The Pleiades Project, in collaboration with Multi-Cultural Sonic Evolution, is set to present “World of Miyabi: Japanese Woman in Song” on Nov. 21 as part of the 2019 Sound of Arts Festival. The showcase will take place at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, New York.

The program will explore Japanese poetic genres from women’s perspectives through song and recited poetry, including Kiyoshi Nobutoki’s settings of waka from Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, Japanese art songs by composers Akane Nakanishi and Makiko Kinoshita, and Leslie Uyeda’s contemporary song cycle “Into the Shimmering,” with poetry by Joy Kogawa.

These musical selections will be interwoven with recited haiku, written by prominent female haiku masters throughout Japanese history.

Miyabi, often translated as elegance, refinement, or courtliness, is a traditional Japanese aesthetic ideal.

The concert will showcase pianist Marina Iwao, and sopranos Aine Hakamatsuka and Manami Hattori.