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KI SUI AN 
SHAKUHACHI DOJO

625 Greenwich Street, Studio
New York, NY 10014 


TENRI CULTURAL INSTITUTE

43A West 13th Street, 1st Floor
New York, NY
Phone/Fax: (212) 929-1037

 
Most New York events are held at one of the above locations.
January 18, 2008

Annual Winter USA tour of Kyoto Shakuhachi Master
Kurahashi Yoshio-Sensei
USA Winter 200
8Teaching Schedule
January 18-20,2008- New York City (Brooklyn)
January 21-23, 2008- Philadelphia
January23-28, 2008- Maine (stay with Phil Nyokai James)
January 29-February 1,2008- New York City
February 2-4,2008- Washington D.C.

February 5-10, 2008- NYC, leave to San Francisco
February 11,2008- San Francisco
February 1
2, 2008 - Return to Japan

Please contact Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin for any further information at: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com

February 2 & 3, 2008
Annual Winter Washington D.C./Baltimore Beginners Honkyoku Intensive
This intensive is for beginners (no experience necessary), and will consist of learning an entire Zen piece (HONKYOKU). Kurahashi Yoshio Sensei will teach six master classes as well as private lessons at the Washington D.C./Baltimore Shakuhachi Dojo. For reservations, call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com

February 10, 2008
12th Annual Ki Sui An Masters Recital
It will be held at the Tenri Cultural Institute (see above) at 7:30PM. The performers will be those members of Ki Sui An Shakuhachi Dojo that have been licensed to teach. The guest Artist will be Kurahashi Yoshio Sensei. For tickets and information, call 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com

March 8, 2008
Annual Spring NYC Beginners Honkyoku Intensive
This intensive is for beginners (no experience necessary), and will consist of learning an entire Zen piece (HONKYOKU). Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin will teach them at the Ki Sui An Shakuhachi Dojo (See above). For reservations, call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com

March 9, 2007 - March 16, 2008
12th Annual Shakuhachi/Tai Chi Chuan Retreat
This retreat is held in Erongaricuaro, Mexico. This lovely village is in the province of Michoacan, and study with a local herbalist is also possible. There are also Spanish lessons available from a local teacher. We take over a large Hacienda known as El Molino. The Tai Chi Chuan Instructor is Maggie Newman. People come from all over the USA. For more information or to reserve a space, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com
March 22, 2008
Rochester Beginners Honkyoku Intensive
This intensive is for beginners (no experience necessary), and will consist of learning an entire Zen piece (HONKYOKU). Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin will teach this class at the Rochester Dojo. For reservations, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com
April 4, 2008 - April 20, 2008 (Inclusive)
Annual 17-Day Trip to Japan
This is a trip that Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin has annually led since 1980. We focus mostly on Nara, Kyoto, and Tokyo, but we also go to smaller villages like Hitachi-Shi (in Ibaraki Prefecture), and Kamakura. In addition to (optional) lessons with (Living National Treasure) Aoki Reibo, Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin, and Kurahashi-Yoshio Sensei, we will visit Shakuhachi Makers, and hear concerts. We will also, of course, visit Temples and Imperial Gardens, as well as other beautiful gardens, Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples, and a lot more! A fantastic time is guaranteed. To view images from trips in previous years, check out the slideshow on myspace, here. Or for even more images, please visit my student's page, here.

