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Friday, August 29
 

10:30am MDT

Drumming to Give Spirit and Energy FILLING
Friday August 29, 2025 10:30am - 12:30pm MDT
Speakers
avatar for Chizuko Endo

Chizuko Endo

Managing Director, Taiko Center of the Pacific
Chizuko Endo is a multi-talented artist and supporter of Japanese culture through her multiple activities in art and taiko. She is the back-bone of Taiko Center of the Pacific, a school of traditional and contemporary Japanese drumming in Honolulu which she co-founded in 1994.Chizuko... Read More →
Friday August 29, 2025 10:30am - 12:30pm MDT
103A

2:30pm MDT

Hachijo Daiko ~Finding Your Own Voice~ LIMITED
Friday August 29, 2025 2:30pm - 6:30pm MDT
Description
- When I first visited Hachijo Island in 2012 and played Hachijo Daiko with the locals, I received a comment: "That's not Hachijo Taiko". While Hachijo is known to be an improvisational style played by two players, I was shocked to hear that simply improvising on the Hachijo setup wasn't good enough.
- It is said that islanders are able to recognize the soloist by listening to their rhythms from afar. The focus of this workshop is for each participant to further develop their own Hachijo style through exploration in sound and rhythms. Explore beyond the given roles of the Uwauchi player being the soloist and the Shitauchi player being the base-keeper in the Hachijo setup.
- WS focus/concepts: becoming an "active listener" as the Shitauchi player; incorporating repetition and creating rhythms that feel/sound good to you as the Uwauchi player

Prerequisite Knowledge
- Experience with Hachijo Daiko in the past (preferred, but not required)
Speakers
avatar for Masa Miyano

Masa Miyano

ASANO TAIKO U.S., INC.
Masa Miyano, full-time staff at Asano Taiko U.S. and Principal of Los Angeles Taiko Institute, brings over 15 years of taiko experience to the stage and classroom as a performer and educator with UnitOne, Prota, and TAIKOPROJECT Education Team.Masa’s artistry is showcased in performances... Read More →
Friday August 29, 2025 2:30pm - 6:30pm MDT
103A
 
Saturday, August 30
 

8:30am MDT

Groove! ~Intro to 'Tap L'eau'~ LIMITED
Saturday August 30, 2025 8:30am - 12:30pm MDT
Description
- A workshop that will focus on various important elements to Kumidaiko, such as listening, grooving, and developing a stronger sense of musical interdependence.
- Exercises will encourage students to channel their internal pulse while executing drill patterns as well as playing interlocking rhythms in an ensemble setting.
- WS focus/concepts: external pulse exercises (clapping and stepping); breaking down swing beat and triplet subdivisions while counting; playing excerpts of interlocking rhythms from Masa's original composition "Tap L'eau"

Prerequisite Knowledge
- Knows how to play swing beat
- Knows the 1eau (1-ee-and-uh) drill, or any familiarity with musical subdivisions / timing drills; (highly recommended, but not required)
Speakers
avatar for Masa Miyano

Masa Miyano

ASANO TAIKO U.S., INC.
Masa Miyano, full-time staff at Asano Taiko U.S. and Principal of Los Angeles Taiko Institute, brings over 15 years of taiko experience to the stage and classroom as a performer and educator with UnitOne, Prota, and TAIKOPROJECT Education Team.Masa’s artistry is showcased in performances... Read More →
Saturday August 30, 2025 8:30am - 12:30pm MDT
103A

2:15pm MDT

Taiko Based Exercise LIMITED
Saturday August 30, 2025 2:15pm - 4:15pm MDT
The purpose of this workshop is to help participants experience a short taiko-based exercise routine, and have them create exercises they can bring back home. An initial offering of this workshop was shared as the first kaDON live Zoom workshop during the stay-at-home order. This class offers a way to train and learn movement patterns that are commonly used by kumidaiko players in America by breaking it down in a biomechanical format that you can do when you don't have access to a taiko! It’s important to understand that every group plays differently and every body is different, each group’s exercise may look slightly different to reinforce participants’ respective established form.

This is not taiko, but it is a way to give your body the physical movement during times when you’re unable to touch a taiko drum with your group. Exercises are thought out based on my background in athletic training, an allied health profession that works with musculoskeletal injuries. However, this course is not meant to provide healthcare, but with the goal of keeping you healthy.

