Composer and Painter Seek and Find Valuable Expression as Parks October Artists in Residence
Summary
He has also worked as a professional stand-up bassist with various noted Jazz musicians, and is also a classical guitar duo partner to Carlos Barboso-Lima, the influential Brazilian virtuoso.There is an elemental dynamism in the medium of paint that resembles the play of centers and rhythym in music, almost to the point of a synthetic (the linkage of the senses) awareness.Byron Yasui, a composer and professional jazz musician, enthusiast and champion of the ‘ukulele as a serious instrument, and Professor Emeritus of Theory and Composition at the University of Hawai’i, and his partner, Noreen Naughton, an accomplished cellist and painter.The two will hold public workshops in their respective mediums.There is an elemental dynamism in the medium of paint that resembles the play of centers and rhythym in music, almost to the point of a synthetic (the linkage of the senses) awareness.Bring your ‘ukes, and have fun with a master of the instrument.Noreen Naughton will hold painting workshops for the public on Saturday, October 8th and Saturday October 22nd, at 10 am.In these Ms. Naughton will talk about her process of discovering the subject and how she arrives at abstraction while painting out in the Park.The National Parks Arts Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 supported by all sorts of donations from the public.