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In Shadows

IN SHADOWS

REFLECTIONS ON THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066

Sunday, October 16, 2022, at 7pm

Community Concert

Octave 9: Raisebeck Music Center | Benaroya Hall

Ticket Information: seattlesymphony.org/concerttickets


The Omoide Project of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of WA collaborated with composer Paul Kikuchi to create a new musical composition that reflects upon the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 and the multi-generational impact of the WW2 incarceration. Commissioned by the Seattle Symphony Community Composition Program, the new work blends orchestral strings and traditional Japanese instruments sanshin and taiko.


Mako Willett voice & sanshin

Stan Shikuma taiko

Paul Kikuchi percussion

Eduardo Rios violin

Emerson Millar violin

Olivia Chew viola

Meeka Quan DiLorenzo cello

Will Langlie - Miletich bass