No experience necessary. Please prepare:

–a hitting surface (drum, drumpad, chair covered with a towel, firm pillow, bed, pillow, OR bucket/trashcan turned upside down, etc.)

–drumsticks (taiko sticks, pair of sticks, pair of wooden spoons, pair of long wooden chopsticks, magazine drumsticks (as demonstrated on 7.24)

–wear comfortable clothing and have a bottle of water nearby

FREE. To Register, visit:

https://local.aarp.org/aarp-event/aarp-hi-taiko-demonstration-724-31-fzn8ccrx9v7.html

ZOOM link will be sent to you upon registration.

Outreach College and Manoa Public Library present

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…

Tune in here for the program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpV6EJQ4Juw

WATCH THE FILM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EETeF

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.”

Please have a listen to Parts I and II!

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!