MAJIC Concert This Friday with Michael Gould--Grand Master of the Shaukuhachi

[Carmen Maret]

Announcing the January MAJIC Concert Series Event
Featuring Michael Gould, Grand Master of the Shakuhachi (Japanese
Bamboo Flute)

Friday January 11, 2008, 7PM @ Bethlehem Church
(250 Commerce in the Heartside District of Downtown Grand Rapids)
Free with Suggested Donation of $10
(all proceeds benefit the GR Coalition to End Homelessness)

Concert is part of the MAJIC (Musical Arts for Justice in the
Community) Concert Series, A
ministry of Bethlehem Church
http://www.grmajic.org/

Michael Gould's Biography:
Michael "Chikuzen" Gould lived in Japan from 1980-1997 and has studied
the shakuhachi under renowned master Taniguchi Yoshinobu
(1983-present) and master Yokoyama Katsuya (1987-1994). During that
time, Gould earned a Shihan (master teaching certificate) in 1987 and
Dai Shihan (Grand Master) certificate in 1991, one of only a handful
of non-native Japanese to do so.

While living in Japan he taught and performed shakuhachi, appeared on
television and radio and gave numerous lecture demonstrations in an
attempt to heighten awareness and appreciation of the shakuhachi. In
1996 he returned to the U.S. where he taught shakuhachi and Zen
Buddhism at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio and at Oberlin
College, Oberlin Ohio until 1998.

Although based in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he sometimes teaches and
lectures at the University of Michigan, Michael is often traveling
around the country giving special masters workshops to teachers and
students in San Francisco, New York, Seattle and Boulder Colorado. He
has performed over four hundred times since his return to the U.S. at
numerous universities, art museums and galleries, private gatherings
and festivals and has been a teacher at the Shakuhachi Summer Camp at
Boulder, Colorado in 1998 and 1999.

Michael has produced a technical manual for shakuhachi practitioners
with Mr. Taniguchi Yoshinobu titled "How To Play Classical
Shakuhachi", book one. Most recently, Mr. Gould has been working with
the Dance Company of Ann Arbor, performing a modern presentation based
on the works of Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) and with University of
Michigan percussionist Michael Gould with whom he has written a series
of songs for percussion and shakuhachi which they are currently
recording.

More Info:
Bethlehem Church
250 Commerce Ave. S.W.
GR, MI 49503
616 456 1741 * www.blc-grmi.org


Contact: Carmen Maret, Project Director
616 406 9655
grm...@gmail.com

Musical Arts for Justice in the Community (MAJIC) is a ministry of
Bethlehem Church that will present a 2007-2008 concert series
featuring local and regional musicians who will play public concerts
to raise money for social justice organizations throughout the greater
Grand Rapids area.

Performances will take place the second Friday of every month in the
Bethlehem Church Sanctuary located at 250 Commerce 49503 in downtown
Grand Rapids. Concerts are October 12, 2007 through May 9, 2008 making
for 8 different performances. The performances will begin at 7:00PM.

Concerts are Free with a $10 Suggested Donation, 100% of the proceeds
from the 2007-2008 Series will be donated to The Grand Rapids
Coalition to End Homelessness. Parking is available in the lot below
the church and across the street from the church.

Looking forward to seeing you at the concert!

Carmen Maret