Oceanside Public Library World Music Series
We had a great time performing at the Oceanside Public Library’s 2008 World Music Series! It was a great sounding theater and a great audience. A big thank you goes out to Kristine, Deborah and the Friend’s of the Oceanside Public Library for their help in bringing us to their community.
Also thank you to everybody who came out to see our performance. It was especially nice to see members of UCSD Asayake Taiko at the performance. We connected with Asayake Taiko at the Collegiate Taiko Invitational this year. On Ensemble was paired with Asayake Taiko for a master class session and we were particularly impressed with their energy and eagerness to learn and improve. Also a shout out to Stanford Taiko’s Elle who keeps showing up at On Ensemble events this summer!
Stanford Taiko went on a massive three week tour with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Stanford CHamber Chorale, Stanford Choral Union and the St. Lawrence String Quartet early this summer. Stories and pictures from the tour are featured in this month’s Stanford Magazine. How cool is that? I know I’m starting to sound like an old man but back when Kris and I were in Stanford Taiko there were no international tours and we had to haul drums 300 feet in the cold California winters just to practice…
Tags: Asayake Taiko, Stanford Taiko
A little bird told me I should check out this post. Man, I’m glad that I don’t care if you guys think I’m a big creepy stalker and that I came to Oceanside, because you guys played a fantastic show. I got to hear “Waiting” for the first time (and live!), and “Zeecha” felt extra groovy.
And you know, we should pay tribute to our alumni who went on to found On Ensemble. I’ll talk to Steve about touring in Guacamolea, but I’m sure he’ll insist that we learn to speak Spanish first.