Sofu no Nikkiden Workshop 2024 Resources

Sofu no Nikkiden (Grandfather’s Journal) is a musical suite of original O-hayashi music uniquely dedicated to celebrating the stories of Issei settlers who migrated to Canada prior to the Second World War. The work follows the composer’s grandfather’s autobiographical journal across the Pacific, through the war years, internment and resettlement amidst the discrimination and seclusion of the postwar era in the interior of Canada.