United States of America
The Gothard Sisters in 2022
Cultural Exchange
June 1966
Overseas Dispatches to the U.S.A. by Japanese Artist
December 1966
Overseas Dispatches to the U.S.A. by Japanese Artist
October 1967
Ovearseas Dispatches to the U.S.A. by Japanese Artists (Linda Yamamoto, Toru Arima & Noche Cubana)
September 1968
American Ballet Theater
October 1968
Overseas Dispatches to the U.S.A. by Japanese Artist
September 1969
Maestro Zubin Mehta with Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
August 1970
Southern California Youth Chorale
October 1970
Overseas Dispatches to the U.S.A. by Japanese Artist
February 1971
Gala Concert by Jacques Brourman (Conductor)
May 1971
Overseas Dispatches to the U.S.A. by Japanese Artist
June 1972
Overseas Dispatches to the U.S.A. by Japanese Artist
June 1975
Herbie Hancock Quintet
January 1977
Gala Concert by Alan Balter (Conductor)
May 1980
Ida Kavafian (violinist)
May 1983
Paul Zukofsky (violinist)
May 1983
The Boston Symphony Chamber Players
June 1984
New Orleans Jazz Kings
October 1984
George Chakiris
November 1984
Pascual Olivera & Angela del Moral
May 1985
Ernestine Anderson (Vocalist)
May 1985
Shunzo Ohno (trumpeter) and New York Special Session
November 1985
The Mantovani Orchestra
November 1985
Interlink Festival ’85
January 1986
Wayne Shorter
March 1986
Stoney Lonesome
July 1986
George Chakiris
November 1986
Ernestine Anderson (Vocalist)
December 1986
Harvey Sollberger (flutist), Terry Riley (composer) in “Interlink Festival ’86”
May 1987
The Boston Symphony Chamber Players
May 1987
Shunzo Ohno and New York Special Session
July 1987
Bobby Vinton
September 1987
Suzanne Vega
October 1987
Kronos Quartet in “Interlink Festival ’87”
October 1987
Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Buster Williams and Shunzo Ohno in the Super Sounds Autumn ’87
November 1987
The Mantovani Orchestra
January 1988
Pat Boone
March 1988
Tina Turner
September 1988
Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Buster Williams and Shunzo Ohno in the Super Sounds Dream Jam Session ’88
December 1988
Kronos Quartet
December 1988
Paul Zukofsky in “Interlink Festival ’88”
May 1989
Neil Sedaka
September 1989
Kronos Quartet
September 1989
Deniece Williams in “Pan Pacific Music Festival”
October 1989
Relâche in “Interlink Festival ’89”
October 1989
Expose
December 1989
Kronos Quartet
May 1990
Patti Page
June 1990
Natalie Cole
August 1990
Lisa Parker and Anne Farber in Min-On workshop
September 1990
Sureeta in “’90 Pan Pacific Music Festival”
November 1990
The Able-Steinberg-Winant Trio in “Interlink Festival ’90”
December 1990
Lawrence Leighton Smith (Conductor)
December 1990
Stanley Clarke and George Duke
January 1991
The Platters
March 1991
Kronos Quartet
August 1991
Patricia Neary (choreographer), the jury of the 1st Tokyo Int’l Competition for Choreography
September 1991
Chaka Khan in “’91 Pan Pacific Music Festival”
October 1991
Henry Fogel, the jury for the 9th Tokyo Int’l Music Competition for Conducting
December 1991
Ben E. King
June 1992
The Brothers Four
September 1992
Patti Austin in “’92 Pan Pacific Music Festival”
October 1992
The Lettermen
October 1992
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra with Zdenek Macal
April 1993
John Cage Memorial Concert
May 1993
Brenda Lee
May 1993
Kronos Quartet
July 1993
Harvard Glee Club
August 1993
Min-On workshop by Lisa Parker and Anne Farber
August 1993
Marcia Siegel (professor), jury of the 2nd Tokyo Int’l Competition for Choreography
November 1993
The Platters
May 1994
Shunzo Ohno (Trumpeter)
July 1994
Henry Fogel, jury for the 10th Tokyo Int’l Music Competition for Conducting
October 1994
Herbie Hancock Japan Tour
October 1994
The Lettermen
November 1994
The Drifters
December 1994
Lawrence Leighton Smith (Conductor)
January 1995
Gala Concert by Dorian Wilson (Conductor)
January 1996
The Supremes
May 1996
Kronos Quartet
June 1996
Eastman Wind Ensemble
July 1996
One O’Clock Lab Band of the University of North Texas
November 1996
Elvis Presley Jr.
January 1997
The Four Aces
September 1997
Country Tonite
November 1997
Nestor Torres
November 1997
Denis de Coteau (music director), jury for the 11th Tokyo Int’l Music Competition for Conducting
November 1997
George Cleve (music director), jury for the 11th Tokyo Int’l Music Competition for Conducting
December 1997
Lawrence Leighton Smith (conductor)
April 1998
The Four Aces
April 1998
Broadway Musical “Smokey Joe’s Cafe”
November 1998
Wayne Shorter and the Fantastic Five
January 2000
Shunzo Ohno (trumpeter)
September 2000
The Brothers Four
September 2001
Art Garfunkel
May 2002
Shunzo Ohno (trumpeter)
September 2002
The Brothers Four
February 2003
Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove in “Directions in Music”
October 2003
Nestor Torres
March 2004
Yo Kano (jazz pianist)
April 2004
Shunzo Ohno (trumpeter)
May 2005
Nestor Torres
July 2005
Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter in “Emissaries for Peace”
November 2005
Yo Kano (jazz pianist)
April 2006
Yo Kano (jazz pianist)
August 2006
John Bayless (pianist)
September 2006
Nestor Torres
March 2008
John Bayless (pianist)
October 2008
Brass Angeles 2008
“Odyssey”
July 2009
New York City Young People’s Chorus
October 2009
Shunzo Ohno (trumpeter)
July 2010
New York City Young People’s Chorus
February 2011
Shunzo Ohno (trumpeter)
August 2011
The Platters
September 2011
Benny Goodman Orchestra
August 2012
The Fascination with Hawaiian Music Concert/Raiatea Helm、Kohala、Sonny Lim, and others
October 2012
Naoki Ishikawa & Boston Brass
November 2013
Herbie Hancock
November 2013
Benny Goodman Orchestra
June 2014
The Fascination with Hawaiian Music Concert Raiatea Helm, Kohala, Nathan Aweau
June 2014
The Festival of Dixieland Jazz Shannon Powell New Orleans All Stars
October 2015
America-Japan Dance Battle (Street Dancers)
March 2016
The sound of the Supremes
March 2016
The Festival of Dixieland Jazz Ⅱ by Shannon Powell and others
September 2016
The Fascination with Hawaiian Music Concert by Raiatea Helm、Kohala、Nathan Aweau
November 2017
“Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter” with Terrilyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding
July 2018
New York City Young People’s Chorus
November 2018
Min-On Global Session”Voice” by Paris Lundon(Singer)
September 2019
The Gothard Sisters
September 2022
The Gothard Sisters
September 2023
Healing Hawaiian Music and Charming Hula by Pomaika’I, Kohala and others
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