- “Songs For The World“ Call for Scores NEW!
The Tokyo Tower Cultural Festival VI is holding an open call for scores for the "Songs for the World” Festival. We believe that international exchange through music is about enjoying and empathizing globally beyond national borders. This year's theme is "Music that anyone can hum" and will be broadcasted from Tokyo Tower to the world. There are two main themes this year and we are encouraging submissions from a wide range of people including from professional poets to music composers to music lovers.
Please see the details below.
We sincerely look forward to receiving your submissions.
Tokyo Tower Culture Festival VI Executive Committee
Cultural Sending Promotion Committee (CSPC)
Representative: Haruka TachibanaTheme 1: Songs from Around the World that Touch Our Hearts. “World Song” Public Call for Submissions
Application Guidelines
Purpose: We are looking for songs that anyone can hum, are easy to sing, and resonate with the heart.
Eligibility: Applicants must have a proven track record in songwriting or poetry (lyric writing) activities, whether in Japan or abroad.
Form of work: A set of songs and poems
Notes: The work must be written by the songwriter and the lyricist. The work may be composed by a pair of separate lyricists and composers, or by the same person as the lyricist and composer. The judges may make additions or arrangements for the purpose of the contest and for publication and dissemination of the works.
Performance time: 5 minutes or less
Judging criteria: The level of difficulty is whether the work can be sung by members of an amateur choir. The work must be genuinely moving to the heart, meaning that the judges and trial performers are touched by the music in some way.
Judges: Satoru Nakanishi, Takayuki Maruyama, Maruyama, Haruka Tachibana, Poet (lyricist), (1 open call), Song lovers (2 open call)
Fee: 8,000 yen per piece
Deadline schedule: November 30, 2022
Announcements: Qualifying entries will be announced on January 9, 2023, and winning entries will be announced at the Tokyo Tower Cultural Festival VI on March 5, 2023.
Prizes
Prizes: 1st place (prize money: 100,000 yen + additional prize)
3 Encouragement Prizes (total of 20,000 yen + extra prize)(1) Publication of the score (copyright will be contracted with the publisher Mother Earth).
(2) The first performance on March 5, 2023 on a special stage at the Tokyo Tower Observation Deck (singer: Natsu Maruyama and others), which will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube.
How to apply
(1) Please request an application sheet by e-mail, telephone, or fax as follows
E-mail: info@cspc-japan.com
Phone: +81-3-3455-6881
Fax : +81-3-3455-6883
2）Please complete and return the stipulated application sheet, transfer the participation fee, and submit your entry online. Handwritten mail will also be accepted.
2. "Original Songs to Connect Hearts and Minds"
Invitation to Participate
Application Guidelines
Purpose: We are looking for songs that anyone can enjoy, interesting songs, and new songs.
Songs to be performed: Songs that can be sung by anyone.
Eligibility: Anyone from around the world is welcome to apply.
Form of work: Video of singing (free accompaniment). Private videos (you are required to upload your video to the designated website). Only original, unpublished works may be submitted. Arranged works and songs in the form of skits are not acceptable. Videos or content deemed inappropriate for video distribution will be disqualified. The applicant does not have to be the singer of the song. Melody alone without accompaniment is acceptable. Singing with the accompaniment of an instrument of your choice is acceptable. It is acceptable if the singer is the main subject of the video, if the singer is not shown in the video, or if the video is accompanied by a creative animation.Performance time: 3 minutes or less
Participation fee: 2,000 yen
Prize: Recommendation stamp! 10 publicly released songs with. Prize: (5,000 yen per song)
Extra prize: Publication in the Recommended Stamps Collection. For the purpose of the contest and for publication and dissemination of the works, the works may be arranged or supplemented, so please submit works with permission and approval for arrangement or supplementation (copyright will be contracted with Mother Earth, the publisher). (The copyright will be contracted with the publisher, Mother Earth.) You will be able to submit your work for the Grand Prize for Stamp Works, which will be held in the following year.
Judging Criteria: The songs that most people will enjoy singing after hearing them once will be given a "Stamp of Recommendation"! The stamp will be given to the song that is most enjoyable to sing once heard by a large number of people. The works that receive the stamp will be given priority for recommendation for the next year's project.Selection Committee: Katsuhiro Tsubono, Satoru Nakanishi, Takayuki Maruyama, Maruyama, Haruka Tachibana
Please note: Videos that people find offensive or videos that the judges deem problematic in terms of copyright will be disqualified. If a work with copyright infringement is discovered, even after the recommendation, the stamp of recommendation will be revoked. (The judging fee will not be refunded in such cases.)
Deadline: December 10, 2022
Method of announcement: The announcement will be made at the Tokyo Tower Cultural Festival VI on March 5, 2023.
