Tradition
Innovation
Inspiration
Tradition
Innovation
& Inspiration
THE LATEST
Summer Concert Recap
After a lot of planning and preparation our summer recital at Leaven Community Center was a huge success. It was a hot day in the venue, but we managed to stay cool with otter pops and cold green tea. Best of all, we got to celebrate with all our friends, families, and OKK supporters.
We were happy to share some of our music with you. Even if many of those songs were already part of our group repertoire, each piece either had new players or players performing new parts. We're excited to start performing this music publicly soon. Until then, enjoy some of the highlights from the day!
Player Spotlight: Miko
Miko joined OKK back in 2021. Learn about her journey connecting with her heritage and learning more about Japanese culture through the koto.
About Oregon Koto-Kai
Oregon Koto-Kai is a group of musicians passionate about playing the Japanese koto. Founded by Mitsuki Dazai in February 2012 with only six members, the ensemble held its first concert that fall at Epworth United Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon. Since that time, the group has grown to 20 members, and they are featured artists at many festivals and venues throughout the Pacific Northwest each year.
Debut Album Kin Out Now
We're proud to announce that on June 9th we released our first album, Kin, both digitally and on CD! This project started over two years ago and we’re happy to finally share it with the world.
The incredible album art was created by Kayo Kondo-Cox and the beautiful 'Kin' calligraphy was done by Nobuko Chalfen. Kin is the 13th and highest string on a standard koto and because we're releasing this album during our 13th year as an organization, it also symbolizes our progress up to this point. We look forward to sharing koto music and Japanese culture with our community for many more years to come.
Digital and physical copies are now available on Bandcamp, or you can pick up your CD in person at select OKK performances.
Subscribe to
Oregon Koto-Kai
Be among the first to hear about our new shows, music, videos and so much more!