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Doyo (Children' Song) Concert at Colburn School, Downtown Los Angeles, Sept 11
Veteran singer Teruko Oba from Japan  |
Doyo (Children' Song) Los Angeles Concert will take place on Saturday, September 11 at 6:30 pm at Zipper Hall in Colburn School, 200 South Grand Ave, Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90012. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for under 12 years old. Free for children under 3. For tickets, call (562) 908-2456, or visit http://doyola.culturalnews.net for online purchase.
Yukari Black  | Doyo Los Angeles Concert features veteran singer Teruko Oba from Japan and Yukari Black of Los Angeles. Students of Kyodo Japanese Language Schools, children dancers of Bando Mitsuhiro Kai, and Yamatogaku Japanese music ensemble will also participate in the concert.
Veteran singer Teruko Oba founded the Doyo Museum in Kumamoto to revive Doyo songs in Japan. Doyo genre emerged in 1920s by efforts of educators and artists to provide new type of music to Japanese children. Doyo, once an essential element of Japan's musical education, is declining for last few decades.
Japanese people over 50s are still familiar with Doyo genre today, and for those generation, Doyo songs bring a great affection to them. There are hundreds of beautiful songs written but they are almost unknown in the West.
On Sept. 11, the program includes "Yurigkago no uta" (Song of Cradle), "Sato no Aki" (Autumn at a Village), "Furusato" (Hometown), "Sen no kaza ni natte" (As a Thousand Winds).
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