2026
Jan 22, 2026 7pm Faraway Trio in Mornington. A night of original music for shakuhachi, double bass and drums (with a surprise guest artist). Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/DIJOM
Feb 2026 Cleaning up scores for publication and working on admin for a proposed tour of Blue on Blue, from Melbourne to Geelong… along the surf coast and up into Brolga country in Western Victoria. A tour involving 12 musicians and a sound engineer performing Anne’s music from her Surf Coast Wanderings album. Anne is delighted to be teaming up with Alex Gorbatov and the vocal sextet DIVISI.
Mar 8th 2026, Bamboo Beyond Borders – a recital of New Works by the outstanding contemporary shakuhachi virtuoso Kuroda Reison, including Anne’s composition “Oodnadatta Who” for vox/shakuhachi . So honoured to have Reison play my music. Doors open at 6:00 PM, Tokyo Concerts Lab, 1F AVACO Building, 2-3-18 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. https://tiget.net/events/450022
Mar 2026 Performing with taiko drummer Toshi Sakamoto in schools in Geraldton and Perth, Western Australia through NEXUS ARTS. Bookings: nexusarts@netspace.net.au
April 21, 2026, “Oodnadatta Who” will be performed live on 3MBS radio at 7pm in Melbourne on C flute by Joseph Hourigan. Listen to “The Talent” on 3MBS here: https://www.3mbs.org.au/programs/the-talent
April 21, 2026 guest performer at a private dinner party for Mr Peter Yates AM, hosted by the Consul-General of Japan, Mr FURUYA Tokuro.
May 9, 2026, 5:30pm to 6pm Brandon Lee (koto) & Anne Norman (shakuhachi) perform in the pool-side amphitheatre for Kodomo no Hi at Peninsula Hot Springs. 
A Japanese Cultural Celebration with a selection of traditional and contemporary works on these two iconic Japanese instruments.
May 15, 2026 7:30pm VOICES of the EARTH with Brandon Lee (koto), Chiemi Shelherd, Mizuno Oyuki and Caitlin Williams in the annual Matsudo/ Box Hill concert presented by The Boite at the Box Hill Community Arts Centre. Inquiries: ellen@boite.com.au Tickets: TryBooking: $33; Concession $28
May 23, 2026 2:30pm PoetiCas poetry event with shakuhachi at the Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel, 358 Barker St Castlemaine. Shakuhachi pieces interspersed between poets reading their very moving works from a recently published book “Keepsake”. 
May 30, 2026. Wadaiko 30th Party to celebrate the taiko school of Toshi and Junko Sakamoto in Collingwood. Anne improvised a shakuhachi accompaniment to a powerful live Sumi-e dragon artwork by Junko Azukawa, also joined by Toshi on taiko as the dragon took shape.
June 3 & 4, 2026 in Tallangatta and Wodonga with Toshi Sakamoto (TAIKO) performing in schools through NEXUS ARTS. Bookings: nexusarts@netspace.net.au
June 30, 2026. Performing shakuhachi with Sanshi (didgeridoo) and Byron Bay Taiko at the 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner – celebrating the NARA Treaty at Parliament House in Canberra. Organised by the Australia Japan Business Cooperative Commerce / Australian Japan Society.
July 29-31, 2026 in Brisbane performing solo story-telling show Omusubi Kororin for primary schools. Bookings: nexusarts@netspace.net.au