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Laurel Sercombe recordings: Hiroaki Tohgi demonstration and performance, 2015-05-06
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sercombe, Laurel; University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
- Title
- Laurel Sercombe recordings: Hiroaki Tohgi demonstration and performance
- Dates
- 2015-05-062015-05-062015-05-06
- Quantity
- 3 items : WD - 1 DVD; Duration: 1:17:09; program; newspaper article
- Collection Number
- 2015004
- Summary
- Music and dance of the Japanese Imperial Court (Gagaku) demonstrated by Chief Court Musician Hiroaki Tohgi, University of Washington School of Music, Brechemin Auditorium, May 6, 2015.
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access is restricted.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Laurel Sercombe has been the Archivist for the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Washington since 1982. She has co-produced a series of music recordings with Northwest Folklife, lectured for classes in Ethnomusicology, Library and Information Science, and American Indian Studies, and designed and taught a course on sound archiving. In 1998 she received a pre-doctoral Smithsonian Research Fellowship and in 2001 received her Ph.D. with the dissertation And Then It Rained: Power and Song in Western Washington Coast Salish Myth Narratives. She is a member of the Music Library Association, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, and the Society for Ethnomusicology, for which she served as Current Discographer 1992–2000 and Treasurer 2000–2004. She serves on the boards of Jack Straw Productions and Northwest Heritage Resources. In 2013 she organized and hosted “Sounds of the World,” a series of six programs for UWTV featuring film footage from the Robert Garfias Collection in the Ethnomusicology Archives.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Video recording by Laurel Sercombe for the UW Ethnomusicology Archives; recorded with Panasonic AG-HMC 150P camcorder; processed in Final Cut and DVD Studio Pro and DVD work disc produced (digital files saved - 2015-4.1.mov, 2015-4.1.img)
Audio recording by Laurel Sercombe for the UW Ethnomusicology Archives with Tascam DR-100 MKII (file saved - 2015-4.1.wav (44.1 kHz, 16-bit)); audio recording combined with video recording in Final Cut and used for DVD production.
Participants: Maestro Hiroaki Tohgi, assisted by Yuka Shibuya and Mitsuko Toyama; introductions by Patricia Campbell, Consul General Masahiro Omura, and Paul Atkins (translator for Hiroaki Tohgi)
Contents: Ritual flame (no audio); Introductions by Patricia Campbell and Masahiro Omura; Introduction by Paul Atkins; Hiroaki Tohgi - ritual dance "Sono koma"; Ninjo costume (disrobing); Putting on costume of singer; Discussion & demonstration of wagon; Closing comments; Patricia Campbell, closing comments.
Related collections: 2015-5 - Hiroaki Tohgi class demonstration 5/4/15; 2015-6 - Hiroaki Tohgi lecture, UW Allen Library Auditorium 5/4/15; 2015-10 - Hiroaki Tohgi demonstration/performance (Asian Art Museum) 5/8/15.
Documentation: Poster
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Dance--Japan
- Ethnomusicology
- Gagaku
- Music--Japan
- Video recordings in ethnomusicology
Corporate Names
- Music Building (Seattle, Wash.) (event place)
Geographical Names
- Japan
Form or Genre Terms
- Video recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Tohgi, Hiroaki (performer)