For more information on this trip, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com
April 26-27, 2008
Annual Spring Washington D.C./Baltimore Beginner's Honkyoku Intensive
It will be at the Hills' residence, and will begin at 10:30AM. An entire Honkyoku will be taught for beginners. The fee of $75 is good for the entire day. Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin will be the instructor, and you can call him at: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com
May 10, 2008
Rochester Beginners Honkyoku Intensive
This intensive is for beginners (no experience necessary), and will consist of learning an entire Zen piece (HONKYOKU). Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin will teach this class at the Rochester Dojo. For reservations, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com
June 22, 2008
31st Annual Jin Nyodo Memorial Offering Kenso-Kai
This offering is for the great Shakuhachi Master Jin Nyodo. We will play Honkyoku in his memory in the Brooklyn Botanical gardens at 11:00AM. Please call: 917-207-6724 for details, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com
July 3-6, 2008
5th Annual International Shakuhachi Festival
Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin will perform at the Festival, which will be held in Sydney, Australia. For further information, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com
July 12, 2008
Tasmanian Concert
Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin will perform with other Shakuhachi players at a Concert in Hobart, Tasmania. Details TBA.
July 20, 2008
Annual KiSuiAn Summer NYC Beginners Honkyoku Intensive
This intensive is for beginners (no experience necessary), and will consist of learning an entire Zen piece (HONKYOKU). Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin will teach them at the Ki Sui An Shakuhachi Dojo (see above). For reservations, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com
July 21, 2008
Rochester Beginners Honkyoku Intensive
This intensive is for beginners (no experience necessary), and will consist of learning an entire Zen piece (HONKYOKU). For reservations, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com

August 9-10, 2008
Washington D.C./Baltimore Beginners Honkyoku Intensive
This intensive is for beginners (no experience necessary), and will consist of learning an entire Zen piece (HONKYOKU). Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin will teach this class at the Baltimore Shakuhachi Dojo. For reservations, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com

August 22 - September 16, 2008

Annual Summer USA tour of Kyoto Shakuhachi Master
Kurahashi Yoshio-Sensei
USA
Summer2008Teaching Schedule
August22,2008- Arrive in Dallas(Stay with Stan Richardson )
August 22-28, 2008-
Dallas
August2
8,2008 - leave to NYC
August 2
9-September 1 ,2008 - KiSuiAn Shakuhachi Camp in Pennsylvania
September 1-3,
2008- Philadelphia
September 4-12,2008- New York City (Brooklyn)
September 13-14,2008- Rochester
September15, 2008- Return to Japan

Please contact Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin for any further information at 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com

August 23, 2008
Annual Fall NYC Beginners Honkyoku Intensive
This intensive is for beginners (no experience necessary), and will consist of learning an entire Zen piece (HONKYOKU). Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin will teach them at the Ki Sui An Shakuhachi Dojo (see above). For reservations, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com

August 29 - September 1, 2008
KiSuiAn Shakuhachi Camp
We will have our 7th year of Shakuhachi Camp in a wonderful location that we used for the first time in 2007. It will be at the "Temenos Retreat Center" located at 1564 Telegraph Road (Route 162) in West Chester, PA 19382. It will begin at 12:00PM Friday, and end on Monday afternoon at 12:00PM. In addition to Shakuhachi players of all levels, Koto and Shamisen players are invited as well, to what will certainly be an informative and rewarding experience! There will be classes and nightly concerts as well as private lessons. While we will again have an emphasis on using the Shakuhachi in "Music Therapy" as a healing tool, we will also have an additional focus this year on ji-nashi Shakuhachi construction since it was such a big hit last year! Our instructor, Jon Shingetsu Kypros, creates his livelihood by making ji-nashi Shakuhachi. Please check the Shakuhachi Camp information tab on this website [www.nyogetsu.com] for more camp info. Instructors will be Kurahashi Yoshio Sensei, the Traditional Japanese Music Ensemble of New York celebrating its 31st year: Mutsumi Takamizu, Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin, Allen Nyoshin Steir, Daniel Nyohaku Soergel, and Jorge Alfano. Please call: 917-207-6724 or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com for further details on this experience. Advance registration is greatly appreciated.

September 13, 2008
Rochester Beginners Honkyoku Intensive
This intensive is for beginners (no experience necessary), and will consist of learning an entire Zen piece (HONKYOKU). Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin will also be teaching private lessons at the Rochester Dojo. In addition, Master Yoshio Kurahashi Sensei will be teaching intensives and private lessons in Rochester during these 2 days, as well. For reservations, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com . Reservations are required.

