NATC 2025 Phoenix

NATC 2025 Phoenix

8:00am MDT

Creation: Improvisation 106BLucas Muraguchi • Cindy Muniz Creative Movement and Expression with Naname Choreography 101AYeeman "ManMan" Mui Introduction to Shinobue for Beginners 213BMiki Saito Katsugi Okedo for Beginner 211BRingtaro Tateishi Learn Shamisen for WAISSHO Ondo, a New Bon Odori Song 212ASumie Kaneko Learning "Hayashi" composed by Etsuo Hongo 106CAi Matsuda ShastaYama Odori 103ARussel Baba and Jeanne Mercer Taiko Vegetables with San Jose Taiko (yum!) 102BYurika Chiba • Franco Imperial • Meg Suzuki Hudson • San Jose Taiko Winds of Adaptation – Exploring Scales and Modes for Shinobue Improvisation 213ASho'on Shibata MiniBaka - Odaiko Intensive 104A/BTiffany Tamaribuchi

8:30am MDT

105° 105BRome Hamner Becoming Dynamic, Musical Players: Rhythm and Touch 105AArugakki Free Spirit 102ARoy Hirabayashi Naname Fundamentals 101BFred Visaya She may, He may, We may, It's all G!: a shime workshop for ji players 211AMichael Gonhata Bachido Shamisen Workshop: From Zero to Soran (Bushi)! 103BKyle Abbott • Su Bunjamin

10:30am MDT

Beginners flute playing that includes Fue and Shakuhachi 212BMarco Lienhard Commotion (public domain piece) 102BAdam Weiner Connect Through Rhythm 106BMasami Miyazaki • Exadon Drumming to Give Spirit and Energy 103AChizuko Endo Introduction to Bon Daiko 101AIsaku Kageyama Introduction to Shishimai (for Beginners) 213BAi Matsuda Katsugi Okedo for Beginner 211BRingtaro Tateishi Use the Force - Harnessing Your Inner Energy in Taiko 106CYeeman "ManMan" Mui Winds of Adaptation – Exploring Scales and Modes for Shinobue Improvisation 213ASho'on Shibata

12:30pm MDT

Regional Ambassadors Lunch 212AKate Meigneux • Franco Imperial

2:15pm MDT

Listening into Silence: Embracing Neurodiversity in Taiko 212BCarrie Carter • Yeeman "ManMan" Mui Brazilian Rhythms on Taiko 102BLucas Muraguchi • Cindy Muniz Introduction to Shishimai (for Beginners) 213BAi Matsuda Katsugi Okedo - basic techniques 211BAdam Weiner Learn Vocals for WAISSHO Ondo, a New Bon Odori Song 212ASumie Kaneko Naname: Power, Movement & Expression with San Jose Taiko 101BYurika Chiba • Franco Imperial • Meg Suzuki Hudson • San Jose Taiko Rediscovering the Shinobue 213AMarco Lienhard Work your Body! 105ASascha Molina Workshop with Hiroshima Hozonkai 106BHiroshima Hozonkai

2:30pm MDT

Accelerate Your Rhythm: Advanced Shimedaiko 211AKristy "AKI" Oshiro Conversations: Basic Solo Improvisation 106CDavid Wells Fukushima Ondo – Experience a Hundred Year Tradition 101AKay Fukumoto Hachijo Daiko ~Finding Your Own Voice~ 103AMasa Miyano Isamigoma-Tonbane Daiko Intensive 105BYoko Nakahashi The DON Sound 102AShoji Kameda

4:45pm MDT

Taiko Behind the Scenes 212AEmma Valentine 7 Essential Sounds for Chappa 213BRingtaro Tateishi Introduction to Shinobue for Beginners 213AMiki Saito Katsugi Okedo movement 211BAdam Weiner Taiko 'Taichi' 101BMichael Gonhata Taiko FUNdamentals: Building Confidence through Song and Games 102BYeeman "ManMan" Mui Taiko Magic In The Heart 212BCindy Muniz • Lucas Muraguchi Work your Body! 105ASascha Molina Workshop with Shinsan Daiko 106BShinsan Daiko

7:30pm MDT

Swingposium: San Jose Taiko’s Immersive Theater Experiment 102ASan Jose Taiko

8:00am MDT

Commotion (public domain piece) 102BAdam Weiner Introduction to Shishimai (for Beginners) 213BAi Matsuda Katsugi Okedo for beginner 211BRingtaro Tateishi Kinesthetic Odaiko 104A/BPatrick Cruz Learn Shamisen for WAISSHO Ondo, a New Bon Odori Song 212ASumie Kaneko Learn Shinobue and Narimono for WAISSHO Ondo, a New Bon Odori Song 101BDavid Wells Let’s play “Tsuki no sabaku (Desert Under the Moon)” with shinobue! 213AMiki Saito Taiko the Tawoo Way 106BEmily Harada Taiko Voices for the Regional Ambassador Program 301DKate Meigneux • Franco Imperial • Russell Nishida Canvas, a song about a painter 106CLucas Muraguchi • Cindy Muniz

