Asano Taiko US

Asano Taiko U.S. Grand Opening features exciting concerts, workshops, and hands-on intensive,
a taiko history lecture, and the debut of the Asano Taiko U.S. showroom! Join us for any or all the events!
7/26【FRIDAY】
2-DAY TAIKO INTENSIVE
9 : 0 0 A M - 4 : 2 0 A M LATI Staff - 1-ee-and-uh Truffle Hunt/$240
WORKSHOPS
9:00AM-10:50AM
11:00AM-12:50PM
1:45PM-2:30PM
2:30PM-4:20PM
4:30PM-6:20PM
4:30PM-6:20PM
CONCERT
Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka (San Francisco Taiko Dojo) - Master Class/$50
Yoshikazu Fujimoto (Kodo) - Odaiko/$50
Akitoshi Asano (Asano Taiko Co., Ltd.) - Lecture on History of Taiko/FREE
Yu Imafuku (Iwami no Kaze) - Imafuku style Yatai Bayashi/$50
Shunsuke Kimura - Fue Basics for Kumidaiko/$50
Roy and PJ Hirabayashi (San Jose Taiko) - WHAT? Play taiko with Roy and PJ?/$50
7:30PM-9:30PM/$20
7/27【SATURDAY】
2-DAY TAIKO INTENSIVE
9 : 0 0 A M - 4 : 2 0 A M LATI Staff - 1-ee-and-uh Truffle Hunt /$240
WORKSHOPS
Asano Taiko U.S.
Grand
OPENING
Higgins Ct.
W. 208th St.
Grand Opening sale on all drums!
S.Western Ave
Torrance Blvd
Street parking on W. 208th St.
(west of S. Western Ave.) and Higgins Ct.
7.26【FRI】 7.28【SUN】
20909 S. WESTERN AVE. TORRANCE, CA 90501
9:00AM-10:50AM
11:00AM-12:50PM
1:45PM-2:30PM
2:30PM-4:20PM
4:30PM-6:20PM
4:30PM-6:20PM
CONCERT
Yuta Kato (LATI Staff) - Slant Creativity Primer/$40
Yu Imafuku (Iwami no Kaze) - Imafuku style Yatai Bayashi/$50
Akitoshi Asano (Asano Taiko Co., Ltd.) - Lecture on History of Taiko/FREE
Yoshikazu Fujimoto (Kodo) - Odaiko/$50
Yoko Fujimoto (Kodo) - Voice Circle/$50
Kris Bergstrom (LATI Staff) - The Hot 7 Primer/$40
7:30PM-9:30PM/$20
7/28【SUNDAY】
MATSURI CRASHERS BATTLE
10:00AM-12:30AM FREE (contact kris at onensemble dot org for more info)
CONCERT
2:30PM-4:30PM/$20
CONCERT
All three concerts present the same, 120-minute program. With guest artists,
Yoshikazu Fujimoto (KODO), Yoko Fujimoto (KODO), Yu Imafuku(Iwami no Kaze), Shunsuke Kimura,
Eri Domoto(Iwami no Kaze), Ai Suenaga (Iwami no Kaze)
Los Angeles Taiko Institute (LATI) Staff; Yuta Kato, Kris Bergstrom, Jen Baik, Jason Osajima, David Wells, Yuri Yoshida
Special Guest from Hawaii: Zenshin Daiko (7/26 only)
Tickets and more info
http://www.asano.jp/taiko/2013/07/asanotaikous.php 20909 S.Western Ave Torrance,CA 90501
taiko@asano.us
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Workshop Leaders
Yoshikazu FUJIMOTO KODO
Los Angeles TAIKO Institute
Yoko FUJIMOTO KODO
Yoshikazu Fujimoto joined Sado no Kuni
Ondekoza in 1972, and was a founding
member of Kodo in 1981. Since then, he has
been the group's featured O-daiko player and
center-man for the Yatai-bayashi climax.
Yoshikazu is presently Kodo's most senior
performing member.
Yoko Fujimoto joined Sado no Kuni Ondekoza
in 1976 and went on to become one of the
founding members of Kodo in 1981. After
three years as a performer, she stepped down
from the stage to edit the monthly Japanese
language newsletter and act as an instructor
to the apprentices. In 1989 she began to sing
again and has been Kodo's principal vocalist
ever since.
WORKSHOP: ODAIKO
WORKSHOP: VOICE CIRCLE
Yu Imafuku IWAMI NO KAZE
Shunsuke Kimura
Yu Imafuku is a taiko performer based in
Masuda city, Shimane prefecture. Imafuku
joined Ondekoza at the age of 24 and toured
all over the world. After 4 years in Ondekoza,
he stepped away from taiko and became an
office worker for 7 years. He then purchased a
full set of drums and became a solo artist
playing the odaiko and Iwami Kagura,
traditional music and dance from Shimane.
Shunsuke Kimura is one of the most
acclaimed composers and performers of
traditional instruments in Japan today. He has
travelled to every corner of Japan to find the
various melodies, rhythms and styles of
carnival and folk music, which he has
assimilated into his own music-making.
Ai Suenaga
Eri Domoto played and performed taiko while
working at Asano Taiko Co., Ltd. for 5 years
since 1998. From 2000, Domoto commuted
from Ishikawa prefecture and Shimane
prefecture to study from Yu Imafuku. She then
quit Asano Taiko and moved to Shimane
prefecture to further her studies and to
become a performer at Iwami no Kaze.
