Collingwood Summer Music Festival – Chocho – The Butterfly

Enjoy in your living room or at the drive-in!

7:30pm – Gates Open

8:30pm – Pre-Concert Talk

9:00pm – LIVE Concert

Chocho – The Butterfly

Already well-known to Collingwood audiences but with a unique twist. Presenting the ‘Butterfly’ with Aki Takahashi on taiko and shamisen together with the unbridled energy of the celebrated Japanese drummers Nagata Shachu.

In ancient Japan, boundaries were set by the sound of taiko drums: the point at which you could no longer hear a village’s drums marked its outer borders. Today, the joyous drumming of Nagata Shachu’s taiko erases boundaries and barriers, bringing together people from all nationalities.

This concert will also feature the projection of a a plein air painting session with local artist Shandelle McCurdie, during the song ‘Tenkai’, which means ‘Heaven’ or ‘to evolve or unfold.’

Program

• Shin Kodama (New Echoes), composed by Kiyoshi Nagata.
• Hitori Uchi (One person, one drum), composed by Aki Takahashi
• Harukoma (Spring Horses)
• Nebuta Daiko (Nebuta festival drumming)
• Hon-Choshi, traditional arranged by Aki Takahashi
• San Ren On (Rhythms of three), composed by Kiyoshi Nagata
• Tenkai* (Heaven)
• Araumi (Story Sea)
• Iwai (Celebrate)

*with accompanying painting session

Artists

Kiyoshi Nagata – taiko and bamboo flute
Aki Takahashi – taiko, voice and shamisen
Naoya Kobayashi
Andrew Siu
Kevin Zi-Xiao He
Briana Lee
Marie Gavin

Nagata Shachu, Japanese Drumming Ensemble
Shandelle McCurdie, Painter

VENUE

New Life Church Auditorium, 28 Tracey Lane, Collingwood, ON

Note: This “hybrid” concert will be livestreamed online AND projected outdoors at the church’s spacious parking lot (drive-in). The pre-concert talk will be audio-only for digital customers.

This concert has been made possible by the support of CIBC Bank.