Recommended stamps will be available on You Tube from March 10, 2023.
How to apply: 1.
1) Please request an application sheet by e-mail below.
E-mail: info@cspc-japan.com
Phone: +81-3-3455-6881
Fax: +81-3-3455-6883
2）Please complete and return the prescribed application sheet, and transfer the participation fee to the bank account for online entry.
3. Video Performance Competition of Mother Earth's Published Works
The award will be given to the piece with the most views on YouTube among Mother Earth's published works.
Purpose: To promote contemporary music.
Objectives: Video or sound recordings of performances of scores published by Mother Earth
You can purchase Mother Earth's sheet music here.
Japanese: https://onlineshop.mother-earth-publishing.com/
English: https://onlineshop-en.mother-earth-publishing.com/
Eligibility: None in particular (prior permission is required for partial use)
Form of work: Video (sound alone is acceptable). Already published works are also acceptable.
Entry fee: Free
Prizes: (1)
Prize for the most viewed during the period (number of views from November 1, 2022 to the end of February 2023)
1st prize: 10,000 yen, 2nd prize: 5,000 yen, 3rd prize: 3,000 yen, and
The prize for the most viewed in total (for the performance of a work over a long period of time)
1st prize: 10,000 yen, 2nd prize: 5,000 yen, 3rd prize: 3,000 yen
No prize: Yes (with a minimum number of plays)
Deadline: October 30
Announcement and awards for the most popular entries will be held in March at the Tokyo Tower Observation Deck and at the Tokyo Tower Cultural Festival venue.
How to apply:
(1) Please request an application sheet by e-mail, telephone or fax as follows
E-mail: info@cspc-japan.com
Phone: +81-3-3455-6881
Fax : +81-3-3455-6883
2）Please complete and return the stipulated application sheet and transfer the entry fee before entering online. Handwritten mail and faxes are also accepted.
Competition Committee: Satoru Nakanishi, Katsuhiro Tsubono, Takayuki Maruyama, Maruyama
General Producer: Haruka Tachibana
Organized by: Cultural Sending Promotion CommitteeSupported by: Toshiba International Foundation
Cooperation: Mother Earth Co.＜For inquiries and applications, please contact
5-29-22-403 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014
CSPC (Cultural Sending Promotion Committee)
tel:03-3455-6881
fax: 03-3455-6883
E-mail:info@cspc-japan.com
http://cspc-japan.com
- Minato Meet the World Part 2
You can take a lesson on Koto for free.
You can participate even if you are not a Koto club member at TIS.
You can participate in the Tokyo Tower concert on January 18th.
Age: Over 7 years old
Day and place
Takanawa ward center / 3F KOUSYU-Room
December 17
January 12
January 15
Shibaura Citizens Center / KOUSYU-Room
December 16
December 23
January 13
Odaiba Citizens Center / Japanese Style Room
December 19
January 10
January 16
Time: 17: 30-18: 30 (group lessons), 18: 30- (private, family lessons)If you will participate in all classes, it's OK. Of course , only once is OK
too.
Teacher: YORIKO, Haruka Tachibana
You must make a reservation in advance.
Please apply by the day before.
E-mail: info@cspc-japan.com
090-1592-2913( Haruka Tachibana)
Please enjoy the valuable experience.Cultural Sending Promotion Committee
Tel:03-3455-6881 Fax:03-3455-6883
E-mail: info@cspc-japan.com
URL: http://www.cspc-japan.com
- World Collaboration Concert @Kioi Hall
World Collaboration Concert @Kioi Hall
Date: National Hholiday(Tuesday) , October 22, 2019
Time: 12: 45PM (Doors Open) 1:30PM (Start)Oksana Stepanyuk (Soprano opera singer, Bandura )
Akane Otsuka (Flute)
Usmanov Shavkatjon(doira)
Otaboev Asilbek (soz, ud)
Akemi Tatemichi (Koto)
YORIKO (Koto)
Kenji Kanemasu (piano)
Michiaki Okada (Shakuhachi)
Ayako Shigenari (Koto)
Kenji & ,other(Argentine tango dancer)— Program —
Ukraine & Japan
・ Ukraine song (Going to the Mountain, Blue Night, Two Streams)
・ Ukrainian folk song (Marigold, Violin)
・ Venice Carnival, Capinera (composition by Benedict)
・ From “Lummel Mall Lucia” (composed by Donizetti)
・ From “Onatsu-Kyoran” (composed by Toshiko Sekiya / arranged by Kenji Kanemasu )
・ Ave Maria (Composed by Caccini)
・ Tsubame (Armenian folk song / arranged by YORIKO)Uzbekistan & Japan
・ Uzbekistan music
・New Song ( composed by Yoshiharu Ganryu)World premiere
・New Song (composed by E'zoza Jalilova /Uzbekistan composer)World premiereArgentina & Japan
・ "Mai" for flute solo (composed by Toshinao Sato)
・Duo for 20 Gen-Koto and Flute (composed by Etsuko Hori)
・ Scent Suite, Waltz of Buenos Aires (Composition by Kenji Kanemasu)
・ Libertango, Oblivion, Escuaro (composed by Piazzolla)
・ New Song (Composition by Kenji Kanemasu)World premiere
Location: Kioi Hall
6-5 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPANGeneral Admission: S- Seat 5,000 yen, A- Seat 5,000 yen, 2nd-floor Seat 4,000 yen, Student Tickets: 2,000 yen
Tickets & Information & Organization
CSPC (Cultural Sending Promotion Committee)
TEL: +81-3-3455-6881 / FAX: +81-3-3455-6883
Info@space-cultural-exchange.com /URL: http://www.cspc-japan.com
5-29-22-403 Shiba Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan 108-0014
Tickets Center
Kioi Hall TEL:+81-3-3237-0061Organizers: Cultural Sending Promotion Committee /Certified:Tokyo 2020 program/
Cooperation: Uzbekistan Embassy, Uzbekistan State Conservatory, Ukraine Embassy, many others. / Observatory, Beyond 2020 program, Tokyo 2020 program, many others.
