Stay tuned as we announce the many activities planned for August 9-15, 2025 and the ways you can participate. Concert Ticket and Workshop information coming soon. Stay tuned!
August 9 – 間 MA vs GROOVE I Concert
featuring Japanese Traditional Music and Dance with special guests Suzuki Kyosuke, Mochizuki Saburo, Okayasu Kiyora (Akiko Miura), Mochizuki Mukon (J.D. Andrade), Fujima Saeka (Mika Yamazaki) and other special guests +
Contemporary Taiko Collaborations with Jazz Artists Noel Okimoto, Dean Taba, Todd Yukumoto, Abe Lagrimas Jr and other special guests
August 10 – 間 MA vs GROOVE II Concert
featuring Taiko Center of the Pacific Youth & Adult Ensembles with alumni
August 11 – Outreach
August 12-14 – (18) 間 MA vs GROOVE Workshops – Summer Taiko Intensives
w/ master artists: Suzuki Kyosuke, Mochizuki Saburo, Mochizuki Mukon, Shoji Kameda, Hiroshi Tanaka, and others
August 12-14 – Nightly 間 MA vs GROOVE Cultural Programs
featuring Hogaku Hayashi (Japanese classical music as found in Kabuki and Nagauta); Edo Sato Kagura (shrine music and dance); contemporary taiko
August 15 – US Premiere film screening of “Healing Beats,” a documentary about taiko by Spanish film maker Ivan Munoz Ureta
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