(Listed in reverse chronological order.)

2008

January 10

Whitebox, 525 West 26th St, NYC
For Birds, Planes and Cello, a 54 minute composition by Miya Masaoka, performed by Alex Waterman, cello. Free admission. 7:00 PM
www.whiteboxny.org

2007

December 21

The Stone, Ave C and 2nd St., NYC
First set, 8:00:
Trio with Miya Masaoka, koto and electronics; Andrea Parkins, electric accordion, FX, live processing, Okkyung Lee, cello

Second set, 10:00:
Trio with Miya Masaoka, koto, Sylvie Courvoisier, piano, Okkyung Lee, cello

November 15

The Stone, Ave C and 2nd St., NYC
Jane Rigler, flutes, Robert Dick, flutes, Ursel Schlicht, piano, Miya Masaoka, koto and electronics

November 4, 5, 11, 12

Flea Theater, 41 White St, NYC
Air Rights: World Premier of Balls, for piano, disclavier and ping pong balls. One of four movements, Movement Zero performed by Kathleen Supove. Works also by Phil Kline, Missy Mizzoli, Alvin Curran and Michael Gatonska.

October 27

DEAF Festival: Dublin Electronic Arts Festival., St. Audoens
Solo koto and Laser Koto. Shared evening with Wu Fei.
www.deafireland.com

October 24

STEIM Utrechsedwarsstraat 134, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;
Solo koto and electronics. Shared evening with PRIX (Marion Worle + Maciej Sledziecki)
www.steim.org

October 18

Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, Michigan;
Edgefest 2007; Larry Ochs, saxophones, Okkyung Lee, cello, Miya Masaoka, acoustic koto.
www.kerrytownconcerhouse.com

October 15

Columbia University NYC, Shermerhorn ext 754;
Memory and Sound; video and lecture presentation: Japanese American Internment family oral history project.

October 13

Issue Project Room:
John Ingle; saxophone, Liz Albee; trumpet; Matt Ingalls; clarinet; Miya Masaoka; koto and electronics.
www.Issueprojectroom.org

September 7- October 20

The Kitchen; 512 West 19th St, NYC
Gallery exhibit: Graphic Notation in Contemporary Music. Miya Masaoka composition entitled, “Thinking Sounds;” Group show.
www.thekitchen.org

June 16

Hemispheric Institute Encuentro + Centro Cultural Recoleta: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Corpoliticas Body Politicas en Las Americas: Miya Masaoka: Solo koto and computer

June 9

Frederick Lowe Theater, NYU
NIME (New Interfaces For Musical Expression) Solo Laser Koto.
www.nime.org/2007

June 8

Japan Society 333 East 47th St., NYC
New Japanese Technology and inventions: Solo Laser Koto, shared evening with Mari Kimura, violin and GuitarBot.

June 3

Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
Live performance of For Birds, Planes and Cello for 16 speakers. Tomas Ulrich; cello and tape.
www.issueprojectroom.org

May 12

Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
Duet: Anthony Coleman; piano, Miya Masaoka, acoustic koto
www.issueprojectroom.org

April 27

Kava Lounge Gallery, San Diego, CA.
Spring Reverb: Solo koto and Laser Koto,
www.springreverb.com

March 5

Private Event: Solo koto and Laser Koto: Brisbane, Australia

February 4

Sculptured Sounds Music Festival, St. Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Ave, NY
BREW: Reggie Workman; bass, Gerry Hemingway: Drums, Miya Masaoka: koto

January 25

Redcat Theater
CEAIT Festival 2007 Miya Masaoka performs solo (Pieces for Plants, and pieces for koto and Laser Koto)

January 23-27

Miya Masaoka Artist in Residence at Cal Arts, Valencia, CA

January 8

Tonic, 10:00 PM
Trio with Sylvie Courvoisier, Okkyung Lee and Miya Masaoka

2006

June 24

Miya Masaoka, koto and electronics, Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Okkyung Lee (cello)
The Stone 8:00 PM

June 18

Miya Masaoka (koto, electronics), Silvie Courvoisier (pno), Peggy Lee (cello)
Vision Festival XI
Angel Orensanz Foundation For The Arts
172 Norfolk Street (just south of Houston)
5:00 PM (five sets of performers)
$25/night or $125 for the entire festival

June 5

Pieces for Plants #7
The 2006 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression is the 6th conference on new musical interface design and technology. This year, the conference is hosted by IRCAM - Centre Pompidou, in Paris from June 4-8 2006 in collaboration with the MINT/OMF of the Sorbonne University.
Espace de Projection, IRCAM, Paris, France 6:30 PM

