Kenny Endo and Taiko Center of the Pacific TONIGHT! ZOOM Live Stream from Kaimuki, Honolulu, HI. Thursday, July 30, 2020 6:30 pm (Hawaii time); 9:30 pm (PT); 10:30 PM (MT); 12:30 AM (ET);5:30 AM on Friday 7.31 (London time); 6:30 AM on Friday 7.31 (Germany time) 13:30 PM on Friday 7.31 (Tokyo time) https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/92110630976?pwd=dXZSNmlhTytXUHF4VUdTZ25ORmRGZz09
Endo will be presenting his contemporary compositions tonight featuring taiko, bamboo flute, keyboard, percussion, and hula.
Friday Jul 24, 2020 3:00 PM Hawaii; 6:00 PM (PT); 9:00 PM (ET)Japanese American National Museum Digital Film Fest
“Big Drum” Taiko in the US Q&A 15th Anniversary of the film.
A one hour conversation with curator Sojin Kim and Kenny Endo (Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble), Kay Fukumoto (Maui Taiko), Teddy Yoshikami (Soh Daiko), PJ Hirabayashi (Taiko Peace), and others…
We would like to share some upcoming online performances and workshops in the latter half of July! Please spread the word, and join us if you are able!
This masked crew will play on July 20 for Musical Mondays!
Monday, July 20 Musical Mondays 9:30 am Japan Foundation Los Angeles LIVE broadcast from Honolulu featuring Kenny Endo and Taiko Center of the Pacific (Kenny Endo, Chizuko Endo, Sho’on Shibata, Elizabeth Mager)
Just go to JFLA’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/JFLALC). （You don’t need to have a Facebook account, just click the link above.) *If you miss it, you can find it later on JF LA’s FB or our YouTube channel.“
Friday, July 24 10:00 am “The Art of Taiko,” a lecture/demonstration by Kenny Endo and Taiko Center of the Pacific ZOOM Broadcast by Outreach College, University of Hawaii Presented by AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) JOIN the webinar: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/99786797402 Password: 431311
Friday, July 24 1 pm (Hawaii time); 4 pm (Pacific time) Part II of a 2-part series class on ASL (American Sign Language) for TAIKO Join nationally certified interpreter Inga Park-Okuna as she introduces American Sign Language useful to the taiko instructor. Fee: $20 or donation (2 day course = $30) ZOOM Register at: taikoarts@gmail.com
Thursday, July 30 6:30 pm “The Art of Taiko,” a lecture/demonstration by Kenny Endo and Taiko Center of the Pacific ZOOM Broadcast by Outreach College, University of Hawaii Presented by Manoa Public Library For information about the performance visit outreach.hawaii.edu/SCEP/online.asp, or call 808-956-8246.
Chizuko Endo recently gave an interview on Episode 46 of the popular taiko podcast, “Talkin’ Taiko with Tyrone!” According to Tyrone’s Facebook page:
“In part 1, we get to hear about Chizuko’s first exposure to taiko in the mid 70s through Kinnara Taiko and then becoming a member of San Francisco Taiko Dojo. In the 1980s Chizuko lived in Japan and we find out that it Taiko was not the art form that drew her to Japan but something else…. listen to find out! As the 1990s started Chizuko found her way to Hawaii where she still lives today.”
These are challenging times for everyone….from covid19, an economic recession, police brutality, BLM movement, all the while trying to maintain healthy minds and bodies. We hope you are all staying safe and as healthy as can be.
Taiko Center of the Pacific will continue to offer classes ONLINE through Summer Session I – July 6 – August 2. Class schedule will remain the same as Spring Session III (see post below). Those who have continued to participate in the online classes during Spring Session III have found continued camaraderie, shared time to workout, and exercises to improve technique and be creative. We hope you will consider joining us from anywhere across the globe!
2019 photos of some of TCP’s lovely students, courtesy of Donna Ho
Please take a moment to check out “Minna no Chikara,” a piece written by instructor Sho’on Shibata for TCP’s Spring III Online session and performed his students!
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