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Classes currently being offered:
- Adult Classes
- Youth Classes (5-11 y/o)
- Teens Taiko (12-17 y/o)
- Family Classes (one adult + child 5-12 y/o)
- Taiko Tots Classes (one adult + child 2-4 y/o)
- Japanese Festival Music (Matsuri Bayashi)
- Nice & Easy (Adult Beginning I Taiko)
- Nice & Easy (Adult Beginning I Taiko) – NEW SUNDAY class (5-5:55 pm) STARTING SUMMER I
- Taiko for the Deaf Community
- Minyo Shamisen – RESTARTING SUMMER 2020 (TBA)
- Katsugi Okedo Daiko (sling drums) – RESTARTING SPRING III
- H.I.T. Club (High Intensity Taiko) – STARTING SUMMER I
- Drills for Skills – STARTING SPRING III
- Youth Performing Group TRAINEES
- Youth Performing Group (“YG”)
- Adult Performing Group Trainees
- Adult Performing Group
(Photo credit: Christopher Polanzi)
2020
Schedule Overview
Spring I 2020
1/9 – 2/24 (6 weeks) (NO class on Jan 23; Feb 16, 17)
Spring II 2020
3/8 – 4/19 (6 weeks) (NO class on April 12)
Due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home orders from the local governments, the rest of Spring II has been canceled. The Spring III start date has been pushed back to May. Please stay tuned for further updates on our class schedule and presentation.
Spring III 2020
NEW DATES: 5/3 – 6/29 (8 weeks)
Summer I 2020
TBD
Summer Taiko Intensives 2020
Due to the coronavirus situation, Summer Taiko Intensive 2020 has been postponed.
8/2 (1 day ONLY with Kyosuke Suzuki, master of Edo Bayashi, Japanese Festival Music and Edo Kotobuki Jishi, the traditional lion dance of old Tokyo)
Summer II 2020
8/3- 8/30 (4 weeks)
Fall I 2020
9/8- 10/19 (6 weeks)
Fall II 2020
10/20- 12/10 (6 weeks) NO class on: Nov 19, 22, 23, 24)
BONENKAI: 12/12
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Due to the coronavirus situation, the 45th Anniversary Concert has been POSTPONED.
Saturday, August 1, 2020
Kenny Endo 45th Anniversary Concert honoring ethnomusicologists
William P Malm and
Barbara B Smith
with Noel Okimoto, Dean Taba, Jeff Peterson, and other special guests TBA
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Due to the coronavirus situation, the Summer Taiko Intensive has been POSTPONED.
2020 Summer Taiko Intensive
August 2, 2020 ONE DAY ONLY with Kyosuke Suzuki of Tokyo, master of Edo Bayashi (Japanese festival music of old Tokyo) and Edo Kotobuki Jishi (traditional lion dance of old Tokyo)
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2020 Summer Taiko Intensive with Kyosuke Suzuki
8/2 (SUNDAY, 1 day ONLY)
Kyosuke Suzuki from the Wakayama Shachu of Tokyo
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