8:30am MDT

105° 105BRome Hamner Accelerate Your Rhythm: Advanced Shimedaiko 211AKristy "AKI" Oshiro Becoming Dynamic, Musical Players: Rhythm and Touch 105AArugakki Ei Ja Nai Ka 103BPJ Hirabayashi Groove! ~Intro to 'Tap L'eau'~ 103AMasa Miyano Intro to Composition 212BYoko Nakahashi Mata Ne 102AFred Visaya NEOWISE – Sharing Brilliance Across Communities 101ASho'on Shibata

10:30am MDT

Connect Through Rhythm 106BMasami Miyazaki • Exadon Improvisation for Beginning Fue Players 213AYurika Chiba • Franco Imperial • Meg Suzuki Hudson • San Jose Taiko Introduction to Shishimai (for Beginners) 213BAi Matsuda Katsugi Okedo for beginner 211BRingtaro Tateishi Learn Drum and Dance for WAISSHO Ondo, a New Bon Odori Song 101BIsaku Kageyama Learn Shamisen for WAISSHO Ondo, a New Bon Odori Song 212ASumie Kaneko Odaiko Kihon 104A/BKenny Endo Taiko FUNdamentals: Building Confidence through Song and Games 102BYeeman "ManMan" Mui

12:30pm MDT

Taiko Players of African Descent Lunch 212AWanda Kurtcu

1:15pm MDT

BIPOC Taiko Players Lunch 212AWanda Kurtcu

2:15pm MDT

Shinto and Taiko 212BYoko Nakahashi Learn Drum and Dance for WAISSHO Ondo, a New Bon Odori Song 101BIsaku Kageyama Learn Vocals for WAISSHO Ondo, a New Bon Odori Song 212ASumie Kaneko Taiko Based Exercise 103AEmily Harada Winds of Adaptation – Exploring Scales and Modes for Shinobue Improvisation 213ASho'on Shibata Workshop with Shinsan Daiko 106BShinsan Daiko

2:30pm MDT

Bachi Control 102BShoji Kameda Creative Odaiko 104A/BPatrick Cruz Ergo-Taiko - Injury Prevention / Maybe It Shouldn't Hurt Like That! 105ATiffany Tamaribuchi Free Spirit 102ARoy Hirabayashi Introduction to "Cascade" 101AElias Chanteloup Katsugi Okedo Basics: Drumming on the Move 211BKristy "AKI" Oshiro Narimono Circuits with San Jose Taiko 213BYurika Chiba • Franco Imperial • Meg Suzuki Hudson • San Jose Taiko She may, He may, We may, It's all G!: a shime workshop for ji players 211AMichael Gonhata Tea and Scribble: A Composition Playground 105BArugakki

4:45pm MDT

Taiko and ‘Other’ Intimacies: ‘Racist Love’, Techno-Orientalism, and Taiko Futures 212BAsako Yonan Beginners flute playing that includes Fue and Shakuhachi 212AMarco Lienhard Introduction to Shinobue for Beginners 213AMiki Saito Playing as an Ensemble for WAISSHO Ondo, a New Bon Odori Song 101BSumie Kaneko • David Wells • Isaku Kageyama ShastaYama Odori 103ARussel Baba and Jeanne Mercer Use the Force - Harnessing Your Inner Energy in Taiko 106CYeeman "ManMan" Mui Workshop with Hiroshima Hozonkai 106BHiroshima Hozonkai

7:30pm MDT

Taiko Ten Concert 301D

8:00am MDT

Shinto and Taiko 212BYoko Nakahashi Taiko Behind the Scenes 212BEmma Valentine 7 Essential Sounds for Chappa 213BRingtaro Tateishi Creation: Make a song 106BLucas Muraguchi • Cindy Muniz Hachijo Improvisation Basics 101BKoh Yamakawa Introduction to Shinobue for Beginners 213AMiki Saito Odaiko Fundamentals 104A/BIsaku Kageyama Solid Shime Daiko Playing 211AKenny Endo Soloing and Improvisation for taiko 105AAdam Weiner Taiko FUNdamentals: Building Confidence through Song and Games 102BYeeman "ManMan" Mui Yodan solos and more 101AMichael Gonhata

8:30am MDT

105° 105BRome Hamner Hachijo Daiko ~Finding Your Own Voice~ 103AMasa Miyano Katsugi Okedo Basics: Drumming on the Move 211BKristy "AKI" Oshiro Shiawase no Kyoku, The Happy Song! 106CSascha Molina The Ensemble Environment 102ADavid Wells Bachido Shamisen Workshop: From Zero to Soran (Bushi)! 103BKyle Abbott • Su Bunjamin

