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Orchestra concert raises funds for quake-ravaged Japanese town

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 9:57 am

Hiroya Miura, conductor of the Bates College Orchestra and a native of…

Collaborative sound, image project based on local, Japanese children's contributions

Monday, November 22, 2010 12:22 pm

Music improvised by schoolchildren from Japan and Lewiston forms the basis of a collaborative sound and image project to be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Listening In, Looking Out is a project undertaken by Hiroya Miura, a composer who directs the Bates College Orchestra, in collaboration with Bates students, intermedia artist Peter Bussigel and percussionist Masaki Endo, as well as the children, whose recorded musical efforts form part of the soundscape.