 60 SF). Advanced 100 SF (members ADEM: 90 SF)
- Location: Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie: 10, rue de Montbrillant, 1201 Genève
- More info, click here

• 14-16 April, 2018, at Zen Temple of La Gendronnière, France, in the events of 'Arts et Santé'.

Click here to read the review of the concert ‘OULOMENEN - Le Chant des Guerriers’ at St-Pierre-aux-Nonnains, Metz, France on 22 September, 2017.

• 19 - 21 September, 2017: Shomyo Buddhist Chant and Gion-Shôja singing workshop with students of Département de musique ancienne de la Haute école de musique de Genève. The workshop will be held in Sarrebourg in France.
• 22 September, 2017, 20:00: Biwa concert at St-Pierre-aux-Nonnains, Metz, France, in the program of ‘OULOMENEN - Le Chant des Guerriers’. More information, click here.
• 14 & 15 October, 2017: Shomyo Buddhist Chant workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More information, click here.
• 2 - 4 February, 2018: Shomyo Chant concert at the Festival Sacrées Journées de Strasbourg, France.

Photos from Shomyo workshops in La Croisée des Cultures, Geneva, Swiss.

Junko Ueda presents a one-week Shomyo chanting course in Geneva, Swiss from 2 till 8 July, 2017. This course is organized by Atelier d'Ethnomusicologie as part of their annual summer course series La Croisée des Cultures - 23e Stage de Danses et Musiques du Monde. The shomyo chanting course schedule:

• 2 July: Demonstration / Presentation
• 3 - 8 July: Shomyo classes: Beginners: 12:00₁₄:00 / Advanced: 18:00₂₀:00
• 8 July: Final Presentation

Participation fee: 260 SFr (about 240 euro)
Location: 44 rue des Maraîchers, 1204 Genève

More information
Tél. (+ 41) 22 919 04 94
Fax (+ 41) 22 919 04 95
E-Mail : stages at adem dot ch

Recently Junko Ueda has started giving lessons for Shomyo chanting and Gion-Shôja singing by Skype. If you are interested, feel free to contact to know more details and pricing. And a regular private lesson at her studio or at a location is always available as usual.

• 28 & 29 January, 2017, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. Beginners: 28th 10:00₁₂:30. Advanced group: 28th, 16:00₁₉:00 / 29th 10:00₁₂:30.
• 1 & 2 April, 2017, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. Beginners: 1st 12:00₁₄:00. Advanced group: 1st, 16:00₁₉:00 / 2nd 10:00₁₂:30.
• 13 & 14 May, 2017, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. Advanced group: 13th 16:00₁₉:00 / 14th 10:00₁₂:30.

• Débutants : Dimanche 27 November, 2016, 13:30-16:00
• Avancés : Samedi 26 November, 2016, 16:00-19:00 et Dimanche 27 November, 2016, 10:00~ 12:30
• Location: Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie, 10 rue de Montbrillant, Genève
• Fee: Débutants, FS 60 (Membres ADEM 50 frs). Moyens, FS 90 (Membres ADEM FS 80
• Info: Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie

Location: Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon

25 October, 2016, 14:00₁₈:00 Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop, in Salle d'ensemble
26 October, 2016, Concert 'Nuit de L'épopé', in Salle Varèse

• 18:00 : Film 'Kwaidan' (2nd and 3rd episode) by Masaki Kobayashi
• 19:00 : La Chanson de Roland (Département de musique ancienne); Dan-no-Ura (Junko Ueda)
• 21:00: J. F. Rebel : Les éléments, A. Campra : Tancrède, C. Monteverdi : Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (Département de musique ancienne); Yoshitsune (Junko Ueda)

Odile Edouard, Jean Tubéry, Pierre Hamon et Anne Delafosse (Département de musique ancienne), préparation musicale
Junko Ueda, chant et satsuma-biwa

Infomation: https://www.cnsmd-lyon.fr/agenda/nuit-de-lepopee

Photos from Shomyo workshops in Gendronniere (France), Madrid (Spain) and Geneva (Swiss).

• 12 & 13 March, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. Advanced group: 12th 16:00₁₈:30 / 13th 18:30₂₁:00. Beginners: 13th 10:00₁₃:00. More info clic here.
• 9 & 10 April, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Aula de Musicas, Madrid, Spain. 9th 16:30₁₉:30, 10th 11:00₁₄:00. More info clic here.
• 28 & 29 April, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Zen Temple of La Gendronnière, France, in the events of 'Arts et Santé'. More info clic here.
• 27 May, 2016, 20:30, Biwa solo concert at Festival Arkhé, Bussigny, Swiss. More info clic here.
• 28 & 29 May, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. Advanced group: 28th 13:30₁₆:00 / 29th 18:30₂₁:00. Beginners: 29th 10:00₁₃:00. More info clic here.
• 2 ~ 7 September, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Paxos, Greece. More info clic here.
• 25 October, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at National Conservatory Superior of Music and Dance in Lyon, France.
• 26 October, 2016, Biwa solo concert at National Conservatory Superior of Music and Dance in Lyon, France.
• 26 & 27 November, 2016, Shomyo Buddhist Chanting workshop at Ateliers d'Ethnomugicologie, Geneva, Swiss. More info clic here.

On the 27th October at Comedie de Geneva, Junko Ueda participates among 30 artists in the Marathon concert by the Geneva based chamber orchestra Geneva Camerata.

Concert
October 3, 2015, 20:30: Double concert 'Musiques du Japon Ancien, Chants Biwa et Koto' at MEG - Musée d'ethnographie de Genève.

Shomyo workshop
October 3, 2015, 14:00 ~ 16:00: for advanced students
October 4, 2015, 10:30 ~ 12:30: for beginners
October 4, 2015, 14:00 ~ 16:00: for advanced students
October 4, 2015, 16:30 ~ 17:15: presentation of the workshop at MEG

Concert and workshops are organized by Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie in the occasion of the exhibition at MEG 'The Buddhism of Madame Butterfly, Buddhist Japonism'. Registration and information of the workshop: 022-919.0494

July 11-12, 2015, 11:00 ~ 17:00: Two days Shomyo chanting classes will take place at London University, SOAS (Russell Square: College Buildings). More info and contact at: SOAS / Buddhist Chant from Japan