On Ensemble to facilitate Summer Taiko Institute!
We are very pleased to announce that On Ensemble will be teaching the 2009 Summer Taiko Institute! This 3-day taiko intensive will take place in Los Angeles on August 3-5, immediately prior to the 2009 Taiko Conference.
Applications are due Friday, April 10, 2009.
We’re pulling out all the stops to make this Summer Taiko Institute (STI) jam-packed with goodness!..
We’re composing a brand new taiko piece, to be debuted and taught to the 25 participants. We’ll use the piece as a foundation to explore each step of the song cycle: from practice to performance to critical review and revision. In addition to basic form and technique training, participants learn practical tips for improving timing, musicality, and playing as a group. As the song is further polished, supplementary drills and performance concepts for refinement are explored. Along with specific techniques, rhythms, and drills, participants learn the On Ensemble members’ underlying philosophies and creative processes. STI participants come away empowered to apply the concepts to future songs. The course provides numerous take-home materials, in addition to the new piece itself, for sharing with participants’ home groups.
In the last few years, On Ensemble has been hard at work developing an extensive series of workshops, and we’ll be drawing from all this work for STI!
In short, this is the going to be the best hands-on taiko intensive On Ensemble has ever done! Read more about it and apply here!