TCA is pleased to announce our sponsors for the 2017 North American Taiko Conference! These generous individuals and organizations have pledged their support for making this year’s conference a success. In the spirit of competition, our sponsors have thrown their support behind their favorite team in the Drummer’s Circle Challenge! We have added their contributions to our Read More
June 15 Launches: Single Day and Volunteer Registration!
Today, there are two more ways to get involved with NATC this year SINGLE DAY REGISTRATION Are you on the fence about coming to NATC, but you don’t want to attend both days? Maybe you want to close out the work week strong, and can only attend on Saturday. OR, maybe you have a prior Read More
20 Years to NATC Timeline: Taiko Mapping and Census
Taiko is a special art form, not only because it’s unmistakably loud and vibrant, but also because it’s created by groups of people working together who depend largely on oral tradition to share the art form. Taiko practitioners may have known this for years, but the Taiko Mapping Project allowed the larger community to Read More
Drummers’ Circle Matching Announcement from Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten
Yoshihiko Miyamoto, president of Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten has a special announcement as part of the 2017 Drummers’ Circle campaign! We are thankful for the generosity of Yoshihiko and the entire kaDON/Miyamoto family for this amazing matching challenge! Take this opportunity to make your contribution to this year’s Drummers’ Circle campaign and have your donation count Read More
20 Years to NATC Timeline: Taiko Boom
Shawn Bender was part of the first wave of taiko scholars, completing his dissertation in 2003 on tradition and modernity in kumidaiko. Building upon this ground-breaking work, in 2012 he published Taiko Boom: Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion the first – and to date, only – scholastic book in English about taiko performance. An Associate Read More
The Drummer’s Circle Challenge!
Which corner of the taiko community can drum up the most support for NATC? The Drummer’s Circle are those individuals and groups that help cover the cost of Conference through donations. TCA is committed to keeping Conference registration costs down to maximize accessibility. However, that means that registration fees only cover 65% of the cost Read More
20 Years to NATC Timeline: BIG DRUM
From July 2005 to January 2006, the Japanese American National Museum was home to “Big Drum: Taiko in the United States.” Curated by Sojin Kim and opening while the 2005 NATC was held in Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, CA), this multimedia exhibition chronicled the growth of kumidaiko in the United States through the presentation of Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Collegiate Taiko NATC Scholarship!
Attention all Collegiate Taiko players! Thanks to the generosity of the taiko community, we are able to offer three scholarships to college students for participation in the 2017 North American Taiko Conference. This is a recent donation, and we’re still working out the details of the offer, but if you’re interested in hearing more, please Read More
Attn: SoCAL – Call for NATC Equipment
It has been eight long years since the Southern California Taiko Community has had the esteemed honor of hosting the North American Taiko Conference (NATC). On behalf of the Taiko Community Alliance and the Taiko Community of San Diego, we are very excited to be presenting the 2017 North American Taiko Conference (NATC) at the Read More
20 Years of NATC Timeline: kaDON Takes Taiko to the Internet
CORRECTION: This version corrects an earlier version that incorrectly listed Kenny Endo and Kaoru Watanabe among the list of founding personnel for kaDON. Taiko pedagogy entered a new era in 2014 when kaDON was founded by Yoshihiko Miyamoto, Aya Yoshida, and Shoji Kameda. Powered by Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten, kaDON offers classes by celebrated artists like Read More