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 ...

Cleveland based Yume Daiko taiko drummers performed this week at the Downtown Akron Sakura Festival for festival-goers enjoying exhibits, dance performance by Sho-Jo-Ji Japanese Dancers and the early ...

The powerful 12,000-year-old art of Taiko drumming has been used in worship and battle throughout Japanese history. In this episode, visually-impaired content maker Lucy Edwards learns about the ...

His taiko class was inundated with media crew, and the next day the cancellation of the performance was reported in an article titled “Taiko: War drums”. “It was a shock to us.

And whether it's a single drum in the studio or a group of them being played in the street, creating something people can hear and feel is what San Jose Taiko has been doing for more than a half ...

Mugenkyo's aim is to develop taiko drumming as a contemporary European performing art, both in its pure form, and in collaboration with other artists & disciplines. "Mugen" means limitless and ...

The instrument is just one of the many types of drums used in the Japanese tradition of taiko. “This is a good demonstration of how we merge the Japanese drum with Hong Kong culture,” pointed ...

Taiko, which is the Japanese word for “drum,” has existed in Japan for centuries and at first was predominantly ... 16 shows are part of the Overture’s “Kids in the Rotunda” event series — presenting ...

And that's what I really love to share with, with other people. Taiko drumming is or to give it its correct title, Wadaiko, which is, Japanese drumming, taiko drumming has been around for a very ...

The founders adopted the name Zenshin for moving forward and Daiko as a reference to the large taiko drum (Ō-daiko means large drum). Jones says he enjoys working with kids and “trying to ...