Yuko Asada's guest appearances

Yuko Asada

Concert Honesty

Art Lives

Strike Up

Marc Brooks

Josh Quillen

Tracy Thornton

Andy Narell

Sarah Thomas

Dan Trueman

Steve Reich

Michael Rosen

Josh Jones

David Lloyd

Christopher Lee

Rebecca Kite

Casey Cangelosi

Matt Strauss

Richard Preston

OwlTail

Japanese-American steelpan builder, tuner, educator, pannist and arranger, Yuko Asada, discusses her life and career, some of the difficulties associated with pan building and tuning, and how steelpan is represented in Japan.   https://yukoasada.com/ https://www.niu.edu/music/faculty/asada.shtml  https://pan-mag.com/ https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/PAN-Players-Unite-by-panmagazine/69162113.WFLAH?ref=explore-for-you-recently-viewed  ---   This episode is sponsored by  · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.  https://anchor.fm/app  Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/strike-up/support

Japanese-American steelpan builder, tuner, educator, pannist and arranger, Yuko Asada, discusses her life and career, some of the difficulties associated with pan building and tuning, and how steelpan is represented in Japan.  <a href="https://yukoasada.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://yukoasada.com/</a> <a href="https://www.niu.edu/music/faculty/asada.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.niu.edu/music/faculty/asada.shtml</a> <a href="https://pan-mag.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pan-mag.com/</a> <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/PAN-Players-Unite-by-panmagazine/69162113.WFLAH?ref=explore-for-you-recently-viewed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/PAN-Players-Unite-by-panmagazine/69162113.WFLAH?ref=explore-for-you-recently-viewed</a> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/app</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/strike-up/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/strike-up/support</a>

Episode 12: Yuko Asada and the Japanese Pan Scene

Yuko Asada is a Japanese American musician who specializes in the steelpan. She builds and tunes steelpans, composes and arranges music, teaches, and performs on multiple steelpan voices as well as the piano.In this episode Yuko describes her duties at Northern Illinois University, and how they have changed since the pandemic. She also speaks about how the pandemic has affected her artistic and personal life, and has advice for younger artists, especially those who study cultures other than their own.Some of Yuko’s most recent performance and educational projects include:Pan In Unity, a virtual steelband of 691 performers from 23 countries, produced in 2020 by Yuko Asada, Dr. Mia Gormandy Benjamin and Tracy Thornton.Virtual Steelband (2015) and  Virtual Steelband II (2017) were the first large online mass-steelband projects, founded and produced by Yuko Asada, Abram Breiling, Dr. Mia Gormandy Benjamin,  and Scott McConnell.Yuko’s composition for traditional Thai instruments and steelband, "Forn Dueng Khrok Dueng Sak," was premiered in 2016. Art Lives Theme and Incidental music composed by Nicholaus Meyers, and performed by Nicholaus and Ken Jimenez. Art Lives Logo created by Eduardo Moreno. Art Lives is available here, on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. Art Lives Podcast RSS

<a href="https://www.yukoasada.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yuko Asada</a> is a Japanese American musician who specializes in the steelpan. She builds and tunes steelpans, composes and arranges music, teaches, and performs on multiple steelpan voices as well as the piano.In this episode Yuko describes her duties at Northern Illinois University, and how they have changed since the pandemic. She also speaks about how the pandemic has affected her artistic and personal life, and has advice for younger artists, especially those who study cultures other than their own.Some of Yuko’s most recent performance and educational projects include:<a href="https://www.paninunity.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pan In Unity</a>, a virtual steelband of 691 performers from 23 countries, produced in 2020 by Yuko Asada, Dr. Mia Gormandy Benjamin and Tracy Thornton.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=emb_logo&amp;v=2OkMIR1zzHw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Virtual Steelband</a> (2015) and <a href="https://youtu.be/jzuULdk6A5A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Virtual Steelband II </a>(2017) were the first large online mass-steelband projects, founded and produced by Yuko Asada, Abram Breiling, Dr. Mia Gormandy Benjamin, and Scott McConnell.Yuko’s composition for traditional Thai instruments and steelband,<a href="https://youtu.be/t_Ys97d33Vs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> "Forn Dueng Khrok Dueng Sak,</a>" was premiered in 2016. Art Lives Theme and Incidental music composed by <a href="https://www.nicholausmeyers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicholaus Meyers</a>, and performed by Nicholaus and Ken Jimenez. Art Lives Logo created by <a href="https://www.behance.net/edumoirf4f3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eduardo Moreno</a>. Art Lives is available here, on <a href="https://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/fanfaq.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/art-lives?refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>. <a href="https://www.elizabethdelamater.com/art-lives-podcast?format=rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art Lives Podcast RSS</a>

Season 3 - Episode 4: Yuko Asada

Yuko and I have been friends for a long time through our mutual mentor Cliff Alexis. She is an amazing musician, composer, arranger, pan tuner and builder. I’m honored to call her a friend. You won’t regret listening to this chat.

Yuko and I have been friends for a long time through our mutual mentor Cliff Alexis. She is an amazing musician, composer, arranger, pan tuner and builder. I’m honored to call her a friend. You won’t regret listening to this chat.

#115--Yuko Asada