Finding Her Beat was simply meant to be a recorded version of a one-night concert in the US state of Minnesota dedicated to the ancient Japanese art of taiko drumming. But after Jennifer Weir, the ...

In the Ballico and Cressey areas, they march to the beat of a different drummer. Members of the Ballico Taiko Club’s performing group will be demonstrating their unique drum-playing talents later this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taiko drumming, described by local performers and community members as more than a traditional Japanese art form—it is also a ...

On stage, a flute lightly sounds, followed by a piercing beat of a chu-daiko drum. Another beat sounds out, and another, in a quickening progression. The sound of Kyodo Taiko, the first collegiate ...

Sado, Japan, is not an easy trip. After a 14-hour flight to Tokyo, you’ll have to hop a two-hour bullet train ride followed by a two-and-a-half-hour ferry trip to get there. But on this isolated ...

On Thursday, March 9, the world-famous Japanese drum troupe Kodo brought a stunning performance to Jorgensen Center. As a celebration of its 42-year anniversary, Kodo put on a North American premiere ...

Second year Ph.D. student Yuka Tatsumi, co-president, co-logistics coordinator and webmaster for Stanford Taiko (ST), still remembers her first time watching a taiko performance in middle school. The ...

series restricts performers to a miniscule stage and dares them to think large. Portland Taiko, the Japanese big-drum ensemble, fills vast auditoriums with rolling thunders of sound. "Ten Tiny Taiko," ...

"Katachi: The Shape of Sounds in Silence," a performance of Japanese taiko drums and flute, will be presented at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the Class of 1970 Theater at Whitman College. Kaoru ...

The song started quietly, with singing. Then the drumbeats began, slowly growing in intensity. Even across the lawn of Kindleberger Park in Parchment, the sound could be felt as much as it was heard.