Jan 12 2013, Hatsugama Tea Ceremony of the Melbourne Ueda Soko Ryu, conducted by Adam Wojcinski accompanied by Anne’s shakuhachi with beatbox, chant and didgeridoo by the amazing Reo Matsumoto.
Jan 13 2013, Sunrise Shakuhachi at Seaford beach to accompany the first martial arts training for the year by the Yamagawa Dojo of Bujitsu, led by Darren Ball and Soke Tony, topped off by a powerful tea ceremony by Adam Wojcinski in the sand beneath the jetty.
Feb 25-Mar 1 2013, TAIKO Drums and Flutes. Adelaide
Mar 4-7 2013, TAIKO Drums and Flutes in Gippsland. Nexus Arts
Mar 14-28 2013, Omusubi Kororin, Mt Gambia to Adelaide
Mar 2 2013, Melbourne Didjeridu Festival — BREATH: didj, beatbox and shakuhachi, near Mia Mia Gallery, Templestowe. LIVE album here.
Apr 6-12 2013, Omusubi Kororin Perth, Nexus Arts
Apr 11-12 2013, Recording Ocean Breath album at CRANK studios with sound engineer Lee Buddle, Perth. BREATH 息吹 on facebook.
Apr 14 2013, BREATH @ the Bodhi Tree. Anne Norman (shakuhachi); Reo Matsumoto (beatbox); Sanshi (didgeridoo); with Taiwanese muso Peiju Lien on pipa (Chinese lute). PERTH.
Apr 23 2013, Omusubi Kororin Macclesfield, Vic. solo story-telling Nexus Arts
Apr 29 2013, Kasa Jizo at MLC Kew, Vic. Nexus Arts
May 10 2013, Contrasts and Connections — shakuhachi, tea, sword, beatbox, chant, taiko, shinobue, didjeridu… Anne Norman, Adam Wojcinski, Darren Ball, Reo Matsumoto, Ayako Tsunazawa, Ayako Fujii, Scott Rogers. Box Hill Community Arts Centre. Sponsored by the Boite.
May 12 2013, ‘Japanese-infused High Tea’ with Anne Norman at Shepparton Art Museum, Vic. Ticket includes exhibition ‘The Golden Age of Colour Prints’
May 18 2013, Nonchalant Bombasi-tea with Adam Wojcinski in the Tea-Cosy Festival, Fish Creek, Vic
May 24 2013, Kasa Jizo, ACT. Nexus Arts
May 27-Jun 7 2013, TAIKO Drums and Flutes. Brisbane. Nexus Arts
Jul 24-25 2013, Omusubi Kororin Horsham, Vic. Nexus Arts
Jul 31 2013, TAIKO Drums and Flutes, East Bentleigh, Vic Nexus Arts
Aug 5-16 2013, TAIKO Drums and Flutes. WA Nexus Arts
Aug 20 2013, “Becoming” by Joanna Selleck with Merlyn Quaife (soprano), Jerzy Koslovski (bass/baritone), Dean Sky-Lucas (counter-tenor), Anne Norman (shakuhachi) and the Silo string quartet, under the baton of Benjamin Northey. Three major works by Melbourne composer Johanna Selleck. The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre.
Aug 27-Sept 5 2013, TAIKO Drums and Flutes in rural Vic. Nexus Arts
Sept 12 2013, Guest Lecturer at BoxHill TAFE Music – “Life as a wandering minstrel”
CONCERT TOUR of Japan
Sept 15-Oct 16 2013, BREATH: Journey to Fukushima supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Japan Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Complete concert listing HERE. 息吹（ブレス）：福島への旅’はオーストラリア外務貿易商豪日交流基金より助成を受けております。
Oct 10-12 2013, Three days in Fukushima THE BIG K.I.S.S PROJECT
back in Australia…
Oct 23–25 2013, Kasa Jizo in Canberra. Nexus Arts
Nov 26–28 2013, TAIKO – East Gippsland Nexus Arts
Dec 7 2013, recording project with Fine Blue Thread.
Dec 7 2013, Annual Student Taiko Concert. MLC, Kew.
Dec 31 2013, Gyuto Monks of Tibet New Years Eve in Dromana, improvising shakuhachi within the monks’ chanted puja and seeing in the New Year on the Beach.