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Cornelius Boots
Cornelius Boots playing a Taimu shakuhachi bamboo flute.
Cornelius Boots playing a Taimu shakuhachi bamboo flute.
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OccupationComposer
Instruments
Websitehttp://corneliusboots.com

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]

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]

References

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  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. ↑ Riley, Michael. "#32 Breathing Bamboo: Cornelius Boots". Science and Nonduality. Sounds of Sand Podcast. 3:14. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  4. ↑ The International Shakuhachi Society – Biography: Boots, Cornelius Shinzen Archived 2017-04-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ The International Shakuhachi Society – Biography: Gould, Michael Chikuzen Archived 2017-04-18 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "New Music USA – Presentation: Cornelius Boots". Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  7. ↑ "Mujitsu/Taimu Shakuhachi – Ken LaCosse". www.mujitsu.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
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