Composer of original symphonic orchestrations. Thirty of my compositions were played at a concert in Tokyo, Bunkakaikan Hall. In the years following, my compositions were performed live on the radio by the Japanese Broadcasting Company and by various soloists in their recitals.
 Burton V. Foreman. Composer of original orchestral music and author of Tracy Barton and the Ninja Secret Formulas. A book that is receiving rave reviews all over the world.
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Main page for welcome and introduction. Main
About Burton V. Foreman. About
A Synopsis of two of Burton V. Foremans books, Tracy Barton and the Ninja Secret Formulas and A Place Remembered: Memoirs of My Japanese Mother. Author
Listen to snippets of a few of Burton V. Foreman's compositions. Music
A few photos of places visited. Japanese gardens. Photos
Contact Burton V. Foreman. Contact

Hello and welcome to my web site. My name is Burton Foreman. Friends, neighbors and associates usually just call me Burt. I'm a author of a new book that is out, "Tracy Barton and the Ninja Secret Formulas". You can read more about this book and another by clicking on the Author link on the left.

I am also composer of classical music. You can hear some snippets from my new CD by clicking on the Music link on the left.

I lived in Japan for many, many years where I taught English in a university. For the first five years I lived with a Japanese family. It was there I learned the language and its history.

My vivacious, widowed Japanese mother, whom I later wrote a novel about, had been a middle school history teacher. After dinner it was she and I who enacted scenes of ancient Japanese heroes, the lives of famous samurai with a broom as a sword and, above all, the antics of Ninja, our faces covered with a tea towel, jumping from one room to the other...all to the amusement of my Japanese brothers.

 

The result was two lampshades broken and a couple of shattered brooms. It was hilarious, to say the least! But that is how I came to know Japan and its culture. And quite thoroughly, I think I can say, thanks to Tsumano Otsuka, my Japanese mother.

All the while I continued to compose music and write novels and short stories.

I have devoted my life to the arts, music and literature. You’ll find some of my musical compositions on this web site I hope you enjoy these samples.

Click on my Ninjas at the top on the left for navigating through my web site. Or, the the links below. I truly hope you enjoy your visit and please, feel free to contact me anytime. B. V. Foreman



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