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On Ensemble had a fabulous time facilitating the 2009 Summer Taiko Institute!  32 participants from around North America spent three days with us learning On Ensemble’s approach to taiko and a new Free Music taiko piece composed for the community.

Here are a few photos from the three days!

Thank you to(the participants), Darren, Taiko Conference Advisory Board for making STI possible!

Joy, one of our fearless participants, has scanned the score for each part of the song.  The written music is a bit rough, but you can find these scanned images here.

Random videos have been popping up as well!

Thank you to all the taiko players who have applied to participate in this year’s Summer Taiko Institute, happening August 3-5, immediately prior to the 2009 Taiko Conference.  Sign up now to take advantage of an amazing opportunity for three days of intensive taiko!  The application process is quick and easy!

Applications are due Friday, April 10, 2009.
http://www.taikoconference.org/summer-taiko-institute

We’re pulling out all the stops to make this STI jam-packed with goodness!  We’re composing a brand new taiko piece, to be debuted and taught to the 25 participants.  The piece will be the foundation for exploring 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!

Visit http://www.taikoconference.org/summer-taiko-institute to learn more and apply!

We’re sending out postcards to taiko groups all across the country for the 2009 Summer Taiko Institute soon!  Keep an eye out for them!

The Summer Taiko Institute is a great opportunity to deepen your study of taiko with an intensive three day series of workshops right before the North American Taiko Conference.  The North American taiko community continues to grow by leaps and bounds.  During our tours we’re constantly meeting new taiko groups all across the country.  Even just in Southern California  it’s pretty impossible to keep track of all the new groups.

If you are a taiko player and have never attended a taiko conference I highly recommend it!  It’s a really great opportunity to meet crazy taiko nuts from all around the world. *Yes you are weird but the good news is that you aren’t alone*  If you’re a part of a collegiate taiko group there is also the Annual Collegiate Taiko Invitational which will be hosted by UC Irvine Jodaiko this year in May.

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!..

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