May 27

unlikely couplings
a new series
Miya Masaoka and Anthony Coleman as a duo.
Unlikely Couplings brings together artists from different branches of new music to create new languages and new inspiration.
Issue Project Room 8:00 PM
$10.00

May 13

Join renowned composer/performers Kitty Brazelton & Dafna Naphtali, Gisburg, Mari Kimura, Miya Masaoka and Lois V. Vierk in a Mother's Day Concert.
Tonic
107 Norfolk Street, NYC 7:00 PM
$10 in advance, $12 at the door
212-358-7501

April 8

Trio Ochs / Masaoka / Lee
tentative: Porgy and Bess
Vienna

April 7

Trio Ochs / Masaoka / Lee
Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana
Slovenia

April 6

Trio Ochs / Masaoka / Lee
Graz, Austria

April 5

Trio Ochs / Masaoka / Lee
Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana
Slovenia

April 4

Trio Ochs / Masaoka / Lee
Teatro Fondamente Nuove
Venice

April 1

Trio Ochs / Masaoka / Lee
Musicus Concentus
Florence, Italy

March 31

Trio Ochs / Masaoka / Lee
Sud Des Alpes (AMR)
Geneva

March 30

Trio Ochs / Masaoka / Lee
De Werf in Bruges, Belgium

March 29

Trio Ochs / Masaoka / Lee
Saarländisches Künstlerhaus
Saarbrucken, Germany

March 28

Trio Ochs / Masaoka / Lee
Les Instants Chavires in Montreuil
Paris, France

March 20

Radio WPS1 Art Radio, a MoMa affiliate
Curated by Elliott Sharp
Miya Masaoka: Works Old and New
First broadcast March 20, 2006
Listen to Archive

March 18

First set: Miya Masaoka: SOLO (Program includes Pieces for Plants #7, Open Fields for Laser Koto and other selections) 8:00 PM
Second set: Susie Ibbarra and Roberto Rodriguez: DUO Issue Project Room
400 Carroll Street
between Bond and Nevins
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Telephone: 718-330-0313

March 8

ROVA presents
Miya Masaoka: Talk and Performance
21 Grand
416 25th St.
Oakland, CA
$10-$15 *Sliding Tix: 510.44.GRAND
415.487.1701 for info
Improv:21 programs explore the art and practice of improvisation through a shifting (i.e. "improvised") combination of onstage lecture and dialogue, musical demonstration and performance, and audience question-and-answer forum. Reasonably priced and easily accessible, these two-hour events are designed to inform, inspire, challenge, and enlighten a wide-ranging audience, from professional and amateur musicians to listeners of all backgrounds and levels of experience. These events are hosted by critic and KPFA radio host Derk Richardson. For the next three events, the series moves to Oakland's 21 Grand (416 25th St. at Broadway).

March 2

Santa Fe International Festival of Electroacoustic Music
SFIFEM 2006 - 10th Anniversary The O'Shaughnessy Performance Space, Benildus Hall, College of Santa Fe, 8:00 PM
Miya Masaoka
Thomas Buckner

February 10

Torino, Italy 2006 Winter Olympics
The Charles Morrow Sound Cube will be up and running in the village of Sestriere, near Torino, Italy, in the Piazzale Fraiteve, for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Sound works by six artists will be cycled through the Sound Cube to give the 3D aural experience to visitors from all over the world.

The following artists' works are being presented in the MorrowSound Cube: Olivia Block, Miya Masaoka, Steve McCaffery, Charlie Morrow, Scanner and Vlada Tomova.

February 5

Miya Masaoka (koto, laser koto, laptop), Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Okkyung Lee (cello)
The Stone, New York, NY, 10:00
http://www.thestonenyc.com

January 17

Reggie Workman (Bass), Gerry Hemingway (drums, electronics), Miya Masaoka (koto, laptop)
The Stone, New York, NY, 8:00
http://www.thestonenyc.com

January 15

Western Front (Vancouver) and Kunstradio ORF (Vienna) present:

Chironomy
A Wiencouver Internet Performance — a prelude to Art's Birthday . Conceived by Miya Masaoka.

