Australian Shakuhachi Festival Canberra at ANU 10-13 February, 2006. The start of my shakuhachi learning experience. Teachers included Bronwyn Kirkpatrick, Riley Lee, Matama, Furuya, Kakizakai, Andrew MacGregor (Melb), Stuart Ransom (Qld) ... 3 main days of lessons, group classes, in my case the absolute beginners just making a noise, learning basic first octave fingering and concepts of meri and kari head position pitch shifting.