Cornelius Boots

Cornelius Boots (Cornelius Shinzen Boots) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist.[1] Best known for founding and leading Edmund Welles, the only composing bass clarinet quartet in the world, he now mainly plays and composes for the shakuhachi flute having retired from bass clarinet in 2015[2]

Cornelius Boots
Cornelius Boots playing a Taimu shakuhachi bamboo flute.
Cornelius Boots playing a Taimu shakuhachi bamboo flute.
Background information
Occupation(s)Composer
Instrument(s)
Websitehttp://corneliusboots.com


He received his shakuhachi master teaching’s license (Shihan)[3] from Grand Master Michael Chikuzen Gould[4] in 2013. He has recorded five albums and performs internationally.[5] He played on stage during Sony's E3 2018 conference, prior to the reveal of Ghost of Tsushima, a samurai-based video game.

Boots mostly plays taimu shakuhachi, which are long, wide-bore flutes noted for their deep tones.[6]

References
  1. Knolls, Forest. "Cornelius Boots". San Francisco Classical Voice. Archived from the original on 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  2. Boots, Cornelius. "Post by Boots". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  3. The International Shakuhachi Society – Biography: Boots, Cornelius Shinzen Archived 2017-04-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. The International Shakuhachi Society – Biography: Gould, Michael Chikuzen Archived 2017-04-18 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. "New Music USA – Presentation: Cornelius Boots". Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  6. "Mujitsu/Taimu Shakuhachi – Ken LaCosse". www.mujitsu.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2019-02-09.


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