Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taiko drumming, described by local performers and community members as more than a traditional Japanese art form—it is also a ...

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Taiko is a style of ensemble drumming which began in the 1950s in post-war Japan. Since then, it has developed into an exponentially popular genre of performing arts, and literally thousands of groups ...

On Thursday, March 9, the world-famous Japanese drum troupe Kodo brought a stunning performance to Jorgensen Center. As a celebration of its 42-year anniversary, Kodo put on a North American premiere ...

Second year Ph.D. student Yuka Tatsumi, co-president, co-logistics coordinator and webmaster for Stanford Taiko (ST), still remembers her first time watching a taiko performance in middle school. The ...

In 2017, drum and Japanese music enthusiasts were excited to learn that electronic instrument maker Roland had teamed up with internationally renowned taiko performance art group Kodo on an electronic ...

Train horns blaring as they passed by were not the only loud sound booming around the Dixon Library on Wednesday morning. The Japanese Taiko Drum also echoed throughout the downtown area thanks to a ...

"Katachi: The Shape of Sounds in Silence," a performance of Japanese taiko drums and flute, will be presented at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the Class of 1970 Theater at Whitman College. Kaoru ...

On stage, a flute lightly sounds, followed by a piercing beat of a chu-daiko drum. Another beat sounds out, and another, in a quickening progression. The sound of Kyodo Taiko, the first collegiate ...

series restricts performers to a miniscule stage and dares them to think large. Portland Taiko, the Japanese big-drum ensemble, fills vast auditoriums with rolling thunders of sound. "Ten Tiny Taiko," ...

This article was published 22/08/2019 (2475 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. East Kildonan residents Zen and Luca Kennedy had the special experience of performing at the 2019 ...