The Regional Taiko Gathering: Bay Area will be the first regional taiko gathering to take place in the Bay Area, the historical birth place of American taiko. RTG: Bay Area aims to coalesce the Bay Area Taiko Community by creating an inclusive space where taiko drummers with a range of backgrounds can meet each other, share ideas, and have new experiences.
The event will feature "non-taiko workshops for taiko drummers," (a series of workshops in rhythm and movement curated for taiko ...
The Regional Taiko Gathering: Bay Area will be the first regional taiko gathering to take place in the Bay Area, the historical birth place of American taiko. RTG: Bay Area aims to coalesce the Bay Area Taiko Community by creating an inclusive space where taiko drummers with a range of backgrounds can meet each other, share ideas, and have new experiences.
The event will feature "non-taiko workshops for taiko drummers," (a series of workshops in rhythm and movement curated for taiko drummers), a community building event, a taiko jam session, a showcase for local youth taiko ensembles, and lunch!
What do taiko lovers in the Bay Area share? What sets us apart from other taiko communities? Come to the Regional Taiko Gathering: Bay Area and let’s figure it out together!
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SCHEDULE:
10:00 - 10:30 - Introductions, and Chi Gung
10:30 - 12:00 - Workshop 1 (Body Percussion, Marimba, or Sam-Go-Mu)
12:00 - 12:45 - Lunch
12:45 - 2:15 - Workshop 2 (Axis Syllabus, Steve Reich, or Awa Odori)
2:30 - 3:30 - Community Building
3:30 - 4:00 - Jam Session
5:00 - 6:00 - Percussion Showcase
WORKSHOPS:
Body Percussion w/ Keith Terry
Keith Terry is a pioneer of "body music" and frequent cross-cultural collaborator. He has worked with both Kenny Endo and San Jose Taiko many times, and served as the Cultural Council Fellow in Kodo's apprenticeship program. His artistic vision has straddled the line between dance and music for many decades.
Sam-Go-Mu w/ Kyoungil Ong
Kyoungil Ong is a dancer, choreographer, and the director of Ong Dance. At RTG: Bay Area she will be introducing Sam-Go-Mu, a genre of Korean dance-drumming that served as an important source of inspiration for Oedo Sukeroku Daiko as they developed Yodan-uchi.
Music of Steve Reich w/ Galen Rogers
Galen Rogers studied taiko for 10 years at the San Francisco Taiko Dojo, co-founded Oberlin College Taiko, and is now the director of Jiten Daiko. In this workshop participants will investigate some of the iconic compositions/ compositional devices of Steve Reich, the influential American minimalist composer, and develop their own minimalist masterpieces.
Awa Odori w/ Kristi Tsukida
Kristi Tsukida is a member of Jiten Daiko and SF Awakko-Ren, and co-founder of Fue of the Bay. She'll be introducing participants to the music and dance of the Awa Odori Festival, one of the largest dance festivals in Japan.
Axis Syllabus w/ Sebastian Grubb
Sebastian Grubb is an award-winning fitness trainer and dancer in the Bay Area. He is also a certified instructor of the Axis Syllabus, a collection of movement principles derived from kinesiology and physiology that teach skills for moving in a way that is strong, efficient, and safe.
Zimbabwean Marimba w/ Tina Blaine
Tina Blaine was one of the founding members of Maze Daiko, and is the executive director at Rhythmix Cultural Works. She has performed and led workshpos around the world, and her work with interactive multimedia percussion has been featured in galleries and magazines across the country. At RTG: Bay Area she'll be showing us the basics of Shona marimba, an energetic style of polyrhythmic xylophone music originating among the Shona people of Zimbabwe.
PERFORMERS:
Hinoki Taiko and Niseishin Daiko
Niseishin Daiko was established by Becky Shingai in 2009 as an extension of Hinoki Taiko of San Jose. Most students come to Niseishin Daiko having received instruction for 1-3 years from Ikuyo Conant of Watsonville Taiko and Shinsho Mugen Daiko. Ms. Shingai and Conant Sensei share teaching responsibilities and creative direction for this group of 20+ budding taiko players, and have led their ensembles to perform at school assemblies, conferences, expos, and other events throughout the Bay Area! Niseishin Daiko is based in Morgan Hill at the Renkishin Dojo.
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BCSF Kids Taiko
BCSF Kids Taiko is a youth taiko program directed by Jiten Daiko, an affiliate of the Buddhist Church of San Francisco. The program focuses on the joy of taiko, ensemble skills such as listening and timing, improvisation, and composition.
Regional Taiko Gathering: Bay Area is proud to be sponsored by the Buddhist Church of San Francisco, Jiten Daiko, and Asano Taiko U.S.