How does a Conference Coordinator make more than 1600 workshop assignments, placing 400 participants into 56 workshops and 10 discussion sessions spread over 5 time slots? AND ensure optimal happiness?? If you’re Terry Nguyen, you call on the TCA Tech Committee who, in turn, serendipitously find Josh Yoon (Stanford Taiko, 2013-17). Josh blended his passion Read More
With the generosity of our donors, TCA was able to sponsor 4 collegiate students to attend NATC as a participant. Our hope is that attending NATC will help the collegiate students learn more about taiko and the greater taiko community. These 4 students showed interest in NATC and ability to take what they learn at Read More
We are pleased to announce the 2017 NATC will host Kris Bergstrom and friends to guide us through a Matsuri Crashers Battle, Saturday night after Taiko Jam! DATE: Saturday, August 12 TIME: After Taiko Jam LOCATION: Atkinson Hall, UCSD DESCRIPTION: From Kris… “This Battle will be structured a bit differently, beginning with an explanation of Read More
Throughout the month of June, our fundraising committee has been busy with a crowdfunding campaign for this year’s Drummers’ Circle. The month long campaign has raised over $38,000 to date, approximately 70% of the $54,000 goal. Eighteen fundraisers across 10 teams have stepped up for some friendly fundraising competition. We are truly humbled by all Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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