If you’re looking to learn the art of playing Japanese drums, or Taiko, this hack, done as a school project by [Cornell] students, could be a really helpful aid. The project write-up is very ...

Christine Kubo (left) started the Taiko program 16 years ago when she was a teacher at Ballico Elementary School. Her husband, Dan, makes some of the drums the students use, including dozens of ...

We visit Sado, Niigata Prefecture, to meet a renowned taiko drum performance group that plays concerts worldwide. The 67 ...

About 30 groups participated, beating taiko drums, banging gongs known locally ... The ceremony for kicking off taiko practice sessions was held in its normal format for the first time in four ...

Interview conducted with Handuo Sun, Interpreted by Dance Department Chair Joe Small ’05 with assistance from Reishiro Kawakami ’26 Eitetsu Hayashi is a pioneering taiko artist renowned for ...

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The word taiko means any kind of drum or percussive instrument in general and they range in sound and size. In order to specifically refer to Japanese drums, people use the term of wadaiko ...

The instrument is just one of the many types of drums used in the Japanese tradition of taiko. “This is a good demonstration of how we merge the Japanese drum with Hong Kong culture,” pointed ...

On Saturday, Oct. 5, the Swarthmore community welcomed taiko legend Eitetsu Hayashi and his ensemble Fu-Un no Kai in the Lang Performing Arts Center’s Pearson Hall Theatre, for their concert “Sonic ...

Holger Rune and Stefanos Tsitsipas tried their hand at traditional Japanese 'Taiko' drums during an event ahead of the 2024 Japan Open. The pair enjoyed performing a synchronized tune for the ...

“My wife’s cousin was a hula dancer and after graduating she went to Stanford and came back the first break and she goes, ‘I play taiko drums’,” Anthony Jones explains. “I’m ...

Head to Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach to see a special preview of “Hibiki — Echoes of the Drum presented by ... the journey of modern taiko drumming from Japan to ...