08:00 PM Yumi Hara Cawkwell w/
Jon Raskin Quartet (Liz Allbee, George Cremaschi,
Gino Robair and
Jon Raskin)
Yumi Hara Cawkwell studied medicine in Japan and practised as a psychiatrist for eight years before moving to the UK in 1993. In 1999, she graduated in music from City University in London with a first-class honours degree, and has completed her PhD in composition at City University under Rhian Samuel in 2005. She has received a number of awards including a prize in the Continuum Ensemble Improvisation Competition, Sculpted Sound competition and the British Medical Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology Fanfare Competition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA. She has been nominated as a finalist for the British Composer Awards 2006 in solo and duo category. Her music has been performed by, among others, PianoCircus, Ensemble Bash, OKEANOS, Jane Chapman, Kate Ryder, Michael Bonaventure and Trio Japan in concerts and festivals in the UK and Japan. She has led voice improvisation workshops for the Yokohama Boys and Girls Chorus at the ISCM World Music Days in 2001. She regularly gives improvised performances as a solo vocalist (with electronics), is active as a DJ, and since 1996, has been a member of the performance-art girlband Frank Chickens. She also performs with Lemon Squeezer and Farmyard Animals. She is Lecturer in Music at University of East London. http://www.yumiharacawkwell.co.uk/
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Gino Robair and John Butcher, 2008