Jan 24 2010: A Summer Meditation in Taste, Sound & Flora. Kaiseki (multi course dinner) by Hide’ Shibata; Shakuhachi by Anne Norman; Ikebana (live flower arrangements) by Shosho Shimbo. Mitsuno Restaurant, Malvern, Vic.
Feb 28 2010: “Ring The Bells” Anne helps children to compose for Melbourne’s Federation Bells at Artplay, Birrarung Marr, Melbourne.
Feb 7 2010: Music for the Soul Fine Blue Thread (Helen Mountfort cello, Ria Soemardjo voice, Sam Evans tabla) with Anne Norman (shakuhachi). Northcote Uniting Church.
March 20 2010: Third Australia-Japan Peace Forum: Making the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons a Reality. Speakers: Prof Yuki Tanaka, Hiroshima Peace Institute; Assoc Prof Tilman Ruff, Univ of Melbourne. Shakuhachi: Anne Norman. Japanese for Peace (JfP)
March 27 2010: Brolga Twilight Celebration at the Lake Bolac Eel Festival. Anne wrote music to accompany Adeline McDonald and the Gunditjmara Brolga dancers, local actors and huge brolga puppets; featuring local band ‘End of March’ and the Brolga Choir directed by Jeanette Hajncl, with Jess Ipkendanz (violin), Helen Mountford (cello), Anne Norman (shakuhachi), choreography by Susan Taylor (dance), video footage of local brolgas and field recordings of their calls.
in India…
Apr 1-May 2 2010: Anne spent one month in India meeting tea folk and exploring the tea lands of Assam, Darjeeling and beyond. She took her shakuhachi and played for and with people along the way. New chapters for the 2nd edition of Curiosi-tea were written and anecdotes were later woven into her tea performances and other absurd-teas. Such an amazing country!
back in Oz…
May 14 2010: Music of the Tea Lands. An elegant tea ceremony by Adam Wojcinski with Anne Norman shakuhachi, Melanie Robinson cello, large ink brush calligraphy by Shingo Nozao and poetry by Camellia Cha. Boite World Music Cafe, Box Hill Community Arts Centre.
May 20 2010: “Balance Sound Meditation” Garth Stone & Elise McColl with Anne Norman & Jess Ipkendanz. At BMW Edge.
May 23 2010: Canberra International Music Festival Jouissance performs Music by Byzantine composer & poetess, Kassia. Deborah Kayser (soprano), Jerzy Kozlowski (baritone/bass), Peter Neville (percussion), Nick Tsiavos (doublebass), Anne Norman (shakuhachi).
May 26– Jun 4 2010: TAIKO Drums and Flutes of Japan in Perth schools, WA Nexus Arts
June 28–July 2 2010: Kasa Jizo in Perth Schools, WA. Nexus Arts
July 26–Aug 6 2010: TAIKO Drums and Flutes of Japan in Cairns schools, QLD with Toshi Sakamoto. Nexus Arts
Aug 8 2010: Hiroshima & Nagasaki Memorial Concert. Anne Norman, Dean Frenkel, Lee Morgan, Liz Frencham, Wadaiko Rindo & Ayako Sato. State Library of Vic. theatrette. JfP
Aug 16–Sept 17 2010: Kasa Jizo and the Wonderful Hat Song in Brisbane, QLD. Nexus Arts
Sept 18 2010: ‘Light Rain’ for shakuhachi and string quartet, composed and conducted by Lachlan Skipworth and played by Anne Norman. ‘Requiem’ by Karl Jenkins, performed by Lachlan Skipworth (shakuhachi) with the Geelong Chorale. Wesley Uniting Church, Geelong.
Sept 26 2010: Afternoon absurdiTEA with Camellia Cha a delicious blend of poetry with musicali-tea from India, Tibet, China and Japan. Anne Norman (poetry, shakuhachi); Tenzin Choegyal (voice, Tibetan instruments); Wang Zheng Ting & the Australian Chinese Ensemble; Jay Dabgar (Tabla) & Josh Bennett (sitar, dilruba). OzAsia Festival, Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre.
Sept 28 2010: The Joan Saxton Lecture Luncheon Club. Guest Speaker: Anne Norman. The Gables, East Malvern, Vic.
Oct 11–21 2010, Kasa Jizo in Hobart, Tas. Nexus Arts
Oct 25–Nov 5 2010, TAIKO Drums and Flutes of Japan in Brisbane, QLD Nexus Arts
Nov 8–19: Kasa Jizo in Perth, WA Nexus Arts
Nov 28 2010: The Magi – Juxtaposing Renaissance motets and chant with pilgrimage music from the Middle East, Far East and Africa. Newman College chapel choir conducted by Gary Ekkel; Philip Gunter (oud); Matt Stonehouse (Middle-Eastern drum); Hailleluel Gebre-Selasse (African chant and drums); Anne Norman (shakuhachi). Parkville, Vic.
Dec 19 2010, Jouissance Iwaki Auditorium, broadcast on ‘Sunday Live’ on ABC Classic FM radio. A Christmas treat with a post, post modern Byzantine twist. ABC Southbank Centre, Melbourne.
Dec 31 2010, Om Dhum So Ha – Gyuto Monks of Tibet with shakuhachi. New Year’s Eve on the beach in Dromana, Mornington Peninsula.
above a rumbling chant
bamboo melody dances
bright stars twinkle
fireworks bloom
and waves lap
the feet of monks
~
deep peace
deep gratitude
a new year begins