5 pm Eastern Standard Time
2 pm Pacific Standard Time
11 pm Central European Time

In Vancouver: Miya Masaoka (koto, laser koto, laptop), François Houle, (clarinet, laptop, electronics), and Giorgio Magnanensi (electronics)
In Vienna: Klaus Filip (laptop) and Burkhard Stangl (guitars, electronics)

Both video and audio streams can be accessed from http://aaeol.ca/pages/2006/masaoka/index.html
from Vancouver: http://lists.front.bc.ca/stream.php
from Vienna: http://stream.sil.at:7562/listen.pls

Concert in the Grande Luxe
Western Front, 303 East, 8th Ave, Vancouver - 604-876-9343
Sunday, January 15 - Doors open 1:30 pm - Live stream 2 pm PST (11 pm CET in Vienna)
Tickets $10/$5 at the door. FREE for Western Front members.

2005

December 11

Electronic Music Foundation: An Ear to the Earth 1
Frederick Loewe Theater
35 West 4th Street, New York, NY, 8:00
Knowing the World Through Sound is a pre-festival symposium and concert with Andrea Polli, Steven Feld, David Dunn, Miya Masaoka, David Rothenberg, and others.
This symposium and concert, produced by EMF in collaboration with NYU, is an introductory event to An Ear to the Earth, a citywide festival of music and sound that explores the nature of our sonic environment and how it affects us. In this symposium, we will discuss the use of music and sound to illuminate environmental issues and to engage the public in environment awareness.
http://www.emfproductions.org/year0506/eartoearth/symposium.html

October 20 - December 17, 2005

Blur of the Otherworldly: Contemporary Art, Technology and the Paranormal
Center For Art and Visual Culture
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD
Fine Arts Building, Room 105
Gallery Hours - Tues. through Sat. 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Curated by Mark Alice Durant and Jane Marsching
Organized by the Center for Art and Visual Culture, UMBC
Blur of the Otherworldly: Contemporary Art, Technology and the Paranormal is a major traveling exhibition featuring thirty-two contemporary artist whose work employs modern communication technologies (photography, film, video, radio, internet, and digital media.). Artists include Moriko Mori, Paul DeMarinis, Craig Baldwin, Miya Masaoka...
http://www.umbc.edu/cavc/past_blur.html

October 19

iEAR Presents! Miya Masaoka - In Concert
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
West Hall Auditorium, 7:30
$5/Free with RPI ID
Contact: iEAR 518-276-4829
http://events.rpi.edu/eventView.do?eventId=3419

September 10

Project RITE II: Presented by Electronic Music Foundation
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th Street NY, 8:00
http://www.emf.org
http://smarttix.com

September 8

Project RITE I

Bruce Gremo (shakuhachi and computer), Yoshihiro Kanno (composer and composer processing), Mari Kimura (violin and computer), Miya Masaoka (koto and computer), Tamani Tono (sho and computer)
Chelsea Art Museum
556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, 7:30, Pre-concert talk 7:00
http://www.chelseaartmuseum.org

August 28

Larry Ochs (sax) Miya Masaoka (koto), Peggy Lee (cello).
Bimhuis, Amsterdam, 9:00
http://www.bimhuis.nl

August 25

Ochs/Masaoka/Lee
Noumatrouff, France
http://www.jazz-mulhouse.org

August 27

Ferwerd
Groningen, The Netherlands

August 14

Larry Ochs (sax), Miya Masaoka (koto), Okkyung Lee (cello)
The Stone, New York, NY, 8:00
http://www.thestonenyc.com

2003

October 10-11

While I Was Walking, I Heard a Sound. For Mixed Choir; World Premiere. San Francisco Chamber Singers, San Francisco Choral Society, Piedmont Children's Choir and nine vocalists, Randy Wong, Amy X Neuberg, Dina Emerson and others. 100-150 singers. Bob Geary, conducting.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts tenth anniversary.
Also on same program: Excerpt from KOTO, with Alonzo King's Lines Ballet. Miya Masaoka performing live.

October 3

Miya Masaoka and Musicians
Asian American Jazz Fesival

August 16

Pieces For Plants. Performance and Installation with bio-feedback of Climbing Philodendron.
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Homemade Instrument Day

June 1–July 11

MFA Faculty at Bard College, New York

June 27

George Lewis, Miya Masaoka, Hamid Drake, Maryln Crispell
Vancouver International Jazz Fesival, Vancouver East Cultural Center, 9:30
http://www.coastaljazz.ca

June 26

String Stories with Joelle Leandre, India Cooke, Miya Masaoka.
Vancouver International Jazz Fesival, Western Front, 5:30
http://www.coastaljazz.ca

June 21

Solo koto with simultaneous musical performances in a labyrinth of spaces.
Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, CA