Prerequisite/What to bring: Towel, shoes to move around in, water, request to inform me about anything that may make this routine difficult. Must be okay with being on the floor or will need to perform modified (not as difficult) exercise.
Speakers
avatar for Emily Harada

Emily Harada

Emily Harada (she/her), a Chicago native, has played with Chicago’s Ho Etsu Taiko since age 7. She has also trained and performed for 2 years under Somei Taiko and Kenny Endo Taiko Center of the Pacific on Oahu, Hawaii. Using her athletic training experience, a health care profession... Read More →
Saturday August 30, 2025 2:15pm - 4:15pm MDT
103A
 
Sunday, August 31
 

8:30am MDT

Hachijo Daiko ~Finding Your Own Voice~ LIMITED
Sunday August 31, 2025 8:30am - 12:30pm MDT
Description
- When I first visited Hachijo Island in 2012 and played Hachijo Daiko with the locals, I received a comment: "That's not Hachijo Taiko". While Hachijo is known to be an improvisational style played by two players, I was shocked to hear that simply improvising on the Hachijo setup wasn't good enough.
- It is said that islanders are able to recognize the soloist by listening to their rhythms from afar. The focus of this workshop is for each participant to further develop their own Hachijo style through exploration in sound and rhythms. Explore beyond the given roles of the Uwauchi player being the soloist and the Shitauchi player being the base-keeper in the Hachijo setup.
- WS focus/concepts: becoming an "active listener" as the Shitauchi player; incorporating repetition and creating rhythms that feel/sound good to you as the Uwauchi player

Prerequisite Knowledge
- Experience with Hachijo Daiko in the past (preferred, but not required)
Speakers
avatar for Masa Miyano

Masa Miyano

ASANO TAIKO U.S., INC.
Masa Miyano, full-time staff at Asano Taiko U.S. and Principal of Los Angeles Taiko Institute, brings over 15 years of taiko experience to the stage and classroom as a performer and educator with UnitOne, Prota, and TAIKOPROJECT Education Team.Masa’s artistry is showcased in performances... Read More →
Sunday August 31, 2025 8:30am - 12:30pm MDT
103A

2:30pm MDT

Groove! ~Intro to 'Tap L'eau'~ LIMITED
Sunday August 31, 2025 2:30pm - 6:30pm MDT
Description
- A workshop that will focus on various important elements to Kumidaiko, such as listening, grooving, and developing a stronger sense of musical interdependence.
- Exercises will encourage students to channel their internal pulse while executing drill patterns as well as playing interlocking rhythms in an ensemble setting.
- WS focus/concepts: external pulse exercises (clapping and stepping); breaking down swing beat and triplet subdivisions while counting; playing excerpts of interlocking rhythms from Masa's original composition "Tap L'eau"

Prerequisite Knowledge
- Knows how to play swing beat
- Knows the 1eau (1-ee-and-uh) drill, or any familiarity with musical subdivisions / timing drills; (highly recommended, but not required)
Speakers
avatar for Masa Miyano

Masa Miyano

ASANO TAIKO U.S., INC.
Masa Miyano, full-time staff at Asano Taiko U.S. and Principal of Los Angeles Taiko Institute, brings over 15 years of taiko experience to the stage and classroom as a performer and educator with UnitOne, Prota, and TAIKOPROJECT Education Team.Masa’s artistry is showcased in performances... Read More →
Sunday August 31, 2025 2:30pm - 6:30pm MDT
103A
 
Monday, September 1
 

8:30am MDT

Becoming Dynamic, Musical Players: Rhythm and Touch LIMITED
Monday September 1, 2025 8:30am - 12:30pm MDT
We taiko players need to be more sensitive!  While taiko is designed for raw power and volume, we play too loud for too long.  While kuchishoga is an amazing tool for learning, we've let it reduce our subtlety and tonal range.

Fortunately, we all possess a well of sensitivity that can guide our playing: our sense of touch. We can train our musicality with the emotional wisdom in our bodies. This workshop maps our sense of touch onto the drum to answer questions like, "How loud?... for how long?... and what next?"

Prerequisites: Open to players of all levels. Musical curiosity required. Workshop will involve self-touch and optional touch of others' hands, arms, shoulders, and heads.
Speakers
avatar for Arugakki

Arugakki

Arugakki is the experimental percussion and dance duo formed of taiko innovator, Kristofer Bergstrom, and dancer/musician Minh Nguyen.
Monday September 1, 2025 8:30am - 12:30pm MDT
103A
 
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