Cornelius Boots
American composer and multi-instrumentalist
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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[citation needed], he now mainly plays and composes for the shakuhachi flute having retired from bass clarinet in 2015.[2] Boots had been playing the clarinet from the time he was in fourth grade, and credits his early experience playing a reed instrument with what he called a "spike of awareness."[3]
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Cornelius Boots playing a Taimu shakuhachi bamboo flute. | |
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| Occupation | Composer |
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| Website | http://corneliusboots.com |
He received his shakuhachi master teaching’s license (Shihan)[4] from Grand Master Michael Chikuzen Gould[5] in 2013. He has recorded five albums and performs internationally.[6] 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.[7]