October 11-12, 2008
Washington D.C./Baltimore Beginners Honkyoku Intensive
This intensive is for beginners (no experience necessary), and will consist of learning an entire Zen piece (HONKYOKU). Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin will teach this class at theD.C./ Baltimore Shakuhachi Dojo. For reservations, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com

October 17-19, 2008
Honkyoku Intensive Weekend at Dai Bosatsu Zendo
It is a beautiful Rinzai-Sect Zen Monastery deep in the Catskills, in upstate New York. There will be separate Honkyoku taught for beginners and more advanced Shakuhachi players. The instructor is Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin. Please call him at: 917-207-6724 to register, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com

November 15, 2008
Rochester Beginners Honkyoku Intensive
This intensive is for beginners (no experience necessary), and will consist of learning an entire Zen piece (HONKYOKU). Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin will teach this class at the Rochester Dojo. For reservations, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com
November 17 - December 2, 2008 (Inclusive)
2nd Annual 17-Day Trip to Japan, 2008
This is a trip that Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin has annually led since 1980. We focus mostly on Nara, Kyoto, and Tokyo, but we also go to smaller villages like Hitachi-Shi (in Ibaraki Prefecture), and Kamakura. In addition to (optional) lessons with (Living National Treasure) Aoki Reibo, Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin, and Kurahashi-Yoshio Sensei, we will visit Shakuhachi Makers, and hear concerts. We will also, of course, visit Temples and Imperial Gardens, as well as other beautiful gardens, Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples, and a lot more! A fantastic time is guaranteed. To view images from trips in previous years, check out the slideshow on myspace, here. Or for even more images, please visit my student's page, here.

For more information on this trip, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com
December 6, 2008
Annual Solo Recital at Philadelphia Meditation Center
This recital will be a solo performance by Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin at 5:30PM (tentative). It will be preceeded by an Open House. Free Admission & Refreshments. For reservations, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com . For further information about the Center, please visit their website at: www.philadelphiameditation.org.
December 14, 2008
31st Annual Recital - Ki Sui An Shakuhachi Dojo
Sunday Afternoon at 1:00 PM
It will be held the Music Bldg., Room 226 (Queens College). The guest Artists will be Henry Horaku Burnett (Sangen) , and Mutsumi Takamizu (Koto). For further info, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com
December 20-21, 2008
Annual Winter Washington D.C./Baltimore Beginners Honkyoku Intensive
This intensive is for beginners (no experience necessary), and will consist of learning an entire Zen piece (HONKYOKU). Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin will teach this class at the Baltimore Shakuhachi Dojo. For reservations, please call: 917-207-6724, or email: nyogetsu@gmail.com
Other Scheduled Teaching Dates
In addition to teaching daily at Ki-Sui-An Shakuhachi Dojo, Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin also teaches at Hoen-ji Zen Monastery in Syracuse, the Philadelphia Meditation Center in Philadelphia, theWashington D.C./Baltimore and the Rochester/Syracuse Dojos.
Philadelphia Teaching Dates for 2008
February - 23, 24
March - 15, 16, 29, 30
April - none
May - 24, 25
June - 14, 15
July - 26, 27
August - 16, 17
September - 27, 28
October - 25, 26
November - 8, 9
December - 6th NEW!, 20, 21
Rochester Teaching Dates for 2008
March - 22, 23
May - 10, 11
June - 28, 29
September - 13, 14
November - 15, 16
Washington DC / Baltimore Teaching Dates for 2008
February - 2, 3
April - 26, 27
June - 7, 8
August - 9, 10
October - 11, 12
December - 20, 21

Alternative Distance Learning
You can also study Shakuhachi via cassette or computer lessons. For the past 20 years Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin has been very successful at teaching students (27 States and 6 Foreign Countries). Ki-Sui-An Shakuhachi Dojo is the largest (80 students) and most active Shakuhachi Dojo, outside of Japan.

For instructions on computer lessons, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/oksu2. For further details about these lessons, please contact Nyogetsu at 212-929-1037 or nyogetsu@gmail.com

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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