11/14/2021 live solo concert – livestream only
Wood God Blues at Old First Church.
Full concert description here.
Wood God Blues at Old First Church.
Winner! Best Music Video, January 2021
Tokyo International Short Film Festival
Shakuhachi Music Video “Green Swampy Water”
4/7/2021 live solo concert – replay
20 Years of Shakuhachi
20 Years of Shakuhachi
10/10/2020 live solo concert – replay
10 Years of Mukyoku 無曲
10 Years of Mukyoku 無曲
10 Years of Mukyoku 無曲 = Concert Program HERE
August 7, 2020 live solo concert – replay
Center for New Music, San Francisco
Center for New Music, San Francisco
June 26, 2020 live solo concert – replay
May 31, 2020 live solo concert – replay
April 12, 2020 live solo concert – replay
April 5, 2020 live solo concert – replay
Great press on the new video in Paste Magazine written by Oktay Ege Kozak
Bass Shakuhachi Ensemble Debut: the only composing Taimu Group
Pre-Videogame Live Performance,
Sony PlayStation E3 2018
Photo by Stephanie Mohan, 2018
About Cornelius Boots
Cornelius Boots has forged his own no-holds-barred style as a professional woodwind performer/composer/teacher since 1989. He is a three-time graduate of Jacobs School of Music (BM Classical Clarinet ’97, BS Audio Recording ’97, MM Jazz Studies ’99) and licensed shihan (master) in the dynamic shakuhachi lineage of Watazumido. He is the recipient of international awards and is an active recording artist.
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Edmund Welles
About Edmund Welles: the bass clarinet quartet
Edmund Welles has had the distinction of being the world’s only original, composing band of four bass clarinetists, performing “heavy chamber music.” Cornelius Boots is the founder and principal composer of this former group. While the performing days of the group are over, material remains to be released. Sign up on Cornelius’ newsletter list to be alerted to future releases.
The bass clarinet has a 5 octave range and a huge span of tonal, melodic, and rhythmic capabilities…