Daniel Nyohaku Soergel
Shakuhachi Resume

1998 Began Shakuhachi study with Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin , Kinko-Ryu Grandmaster, student of Yodo Kurahashi after returning from a trip to Kyoto, Japan.

1990 First Gaikyo-ku performances with New York Sankyoku-Kai. Henry Horaku Burnett, Shamisen, Sherrie Hoshun Kato, Koto. at Tenri Cultural Institute in N,Y.C. Performed Honkyoku at Brooklyn Botanical Garden's Sakura Matsrui Festival.

1991 Gaikyo-ku performances with Kazumi Ichikawa, Koto, and Henry Horaku Burnett, Shamisen , at Tenri Cultural Institute in N,Y.C.

1994-1995 Performed duets with Kaoru Suzuki, Koto, at the Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden's Moon Viewing in North Salem, Westchester, N.Y. Gaikyo-ku performance at the Asia Society in NYC

1995 Guest artist at the Brooklyn Unity Awards Ceremony hosted by Howard Golden, Brooklyn Borough President. Lecture demonstration for the monks of Dai-Bosatsu Zendo Monastery, Livingston Manor, Catskill Mountains, NY Completed study of the Kinko- Ryu Classical Repertoire (Okuden) advanced level.

1995 Concerts at Tenri Cultural Institute in Soho, NYC and the Three Jewels Buddhist Reading Room on East 4th Street in NYC Master classes with Yoshio Kurahashi, Katsura Yokoyama and Kifu Mitsuhashi.

1997 Awarded Jun-Shi Han Menjo (teaching certificate) for Kinko-Ryu Shakuhachi by Ronnie Seldin. Given the performance name "Nyohaku." Studied traditional Shakuhachi teaching techniques. Directed and produced the Autumn Equinox Celebration for St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, NYC in collaboration with the Lara McDonnell Dance Company. Composed original music for the Shakuhachi in the Honkyoku style.

1997 Music in the Tea House concert series at the John Humes Japanese Stroll Garden. Recorded first compact disk "Meditative Shakuhachi Solos." Dance Improvisation Project with Lucy Mahler, dancer, and Kazuo Sato, jazz basist. Franklin Street Performance Space, NYC Performed Honkyoku at Brooklyn Botanical Garden's Sakura Matsuri Festival.

1999 Guest Artist at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage Concert Series, livecast on the Internet (streaming audiovisual). Music in the Tea House concert series at the John Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Mill Neck, Long Island, N.Y.

2000 6BC garden concert series sponsored by the state of New York. Music in the Tea House concert series at the John Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Mill Neck, Long Island, N.Y.

2001 Guest Artist at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage Concert Series, livecast on the Internet (streaming audiovisual). 6BC garden concert series sponsored by the state of New York. Music in the Tea House concert series at the John Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Mill Neck, Long Island, N.Y.

Daniel Soergel is also an industrial designer. For more information, see his design website: the art of design

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