10:30am MDT

Succession Planning for Taiko Players 212BRoy Hirabayashi • PJ Hirabayashi The Physics of Taiko 212AKoh Yamakawa Connect Through Rhythm 106BMasami Miyazaki • Exadon Drills for Skills – Building Strength and Precision in the Desert 102BSho'on Shibata Improvisation, Spontaneous Creativity 105ARussel Baba and Jeanne Mercer Introduction to Shinobue for Beginners 213AMiki Saito Introduction to Shishimai (for Beginners) 213BAi Matsuda Naname Fundamentals 101BIsaku Kageyama Odaiko for Contests 104A/BLucas Muraguchi • Cindy Muniz Quitiplas in the Pocket - Naname Movement Drills with Polyrhythm 101AYeeman "ManMan" Mui Solid Shime Daiko Playing 211AKenny Endo

2:15pm MDT

The Physics of Taiko 212AKoh Yamakawa Beginners flute playing that includes Fue and Shakuhachi 213AMarco Lienhard Foundation of Taiko drumming 102BRingtaro Tateishi Introduction to Shishimai (for Beginners) 213BAi Matsuda Katsugi Okedo - intermediate techniques 211BAdam Weiner Odaiko Workout 104A/BIsaku Kageyama Taiko 'Taichi' 101AMichael Gonhata Taiko JABS (Joint mobility Alignment Balance Stability) 106CCarrie Carter

2:30pm MDT

Skinning Taiko: For why? For when? 212BStuart Paton Groove! ~Intro to 'Tap L'eau'~ 103AMasa Miyano Intro to Release 106BDiana Wu Isamigoma-Tonbane Daiko Intensive 105BYoko Nakahashi Midare Uchi (Matsuri Daiko) 101BFred Visaya Seishin - Spirit & Stage Presence 105ATiffany Tamaribuchi Sequestered Shime Daiko 211ASascha Molina The DON Sound 102AShoji Kameda

4:45pm MDT

Taiko and ‘Other’ Intimacies: ‘Racist Love’, Techno-Orientalism, and Taiko Futures 212AAsako Yonan Katsugi Okedo movement 211BAdam Weiner Let’s play “Tsuki no sabaku (Desert Under the Moon)” with shinobue! 213AMiki Saito Odaiko Kihon 104A/BKenny Endo Rediscovering the Shinobue 213BMarco Lienhard Taiko FUNdamentals: Building Confidence through Song and Games 102BYeeman "ManMan" Mui Transcription for Taiko – Finding Rhythmic Life in Sparse Landscapes 106CSho'on Shibata Yodan solos and more 101AMichael Gonhata

7:30pm MDT

Taiko Jam Orpheum Theater

8:00am MDT

Your Evolving Role with Taiko 212B 7 Essential Sounds for Chappa 213BRingtaro Tateishi Introduction to Shinobue for Beginners 213AMiki Saito Learn Shamisen for WAISSHO Ondo, a New Bon Odori Song 212ASumie Kaneko Odaiko Fundamentals 104A/BIsaku Kageyama Solid Shime Daiko Playing 211AKenny Endo Soloing and Improvisation for taiko 105AAdam Weiner Workshop with Shinsan Daiko 106BShinsan Daiko

8:30am MDT

105° 105BRome Hamner Advanced Katsugi with San Jose Taiko 211BYurika Chiba • Franco Imperial • Meg Suzuki Hudson • San Jose Taiko Bachi Control 102AShoji Kameda Becoming Dynamic, Musical Players: Rhythm and Touch 103AArugakki Building Up to Composition 102BDavid Wells Ei Ja Nai Ka 103BPJ Hirabayashi Fukushima Ondo – Experience a Hundred Year Tradition 101AKay Fukumoto Naname Fundamentals 101BFred Visaya Shiawase no Kyoku, The Happy Song! 106CSascha Molina

10:30am MDT

Brazilian Taiko History 212BLucas Muraguchi • Cindy Muniz Connect Through Rhythm 105AMasami Miyazaki • Exadon From Spoken Word to Taiko 211AChizuko Endo Learn Vocals for WAISSHO Ondo, a New Bon Odori Song 212ASumie Kaneko Odaiko Kihon 104A/BKenny Endo Shishimai (for Intermediate/Advanced) 213BAi Matsuda Winds of Adaptation – Exploring Scales and Modes for Shinobue Improvisation 213ASho'on Shibata Workshop with Hiroshima Hozonkai 106BHiroshima Hozonkai

1:00pm MDT

Closing Session 301D