間 MA vs GROOVE – The Kenny Endo 50th Anniversary Celebration Project –
(2) different concerts, workshops, cultural presentations, US 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 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 (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
August 10 – 間 MA vs GROOVE II Concert
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
August 11 – Outreach
August 12-14 – (18) 間 MA vs GROOVE Workshops – Summer Taiko Intensives
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
August 12-14 – Nightly 間 MA vs GROOVE Cultural Programs featuring
Aug 12 Tues – Hogaku Hayashi 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 – US Premiere film screening of “Healing Beats,” a documentary about taiko by Spanish film maker Ivan Munoz Ureta at the Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Museum of Art
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