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- Biography: Burnett, Henry Horaku -
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Henry Horaku Burnett is a Professor at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College (CUNY) as well as a member of the doctoral faculty at the City University of New York, Graduate Center. Professor Burnett specializes in Japanese chamber music of the Tokugawa period (1603-1868). A principal student of Fusako Yoshida, Henry Burnett received his natori (teaching license) in both koto and sangen, as well as the performing name Horaku, from her school (Seiha Ikuta-ryu) in 1979. He has appeared often in concerts in New York City and elsewhere, including several concert tours of Japan. Besides performing and teaching, Professor Burnett is the executive director of the Traditional Japanese Music Society of the City University of New York, and the editor of its journal, Hogaku.
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