Experience the art of Japanese drumming!
DETAILS & REGISTRATION FORM (pdf)
No experience needed!
6:00-7:30PM, Twice a month on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays.
Jul 14 & 28, Aug 11 & 25, Sep 8 & 22,
Oct 13 & 27, Nov 10 & 24, Dec 8, 2009
This is a hands-on class. Wear loose, comfortable clothes and shoes.
JASC Tsukasa Taiko Brochure (pdf)
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Upcoming Performances
June 13, 2009 at 9:30pm
Japonesque Blues @ Katarina's
1920 W Irving Park Rd
Chicago, IL 60613
June 14, 2009 at 1pm and 1:45pm
Tsukasa youth at Millennium Park
June 23, 2009 at 4:30pm
Bunka shutter BX Hall,
Tokyo, Japan
A Chizuru Kai (Chizuru Kineya) concert
featuring Tsukasa Taiko, Toyoaki Shamisen, and Genryu Arts
details (pdf)
July 4, 2009 at 9pm
Private event at Marriott Hotel
July 12, 2009 at 1pm and 1:45pm
Tsukasa Youth at Millennium Park
July 14, 2009 at 9am
School event
July 18, 2009 at 5:45pm
Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival
Dawes Park, Sheridan Rd at Church
Free admission
July 19, 2009 at 5pm
30th Annual Chinatown Summer Fair
on Wentworth Ave. and 23rd Pl
Chicago, IL 60616
August 1, 2009 all day
Mitsuwa Obon Festival
at 100 E Algonquin, Arlington Heights
August 2, 2009 at 3pm
Midwest Folk Festival
in statefs western Henry County, Bishop Hill, IL
August 9, 2009 at 1pm and 1:45pm
Tsukasa Youth at Millennium Park
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Drumming the Legacy
JASC Tsukasa Taiko is the leading taiko (Japanese drumming) ensemble in the Chicago area.
Basing its operations out of the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago (JASC), JASC Tsukasa Taiko's mission is to preserve and pass on the traditional concepts of taiko as a cultural legacy and to utilize these concepts in expanding and evolving the taiko form.
Dedicated to building community and being a leader in the taiko drumming culture of the Midwest, Tsukasa Taiko maintains a national profile by presenting powerful performances across the country throughout the year.
Tsukasa Taiko has also made an impact outside of the usual taiko arena by participating in multi-cultural musical
collaborations in creative music.
What is Taiko?
TOYOAKI SHAMISEN
TOYOAKI SHAMISEN
Discover the Japanese traditional lute, SHAMISEN !
Legendary "Ozashiki" shamisen music from Toyoaki family.
a division of JASC Tsukasa Taiko
taikolegacy.com
JASC: Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago
Celebrating its 60th year of serving the community, the mission of the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago is to preserve and raise awareness of Japanese American culture and heritage, and promote the physical and spiritual well-being of Japanese Americans and the greater multicultural community in the Midwest. Visit www.jasc-chicago.org for more information.
AIRMW: Asian Improv aRts Midwest
Asian Improv aRts Midwest's mission is to build a vital, self-empowered Asian American community in the Chicago area by advancing the understanding and profile of Asian and Asian American cultures through the traditional and contemporary cultural arts. AIRMW is dedicated to creating productive relationships with artists, community and institutions in order to produce high quality arts programs that accurately reflect the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic reality of Chicago and the nation. Visit www.airmw.org for more information.
Acknowledgments
JASC Tsukasa Taiko and the Fifth Annual Chicago Taiko Legacy are programs of Asian Improv aRts Midwest and the Japanese American Service Committee and are supported in part by the Illinois Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Chicago Tribune Foundation, the Alphawood Foundation, the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and The Joyce Foundation.
the Illinois Arts Council
the Illinois Humanities Council
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
the Chicago Tribune Foundation
Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs
the Alphawood Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