GRAND MASTER
Seiichi Tanaka
SAN FRANCISCO TAIKO DOJO
Kris Bergstrom
IWAMI NO KAZE
Ai Suenaga was born in Boufu-city,
Yamaguchi prefecture. Suenaga became a fan
of Yu Imafuku and became an apprentice at
Iwami no Kaze after she graduated from high
school. Not just taiko, Suenaga plays the fue
and also is passionate about dancing.
Kristofer Bergstrom is an accomplished
performing artist and enthusiastic taiko
teacher. After four years studying taiko at
Stanford, Bergstrom spent three years in
Japan studying classical Japanese dance,
Kabuki shamisen, and ensemble taiko before
founding the highly-acclaimed, contemporary
taiko group, On Ensemble. Head Instructor at
LATI, Bergstrom is dedicated to research of
taiko pedagogy while continuing to compose and choreograph
challenging new work and perform regularly.
WORKSHOP: SLANT CREATIVITY PRIMER
WORKSHOP: HOT7 PRIMER
Jen Baik Coach
Jason Osajima Coach
As a coach at LATI, Baik draws on extensive
performance experience with Kishin Daiko and
now TAIKOPROJECT, as well as a deep
sensitivity for music gained through her work
in professional audio recording and the music
licensing industry.
David Wells Coach
Jason Osajima began his taiko career in
UCLA's Kyodo Taiko as a dynamic and
expressive performer. Post-graduation, he
studied and toured with LA groups,
TAIKOPROJECT and Progressive Taiko.
Osajima coaches a variety of taiko topics at
LATI, with a current focus on slant-drum
rhythm and choreography.
WORKSHOP: MASTER CLASS
WORKSHOP: WHAT? Play taiko
with Roy and PJ?
After playing with UC Irvine's Jodaiko and
earning a Master's in education at UCLA,
Yoshida studied with the seminal group,
Kinnara Taiko, and performed extensively with
TAIKOPROJECT. With extensive experience
teaching youth and adults, she coaches in a
variety of taiko topics and offers private
lessons in taiko and xequere (Brazilian,
two-hand shaker).
2-DAY
TAIKO INTENSIVE
SAN JOSE TAIKO
For the past 40 years, Roy and PJ Hirabayashi
have founded and cultivated San Jose Taiko
into international status. Beginning as only the
3rd taiko group to form in the United States in
1973, Roy and PJ, guyded and developed a
distinctive, contemporary, Asian-American
sound that fuses traditional taiko rhythms with
musical and cultural influences from around
the world.
Yuri Yoshida Coach
Following four years as a performer and
leader with the collegiate group, Stanford
Taiko, Wells trained at Kenny Endo's Taiko
Center of the Pacific in Hawaii before
becoming a performing member of
TAIKOPROJECT. Wells is a dedicated
researcher of taiko pedagogy and coaches a
variety of courses at LATI.
ROY AND PJ HIRABAYASHI
Grand Master Seiichi tanaka established San
Francisco Taiko Dojo in 1968, the first such
school in the US. Grand Master Tanaka has
been recognized and awarded by various
countries for his talents and contributions to
the preservation of Japanese traditions and
culture. In 2001, Grand Master Tanaka was
named National Heritage Fellow by the US
National Endowment for the Arts.
Head Instructor
After seven years studying with San Francisco
Taiko Dojo, Kato was a leader of UCLA Kyodo
Taiko before moving to Japan to study at
Nihon Taiko Dojo and on Hachijo island. He
performed professionally with On Ensemble,
TAIKOPROJECT, Portland Taiko, and
coordinated the 2011 North American Taiko
Conference before turning his attention to
taiko teaching. Kato is Principal at LATI,
where he is dedicated to student success and community building.
WORKSHOP: FUE BASICS
FOR KUMIDAIKO
WORKSHOP: IMAFUKU STYLE
YATAI BAYASHI
Eri Domoto IWAMI NO KAZE
Yuta Kato Principal
Akitoshi Asano
This 2-day intensive will be led by Yuta Kato and Kris Bergstrom.
Asano Taiko
Akitoshi Asano, born in Ishikawa prefecture, is
the Administrative Director at The Asano
Foundation for Taiko Culture and Research.
Akitoshi successfully created a 3 shaku (90cm
in diameter) odaiko with the knowledge and
technique passed down since 1609. Since
then, Asano Taiko has been known for its
odaiko (3shaku or larger). Akitoshi also has
been involved with publishing taiko related
books called "Taikology" as well as other instructional books.
LECTURE: HISTORY OF TAIKO
CURRICULUM
1-ee-and-uh Truffle Hunt
Designed to shake out the bugs lurking in taiko players' stick
control and rhythmic understanding, "1-ee-and-uh Truffle Hunt"
uses the foundational "1-ee-and-uh" drill in a variety of
configurations to focus on dexterity basics. Learn the 16 patterns
that underlie most of the taiko music we play and a systematic
approach to uncovering and overcoming your weakest rhythms.
With before-and-after tests, the intensive aims to provide
measurable improvement in four technical areas -- stick control,
timing, improvisation, and the learning of new rhythms -- and
teach a self-sympathetic approach to practice that is uplifting and
effective.