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間MA vs Groove Workshop-Summer Taiko Intensive Registration OPEN NOW: https://taikoartscenter.ticketspice.com/ke50-workshops
“Healing Beats” ticket sales begin in JULY at: https://honolulumuseum.org/events?genres%5B%5D=13
間 MA vs GROOVE – The Kenny Endo 50th Anniversary Celebration Project –
(2) distinctly different concerts, workshops, cultural presentations, U.S. premiere film screening of taiko documentary, community outreach
Stay tuned as we announce the many activities planned for August 9-15, 2025 and the ways you can participate. Concert Tickets are ON SALE NOW: ke50.eventbrite.com
August 9 – 間 MA vs GROOVE Concert I
featuring Japanese Traditional Music and Dance with special guests Suzuki Kyosuke (lion dance, bamboo flutes, taiko), Mochizuki Saburo (tsuzumi, taiko), Okayasu Kiyora (Akiko Miura, shamisen, voacals), Kineya Sakio (Bryson Goda, shamisen), Fujima Saeka (Mika Yamazaki, Nihon Buyo),Mochizuki Mukon (J.D. Andrade, taiko, bamboo flutes), and other special guests PLUS
Contemporary Taiko Collaborations with Jazz Artists Noel Okimoto (drums, vibes), Dean Taba (bass), Todd Yukumoto (saxophone, flute), Abe Lagrimas Jr. (drums, vibes, ukulele); The Renkon Film Project by Noe Tanigawa; Peiling Kao (contemporary dance); and other special guests
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August 10 – 間 MA vs GROOVE Concert II
featuring Taiko Center of the Pacific Youth & Adult Ensembles with guests
Shoji Kameda, Hiroshi Tanaka, Michael Gonhata, Maureen “Mo” Kearns, YG Alumni, and other special guests
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August 11 – Outreach and Collegiate Gathering
August 12-14 – (18) 間 MA vs GROOVE Summer Taiko Intensive
(6) Workshops Daily and Nightly Cultural Presentations
w/ master artists: Kenny Endo, Suzuki Kyosuke (lion dance, taiko), Mochizuki Saburo (Hogaku), Mochizuki Mukon (J.D. Andrade, Hogaku on Chudaiko), PJ Hirabayashi, Russel Baba, Jeanne Mercer, Shoji Kameda, Hiroshi Tanaka, Michael Gonhata, Sho’on Shibata, and others
間MA vs Groove WORKSHOPS Registration OPEN NOW: https://taikoartscenter.ticketspice.com/ke50-workshops
August 12-14 – 間 MA vs GROOVE Nightly Cultural Programs featuring
Aug 12 Tues – Hogaku Bayashi with Mochizuki Saburo (Japanese classical music as found in
Kabuki and Nagauta);
Aug 13 Wed – Edo Sato Kagura (shrine music and dance) with Suzuki Kyosuke;
Aug 14 Thurs – Tradition as a Basis for Innovation, with Kenny Endo
August 15 – U.S. Premiere film screening of “Healing Beats,” a documentary about the art of
taiko and its global impact by Spanish film maker Ivan Munoz Ureta at the Doris Duke Theatre,
Honolulu Museum of Art
“Healing Beats” ticket sales begin in JULY at: https://honolulumuseum.org/events?genres%5B%5D=13
Plan to celebrate with us in Honolulu Hawaii!