The Makatani Gong Orchestra

The Nakatani Gong Orchestra is a large ensemble touring contemporary sound art project. Local musicians are trained in Nakatani's techniques for playing his adapted bowed gong, and he conducts them in a performance of his original composition. They are playing at the Monticello Opera House on Friday, October 18.

Nakatani's distinctive music centered around his adapted bowed gong, supported by an array of drums, cymbals, and singing bowls. In consort with his personally hand-carved Kobo Bows, he has spent decades refining and developing his sound as an arrangement of formations of vibrations, incorporated in shimmering layers of silence and texture. Within this contemporary work, one can still recognize the dramatic pacing, formal elegance, and space (ma) felt in traditional Japanese music.

The Monticello Opera House Lobby opens at 7:00 PM. A full cash or credit bar will be available; featuring premium, beer, wine, and cocktails.

The Concert begins at 8:00 PM.

Tickets are $28 and may be purchased via this link.