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Our next performance is our TAIKO 2.0 collaboration with taiko pioneer Kenny Endo! The Department of Performance Studies at Texas A&M is bringing us to college station for a concert performance and educational activities. It’s always great to share the stage with Kenny and the amazing musicians in his ensemble.

TAIKO 2.0
On Ensemble and the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble
Wednesday Feb 8th, 7:30pm
Rudder Theater
Texas A&M
General Admission $10 Students $5
For more information call (979) 845-1515

Happy New Year On Ensemble fans! 2012 is going to be great year and we’re starting off the year with performances in Pinedale and Gillette Wyoming. We’ll be in Pinedale on Friday Jan 20th for educational outreach programs and concert performance in the evening. Then we’re headed to Gillette for educational outreach programs on Monday the 23rd followed by a concert on the 24th. Check out our calendar section for more details.

Friday Jan 20th
7:00pm
Pinedale Auditorium
147 E. Hennick St.
Pinedale, WY 82941

Tuesday Jan 24th
7:00pm
Heritage Center Theater
Gillette, Wyoming

Happy Holidays all!  Still a lot on the On Ensemble to do list before the year ends.  Our year long residency at the Japanese American Community and Cultural Center is also coming to an end so we’ll be moving to a new location soon.  If you have any leads on a rehearsal space suitable for a small group with a bunch of equipment let us know!

We’ll also be starting a new recording project soon.  Right now I’m trying to finish up two other recording projects including a Kenny Endo and Kaoru Watanbe duet album I’m producing and a ‘decadent’ electronica album with Grammy Award winning composer Christopher Tin.  Once these two are finished we’ll be starting the new On Ensemble album.  Hopefully we’ll get the album started before the year ends!

Our next performance is in Carlsbad for the Museum of Making Music on Saturday November 19th at 7:00pm.  As a part of this performance we will also be doing educational outreach programs for some of the schools in the Carlsbad area.  Come check out our performance if you are in the area!

Saturday, November 19, 2011, 7:00 PM

Schulman Auditorium @ Carlsbad Dove Library

Ticket Price: $15 – Purchase Tickets Online

Member Price: $10 – Purchase Tickets Online

More Information: 760-438-5996

We’re headed to Eugene, OR for a juried showcase at the 31st Annual Northwest Booking Conference.  Our showcase will be on Monday Oct 17th from 9:13-9:25pm. More information available at the Arts Northwest website.

Videos of On Ensemble performing:
Gamelgong:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF5R2U47gOQ
Turns:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlAsqTM-IjE
Yamasong:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGMfP81c_UA
After Rain:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiqBIuM-1DI

Video of Educational Programs for the Sun Valley Center for the Arts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey1n__n6L3U

Video of Educational Outreach programs in Los Angeles area:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xekmfn_on-ensemble-educational-programs-pr_creation

Our next performance is a TAIKO 2.0 concert with Kenny Endo at the San Luis Obispo performing arts center.  It’s always fun and inspiring to play with Kenny and his contemporary ensemble which features Eien Hunter-Ishikawa on vibraphone, Kaoru Watanabe on flutes and Charlene Huang on violin.  It should be a great performance.  Come check it out if you are in the area:

Kenny Endo and On Ensemble TAIKO 2.0
Friday, October 14th  8:00pm
Christopher Cohan Center
1 Grand Avenue
San Luis Obispo,  CA  93407

Our next performance is a very special performance: ‘InventiOn 2011′ where will be debuting three new pieces made possible by our creative residency at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center.  Our time at the JACCC has been great and has allowed us to focus more of our creative energy toward the creation of new work.  We’ll also be featuring a special guest artist Bharata Natyam dancer Anusha Kedhar.  If you are in the SoCal area come check it out this Saturday October 8th at the Armstrong Theater in Torrance, CA.

Armstrong Theatre
3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance
(310) 781-7171
www.torrancearts.org

We are excited about being a part of the the 2011 Ojai World Music Festival!  We’ll be leading hands on Taiko workshops as well as performing two sets on Saturday October 1st.  The entire festival line up can be found at the Ojai World Music Festival website.