Jan 19 2012, gig at Warung Sopa, Ubud, Bali duo Driftwood – Michael Livett (didj, guitar, voice) and Anne Norman (shakuhachi)
Jan 21 – 27 2012, en board entertainer on Pacific Venus Cruise from Benoa (Bali) to Fremantle (WA) with Michael Livett (didj, guitar, voice)
Feb 15-16 2012, Recording at Crank Studios in Perth solos; duos with Sanshi (didj); and “Take Five” with the Christopher Foster Jazz Trio
Mar 2 2012, Afternoons with Richard Stubbs – ABC 774 3LO improvising with Sanshi (didj) & Kata (mouth music), Melbourne.
Mar 3 2012, Melbourne Didgeridoo Festival with Sanshi (didj) and Kata (mouth music) in Templestowe (Mia Mia Gallery).
Mar 7-22 2012, TAIKO Drums and Flutes, Melbourne Nexus Arts
Mar 26-30 2012, TAIKO Drums and Flutes – Perth.
Apr 20 2012, recording Ocean Breath album in Crank Studios, Perth. Sanshi, Reo, Anne.
Apr 20 2012, “Ashes to Honey: In search of Sustainability” Anne (shak) & Sanshi (didj) perform at a screening of a documentary by Hitomi Kamanaka at The Bodhi Tree, Perth. Indigenous speakers and politicians talk about the Uranium industry in WA. Akiko Stockton tells of the aftermath in Fukushima. Proceeds to the Fukushima KISS appeal.
Apr 30-May 4 2012, Kasa Jizo – Sydney Nexus Arts
May 8-9 2012, Anne records music for Spare Parts Puppet company’s production of Hachiko. Music by Lee Buddle. Also recorded Lady ChaCha… a spoof by Camellia Cha. Crank Studios, Perth.
May 11 2012, In the Flow 流れ : Japanese Music and live Calligraphy. Anne Norman (shakuhachi), Noriko Tadano (tsugaru-jamisen , song), Toshi Sakamoto (taiko), Kata (beatboxer), Miho Araki (calligrapher). The Boite, Box Hill Community Arts Centre.
May 18 2012, Classical Japanese Chamber Arts. Philip Flavin (jiuta shamisen, voice), Adam Wojcinski (tea ceremony), Susan Taylor (jiuta dance), Anne Norman (shakuhachi). South Melbourne.
May 21 2012, Kasa Jizo – MLC, Melbourne Nexus Arts
May 27 2012, Nonchalant Bombasi-tea. A Camellia Cha fast-paced raconteur TEA show. A narrative of Anne’s tea travels in China, India and Japan with music and outrageous absurdiTEAs. Tea&Sympathy tea tasting thrown in. Thornbury, Vic.
May 28 2012, Recording on Pamela Joy’s album at Baker Street Studios in Burwood.
June 4-8 2012, Omusubi – Adelaide, Nexus Arts
Jun 10 2012, Breath – at the Bodhi Tree Anne Norman– shakuhachi, Sanshi- didgeridoo, Reo Matsumoto- beatbox. Mt Hawthorn, Perth.
Jun 11-15 2012, Omusubi – Perth. Nexus Arts
In Europe…
a few poetry gigs in England reading tea poems from Curiosi-tea, visiting tea shops in UK and Paris…
Jul 14 2012, Philomene Recital with the improvising collective EMIR: Barre Philips (bass), Emilie Lesbros (voice), Catherine Jauniaux (voice), Emmanuel Cremer (cello). Province, France.
back in Australia…
Jul 25-Aug 3 2012, Omusubi – Brisbane. Nexus Arts
Aug 6-17 2012, TAIKO Drums and Flutes, MacKay & Rockhampton, QLD Nexus Arts
Aug 20-24 2012, Omusubi – Cairns. Nexus Arts
Sept 1-30 2012, working on the 2nd edition of Curiosi-tea
Sept 23 2012, Fine Blue Thread — Sam Evans (Tabla), Ria Soemardjo (Voice), Helen Mountfort (Cello), with Anne Norman (Shakuhachi) in Quartetthaus – portable listening house with slowly revolving stage, Southbank, Vic
Oct 7 2012, Soul Food. Baha’i Council for South Eastern Australia, Theatrette, State Library of Victoria.
Oct 16-17 2012, Omusubi – Bairnsdale, Nexus Arts
Oct 22-26 2012, TAIKO Drums and Flutes, ACT Nexus Arts
Oct 29-Nov 2 2012, TAIKO Drums and Flutes, Sydney Nexus Arts
Nov 11 2012, “Improvisational Musings” Sarah Wilmot (Voice) and Anne Norman (Shakuhachi) at The Norla Dome, Seafarers Mission, Docklands. Video: Dome Dames
Dec 2 2012, Nonchalant Bombasi-tea, Down to Earth Coffee and Tea House, Clifton Hill— High Tea with Camellia Cha. Anne Norman with tea master Adam Wojcinski.
Dec 31 2012, Gyuto Monks of Tibet New Years Eve in Dromana. A chanted puja with shakuhachi, then on the beach with soprano Sarah Wilmot in the wee hours of the first day of 2013.