- Tokyo Tower Arts Festival III @ Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower Arts Festival III @ Tokyo Tower
“An Arts Festival of music, art and sports connecting Japan with the World”
Tokyo Tower Arts Festival III 2019
Dates:Saturday, March 2, 2019
Location:Tokyo Tower - Main Stage:
Basement Floor
Admission::
Free Admission All-Day
(Special Seats 2,500yen)
Event Coordinators:
Haruka Tachibana, Joseph Amato
Music Director: Katsuhiro TsubonouEvent Program:
<<Part I Program>>
11:00-12:45: Student Concert
(Free Admission)
International and Japanese students perform
Japanese traditional music.<<Part II Program>>
13:00-16:45: International Concert
(Free Admission, Special seats: 2,500yen)
A) Lecture: Uzbekistan Archaeological Discovery with Haruki Yasuda, Professor Rissho University
Special Speech:Gayrat FAZILOV Ambassador of Uzbekistan
B) Concert:
Uzbekistani, Romanian, Ukraine, Chile and Switzerland:traditional musical instruments and dance.<<Part III Program>>
17:00-19:30: Japanese Culture Presentation
(Free Admission, Special seats: 2,500yen)
A) Film and Lecture: "2018 Peace and Rebirth" performing "Orochi" by composer Koichi Taniya presentation from Hiroshima Kagura dancers and musicians and Elizabeth University Wind Ensemble.
B) Concert: Marina Ueda, Japanese koto
C) Concert: Haruko Takahashi, marimba＜＜Event area performers＞＞
Koto：Akemi Tatemichi・Marina Ueda・Yukiko Misaki・YORIKO・Tokyo International School Koto club "Firefly"・ National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) "SAMURAI and PRINCESS"・Elementary school students in Minato-ku and Shinagawa-ku・Matsuyama Women's High School Koto Club・Toride Seitoku Women's Junior High School & High School Koto Club, Marimba：Haruko Takahashi・Takayuki Suzuki、Flute： Akane Otsuka、Pan flute：Susumu Otsuka、Chile dance：Cenia Sumiko & Grupo Folklorico Chile、Bandura：Oksana Stepanyuk、Saz：Otaboev Asilbek、Doira：Usmanov Shavkatjon、Alphorn：Yoshio Nakamura・Nobuyuki Sugawara・Tamae Konno, Chorus：Minami-ikuta Chorus・International students and children, Conductor：Reiko Sato, Composer：Katsuhiro Tsubonou・Yoshiharu Ganryu・Koji Tomotani・Seiichiro Kino・Takuo Kochi, Speech：Haruki Yasuda・Koji Tomotani・Violetta Udovik(Uk.)・Jim Zee(Sw.)、 Nankin-tamasudare：Yoyohime、English rakugo：Hanabi Ryusuitei, others.Exhibition:
★ Uzbekistan Archaelogical Special Exhibition (Rissho University)
Rissho University - "Buddhism and its journey via the Silk Road:Findings from the Uzbekistan Academic Research Team"Rissho University's history traces its roots back to the first Buddhist monks in the area of Osaki, Shinagawa-ku. The university's research department includes a partnership with the Uzbekistan Academic Research Group in Uzbekistan. They collaborate to perform excavation surveys of ancient Buddhist temples in the Republic of Uzbekistan showing how Buddhist culture formed in the Eurasian continent. Since 2014, the university has begun extensive excavation surveys of the monumental Buddhist monastery complex "Karatepe" in Termez, Uzbekistan. As well, in 2016, Rissho University has also begun excavation surveys around the "Zurmala" stupa located near the Karatepe.† Both Katatepe and Zurmala were built in the 2nd century.
