Dates

Wednesday, June 23; 7:30 PM
Bach's Coffee Cantata at the Astoria Music Festival

Hideki's directorial debut! He returns to the Astoria Music Festival to direct the famous and hilarious Coffee Cantata, BWV 211, by J. S. Bach. He will be joined by Julia Brown on harpsichord and talented young singers and instrumentalists. It will be stage-directed by Bereniece Jones. We will be sharing the bill with a production of Too Much Coffee Man, the world's first opera based on a comic book!

Performing Arts Center
Clatsop Community College
16th and Franklin
Astoria, OR
$15 general admission


Friday, June 25; 8:00 PM
Oregon Mandolin Orchestra

This will be Hideki's first time playing with the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra, under the direction of Brian Oberlin. He will be playing the solo mandolino part to the C major sonata by Giuseppe Vaccari, which will be on his new CD for mandolino, due out this summer.

Walters Cultural Arts Center
527 E Main St.
Hillsboro, OR 97123
$12 advance; $14 day of show


Sunday, June 27; 1:00 PM
Music from the Time of John Adams

Hideki, along with Ensemble De Organographia - Gayle and Philip Neuman - will be performing American music from the late 18th and early 19th centuries on a variety of period instruments and voice. This is part of the opening events surrounding the John Adams Exhibit at the Central Library in Portland. Music by John Hewitt, William Billings, Edward Riley, and others will be performed on flageolets, czakan (walking stick recorder), 19th century guitar, English guitar (or cetra), serpent, violin, and viola. Speakers will talk about the exhibit first, and then the concert will begin.

Multnomah County Library Central Branch
801 SW 10th Ave.
Portland, OR 97205
Free admission