Multicultural Sonic Evolution (MuSE)

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Happy Thanksgiving! 😃

This Saturday, November 8th at 4pm! Please join us for this new play about family's journey through dementia and keeping secrets. Performed by Suzuna Ikeda, Rino Aise, Kenji Nakano and Nobuko Okamoto in Japanese with English Subtitles. 😀

Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1882664068983114

Use a promotional code "SAVE35" to receive discounts!

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My Happy Grandparents
- Unforgettable Days with Dementia and Secrets -
A staged reading of a new play with songs written by Yui Kitamura

Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 4pm
NEWTOWN Stage at Hellenic Cultural Center
25-02 Newtown Ave, Astoria, NY 11102

Featuring
Suzuna Ikeda, Rino Aise, Kenji Nakano, and Nobuko Okamoto
performed in Japanese with English subtitles

TICKETS : $20 General / $10 Seniors & Students
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/my-happy-grandparents-unforgettable-days-with-dementia-and-secrets-tickets-1758066416979

presented by Multicultural Sonic Evolution
musefriends.org

Due to the rain earlier, the starting time has been delayed and now we are going to try to start at 3:30pm! Thank you!

Thank you, Pastor Makoto Matsuno, for taking these beautiful photos of our performance at Shofuso last Saturday!

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JASGP presents
Okinawa Music & Dance
Sat. July 19, 2025
6:30pm-8pm (Door opens at 6pm)
at Shofuso
Lansdowne Dr. & Horticultural Dr., Philadelphia, PA 19131

Sonny Ochiai, voice and sanshin
Naomi Mizoguchi, voice, bamboo flute, and sanshin
Hideko Ochiai Yasumura, dance
with Yui Kitamura, keyboard

Performing traditional and pop music from Okinawa

Repertoires include:
・Nakarata (Moon praising song)
・Hamachidori 浜千鳥(The Plovers)
・Warabigami 童神
・Tinsagu nu Hana てぃんさぐぬ花 (Balsam Flowers)
・Nada Sousou 涙そうそう

Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia and Multicultural Sonic Evolution (MuSE) have teamed up to bring you a night of music from Okinawa! The performance will have a mix of traditional and modern music, singing and dance.

Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center
West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Saturday, July 19th, 6:30 - 8:00 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM)
$15 for JASGP members, $20 for non-members

For tickets and information visit our website:
https://japanphilly.org/event/okinawa-music-and-dance/

View Video: https://youtu.be/rDahV7K-saM?feature=shared

Okinawa Music and Dance - See you at Shofuso in Philadelphia! Please join us on 7/19/2025 for a concert of Okinawa Music and Dance at Shofuso in Philadelphia, PA. More details at Shofuso website:https://japanphilly.org/...

If you are in Philadelphia, please come!
Sat. 7/19/2025 at 6:30pm at Shofuso
Okinawa Music and Dance

featuring
Sonny Ochiai & Naomi Mizoguchi, voice and sanshin
Hideko Ochiai Yasumura, dance
with Yui Kitamura, keyboard

from traditional to pop songs from Okinawa 😀

Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia, in partnership with Multicultural Sonic Evolution (MuSE) invites you to celebrate the vibrant culture of Okinawa with us on July 19th with dance and music performed by Sonny Ochiai, Hideko Ochiai, and Naomi Mizoguchi. These performers, originally from Japan and now living on the East coast, will explore traditional music as well as popular modern music by Okinawan artists. Experience the unique culture from these remote Japanese islands through singing, dancing, sanshin, flute, and more!

Saturday, July 19th
6:30 - 8:00 PM (Doors open at 6:00 PM)
Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center
Tickets: $20 Non-Member, $15 JASGP Member

For more information about the performers and to purchase tickets, visit our website: https://ow.ly/4ljx50WhM20

Starting Right Now! 🥰

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGO8ueorJiE

It's been a week from the wonderful concert last week.
Let's watch MuSE Chorus' Faure Requiem performance together at 7:30pm (EST) tonight! (Wed. 5/21)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGO8ueorJiE

Or 8:30am on Thu. 5/29 in Japan
(日本時間では木曜日の朝８時半です。）

Faure Requiem - MuSE Chorus 2025 MuSE Chorus Annual Concert 2025 presents Gabriel Fauré - Requiem in D minor, Op. 48I. Introït and KyrieII. Offertoire Christopher Tefft, baritoneIII. San...

This Thursday, 5/29 in Philadelphia!
Please join us!

Shofuso

Thu. 5/29 in Philadelphia "An Evening of Calligraphy, Storytelling and Music" at SHOFUSO