Columbus Japanese Business Association

Presents

WE PRAY FOR JAPAN

Sunday, May 8, 2011, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Columbus, INDIANA

With Support from
Columbus Economic Development Board
The Cummins Foundation
Japan-America Society of Indiana
Piano Solutions

Crump Theatre (425 Third Street, Columbus, IN  47201)
The Commons (300 Washington Street, Columbus, IN 47201)

 Pray For Japan

Japanese Food Booths, Bazaar, and Concert 1 (Taiko) are at the Crump Theatre.
Concert 2 (Piano) and Concert 3 (Orchestra) are at The Commons. 
The theaters are just around the corner from each other (a 2 minute walk)!

Three (3) great music concerts!  Choose one or all three!
Also featuring Japanese Food Booths and a Fundraising Bazaar
Raffle Tickets Available for Great Prizes!


Concert Tickets

All-Day Concert Pass: $20.00 (available in advance and at the door)
Single-Concert Pass: $10.00 (only available at the door)

Children 12 and under are FREE!

Advance All-Concert Passes are available at the Japan-America Society of Indiana.

To purchase your tickets, please click here!

 

Japanese Food Booths: Crump Theatre

Featuring many kinds of delicious authentic Japanese cuisine, including:
-Yakisoba (Japanese fried noodles)                            -Dango (sweet mochi-rice dumplings)
-Inari Sushi (Sushi rice wrapped in fried tofu)            -Japanese sweets
-Takikomi Gohan (Rice with special seasoning)        -and more!     

Some American food will also be offered, including:
-Hot dogs                    -Cookies                      -Popcorn
-Baked goods              -Cake                           -and more!

The booths are located outside the theater.  Concert tickets are not required to purchase food.

Fundraising Bazaar(11am - 3pm): Crump Theatre

Featuring a wide variety of Japanese goods and beautiful hand-crafted items!


All event proceeds will go to the Japan-America Society of Indiana’s
“Japan Earthquake Relief Fund”.

 

“We Pray for Japan” Concert Schedule

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Venue:Crump Theatre

Concert 1:  GENKI (Power)  元気

Dublin
Performance by Dublin Taiko (traditional Japanese drumming)

Very Powerful and Entertaining!

Dublin Taikois made up of students from Davis Middle School and Scioto High School in Dublin, Ohio.  They group was founded after training with Master Japanese Taiko Drummer Eitetsu Hayashi in 2004-2005. 


The Honorable Fred Armstrong, Mayor of Columbus will give an opening speech.
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2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Venue: The Commons

Concert 2:   KIBO (Hope) 希望

Piano Recital by Professors Shigeo Neriki and Reiko Shigeoka-Neriki

Featuring the beautiful works of Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, and more!

Shigeo NerikiShigeo Neriki, currently Professor of Music (Piano) with the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University Bloomington, has had an illustrious career.  He’s been a soloist with the Chicago, National, Denver, and Pittsburgh symphonies and the Minnesota and Boston Pops orchestras.  He has toured the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, and Japan with cellist Janos Starker.  Professor Neriki won the Southwest Pianist Foundation Competition; was awarded first prize and received a special award for commissioned work at the Three Rivers Piano Competition in Pittsburgh; was named best accompanist at the Fifth International Tchaikovsky Competition; and is the recipient of the Suntory Award.  He has recorded for Columbia, Toshiba, EMI, Delos, BMG, Apollon, and Meister. 

Reiko NerikiReiko Shigeoka-Neriki, currently Senior Lecturer in Music (Piano) with the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University Bloomington, has had an active career as a soloist and chamber musician, touring extensively, concertizing, and giving master classes in the United States, Canada, and Japan.  She studied piano with György Sebok and chamber music with Josef Gingold and Janos Starker.  Shigeoka-Neriki is a winner of the best accompanist prize at the Eighth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and released a solo album of Chopin on the Meister Music label in Japan.

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Venue: The Commons

Concert 3:  INORI (Prayer) 祈り


This concert features performances by several different musicians.

  1. Mikela Asano and friends (Jacobs School of Music Students)
    Mikela is from Sendai, one of the hardest-hit areas in Japan.

  2. Columbus Japan Festival Orchestra
    Philip Palermo, Associate Concert Master of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO), other ISO members, and local Columbus musicians.

  3. Japanese music played by Local Japanese Community Members
    J-Pop songs, Kids’ Anime songs, and more!


The theaters are just around the corner from each other (a 2 minute walk)! 

Map

Crump Theater

Crump Theatre

 Crump Theater

The Commons


It has been a month and a half since the earthquake hit in the Tohoku Region of Japan.
I am glad that many people have been able to resume their normal lives, but not everything can be as it was before.  We cannot forget that many lives were lost and that many people continue to suffer under very difficult conditions.  This does not mean that we should despair; instead, we should join hands and keep hope in our hearts and minds. That’s what we can do for Japan even though we are so far away.  I will be pleased if, through the power of music, I can contribute, even just a little bit, to the recovery of my hometown of Sendai and the Tohoku region. 

Mikela Asano


Dublin Taiko Peformance Video