David Duncavage

He first heard of the Shakuhachi through his involvement in Buddhist Christian dialog while a Trappist monk in the mountains of Colorado in 1980. Upon hearing a recording of the Shakuhachi, he was immediately struck with its depth and its spiritual resonance with Gregorian chant. Using a Shakuhachi he received from Japan and the sounds of nature that flow though the silence of monastic spirituality, he discovered the world of breath and sound contained in Shakuhachi. From then on playing the Shakuhachi became an integral part of his spiritual journey.

After leaving the monastery he studied various honkyoku playing styles as well as classical Japanese ensemble music for the Shakuhachi from 1984 until 1990 under Kurahashi Yoshio Sensei head of Muju-an Dojo in Kyoto, Japan. He cannot adequately express his thankfulness for the support and encouragement he received from Kurahashi Sensei in his studies. Without a teacher it is very difficult to learn honkyoku for, in its essence, it is primarily an oral tradition.

Shortly after receiving the Shihan (Masters) license for Shakuhachi in 1989 he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts and opened Chikufu-an Shakuhachi Dojo where he teachs, performs and makes Shakuhachi using the traditional techniques and materials acquired in Japan.

Despite the initial differences in culture and language, the Japanese people with whom he lived opened their lives and homes to him and gave him the opportunity to study Shakuhachi within the Japanese community.

先生

倉橋容堂 II

Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin

アルバム

Empty Bell, The

Kinko honkyoku.

録音した曲

曲	漢字	長さ	アルバム	楽器
Ajikan (Itchoken)	阿字観	07'13	Empty Bell, The	尺八
Chikugo Sashi	筑後薩字	04'31	Empty Bell, The	尺八
Choshi (Myoan Shinpo Ryu)	調子	07'36	Empty Bell, The	尺八
Hi Fu Mi Hachigaeshi no Shirabe (Kinko Ryū)	一二三鉢返の調	10'03	Empty Bell, The	尺八
Kyorei (Fudaiji)	虚鈴	07'02	Empty Bell, The	尺八
Sagari Ha (Nezasa Ha)	下り葉 (根笹)	04'12	Empty Bell, The	尺八
San'ya (Jinbo)	神保三谷	10'14	Empty Bell, The	尺八
Shirabe (Nezasa Ha)	調 (根笹)	03'05	Empty Bell, The	尺八