★ 1st Maqom Art International Forum
★ Ethnic instruments of the world and traditional exhibition (provided by the Minato-ku Ward Embassy etc.)
★ Arts Exhibition
Tomoko Ebara・Yukihime Shirai・Tadashi Kitamura・Sho・Shinrei Hori, others.Second Floor:
★ Motanka Experience (Ukraine)
★ NANKIN-TAM-SUDARE
★ English RAKUGOTop Deck:
★ Photos Exhibition, other
Junko Tomiyama・Michiko Saito* Please note performers and schedule may change before festival day.
Organizers: Cultural Sending Promotion Committee / Joint Organizers: NPO Odaiba International Culture Exchange / Grant: Toshiba International Foundation /
Cooperation: Tokyo Tower, Internet Association Japan, Tokyo International School, Uzbekistan Embassy, Uzbekistan State Conservatory, Ukraine Embassy, Romania Embassy, Swiss Embassy, Embassy of Minato Ward, tremor, many others.
Contributors: The Japan Foundation, J-COM, Minato-ku International Association, Minato-ku Education Association, Minato-ku Visitors Center, Mother Earth Publishing, Hogaku Journal, The Japan-Uzbekistan Association / Observatory, Beyond 2020 program, many others.For Tickets or more information please contact:
CSPC (Cultural Sending Promotion Committee)
TEL: 03-3455-6881 / FAX: 03-3455-6883
Info@space-cultural-exchange.com
www.cspc-japan.com
- TOKYO TOWER ARTS FESTIVAL IITokyo Tower Arts Festival II
TOKYO TOWER ARTS FESTIVAL IITokyo Tower Arts
Festival II< Connect to the future> “A Two-Day Arts Festival of music, art andsports connecting Japan with the World”
For more information on all events and the complete schedule, please
check our homepage at HYPERLINK :http://cspc-japan.com Tokyo
Tower Arts Festival II 2017
Dates: Saturday, November 11 and Sunday November 12, 2017Event
Coordinators: Haruka Tachibana, Takafumi Tanaka, Joseph Amato, Moeko
IshikawaMusic Director: Katsuhiro TsubonouLocation: Two stages:
Tokyo Tower Main Stage and Observation Dekl StageAdmission: Main Stage:
Basement Floor (Free Admission All-Day) Observation Deck: Club
333 Stage First Floor (Free Admission,Observatories fee only)
Organizers: Cultural Sending Promotion Committee / Joint Organizers:
Hogaku Journal / Grant: Toshiba International Foundation /Cooperation:
Tokyo Tower, Internet Association Japan, NPO Sports Coaching Initiative
Tokyo International School, Jump SQ Editor, Kantele Japan Friendship,
Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Japan, Uzbekistan Embassy,
Dominican Embassy, Roland, Survey, Barushure Tokyo, many
others/Contributors: The Japan Foundation, Finland Embassy, J-COM,
Minato-ku International Association, Minato-ku Education Association,
Minato-ku Visitors Center, Mother Earth Publishing, King Records, meny
others/Beyond 2020 program
For Tickets or more information please contact:CSPC (Cultural Sending Promotion
Committee)
TEL: 03-3455- 6881 / FAX: 03-3455- 6883
Info@space-cultural- exchange.comwww.cspc-japan.com
Tokyo Tower Observation Deck StageClub 333 Stage Concert"Traditional Music
to Contemporary Music"Saturday, November 11, 20174 performances: 1:00pm,
3:00pm, 5:00pm, 7:00pmSunday, November 12, 20174 performances: 1:00pm,
3:00pm, 5:00pm, 7:00pmMusical instruments: Koto, Shakuhachi, Shamisen,
Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano, Harp, Doira (Dayereh) , Kantele, Clarinet, Bassoon,
Marimba, Tuba, Swiss Cowbell, plus voice, choirs, string ensembles and other
instruments.The weekend event includes an international collaboration with various world music
instruments including Swiss cowbells, Finnish kantele and other world music instruments.Club 333 Tokyo
Tower live global broadcast Saturday, November 13, 2017 features live global broadcast on Tokyo Tower
TV and on this website: http://tokyotower.tv/Tokyo Tower Main Hall (Basement Floor)Saturday, November
11 and Sunday, November 12, 201711:00am – 7:00pmExhibition Space: Various vendors including arts,
sports and education companies.Event Space: Enjoy various workshops and hands-on experiences with
international artists and musicians from Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Finland, Chile and Japan, plus musical
instruments from around the world. Tokyo International School Choirs and String Ensemble.
