2023
March 24 – AME Concert, Honolulu HI
April 13 – Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA
June 30-July 2 – Youth Group performance at
Taiko Go! North American Taiko Conference-
Regional in Hilo, HI
Dec 9 – Silent Auction at Bonenkai
2022
Kenny Endo 45th Anniversary Celebration US Tour (March 24 – May 22)
March 24 – Macon, GA
March 30 – Fredericksburg, VA
April 1-3 – Washington DC
April 6-7 – Amherst, MA
April 8-9 – Philadelphia, PA
April 10 – Slippery Rock, PA
April 11-14 – Central Ohio
April 17 – Oberlin, OH
April 19 – Ann Arbor, MI
April 21-22 – Urbana-Champaign, IL
April 24 – Minneapolis, MN
April 28-30 – Phoenix, AZ
May 1-2 – Tucson, AZ
May 4-9 – Stanford and Bay Area, CA
May 13 – Oxnard, CA
May 14 – Los Angeles, CA
May 22 – Beaverton, OR
Supported in part by Taiko Arts Center, Japan Foundation, and private donations
2021
The “DOJO” Project
2020
World Taiko Conference — Japan (virtual) support
2019
North American Taiko Conference — Portland, OR; support for TCP
2018
Summer Taiko & Shamisen Intensives featuring Hiromitsu Agatsuma (shamisen), Chieko Kojima (Hana Hachijo), Yosuke Oda (taiko), Kenny Endo (taiko), Sho’on Shibata (taiko)
“Gannenmono,” a project celebrating the 150th Year of Japanese Immigration to US and Hawaii supported in part by the Honolulu Museum of Art featuring Hiromitsu Agatsuma (shamisen), Chieko Kojima (taiko and dance), and Kenny Endo (taiko).
2017
“Taiko Drums and Dance, Hana Hou!” a collaboration between Taiko Center of the Pacific and the University of Hawaii Department of Theatre and Dance supported in part by Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s Office of Culture & the Arts.
“Edo Sato Kagura” (Japanese Shrine Music and Dance) project with master artist Kyosuke Suzuki (Wakayama Shachu of Tokyo).
2015
“Midnight Moon,” restaged “Ten Ten,” Kenny Endo’s 40th Anniversary Concert at Hawaii Theatre with performers: Chizuko Endo, Kirstin Pauka, Yeeman Mui, Mika Yamazaki, Jackie Wijaya, Patrick Oiye, Tanya Downer, Sho’on Shibata, Devon Izumigawa, Malia Yamamoto, Blythe Stephens, Makena Harootian, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzZfJeN1IHY
Collaboration between Taiko and Sabar, West African Drumming
2014
“Developing The Next Generation of Taiko Artists” project supported in part by Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s Office on Culture & the Arts and the Japan Foundation Los Angeles.
2013
The Taiko Path, a residency at Lanai School supported in part by the Lanai Foundation.
Classical and Contemporary Japanese Drumming project supported in part by Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s Office of Culture & the Arts featuring Saburo Mochizuki with a special commission for “Samurai,” a composition by Yuu Ishizuka, contemporary Tokyo taiko artist.
2012
“Midnight Moon” a commission for the Taiko Drums and Dance project at the University of Hawaii supported in part by Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s Office of Culture & the Arts. Music composed by Kenny Endo, with dance choreographed by Peggy Adams.
Waimea Cherry Blossom Festival and National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC celebrating the 100th year anniversary of Japan’s donation of 3000 cherry trees to the US supported in part by the Japan Foundation Los Angeles.
2011
Taiko and West African Drumming project, a collaboration between Taiko and Sabar supported in part by Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s Office of Culture & the Arts featuring Kenny Endo (taiko) and Kapono Ciotti (West African drums).
2010
2009
“Uncommon Time,” a collaboration of taiko, Indian tabla, and Afro-Caribbean percussion) supported in part by a MAP grant.
Taiko and Bharatanatyam, a collaboration between Taiko and South Indian Percussive Dance supported in part by the Mayor Mufi Hanneman’s Office on Culture & the Arts Production Grant featuring Kenny Endo (Taiko) and Sonia Sironen (Bharatanatyam).
2008
“Rhythm Summit,” a taiko and jazz collaboration supported in part by the Mayor Mufi Hanneman’s Office on Culture & the Arts Production Grant featuring Noel Okimoto (drumset, vibraphone), Dean Taba (bass), and Kenny Endo (taiko)
Taiko Center of the Pacific Youth Group’s Taiko Exchange and Performance Tour to Japan (workshops with Hono Daiko, Gojinjo Daiko, Amanojaku) and exchanges and performances on the Noto peninsula.
2007
“Nature Will Prevail,” a collaboration of musicians from Japan and US
2003
Taiko Scholarship Program launched – providing scholarships for the study of taiko in Hawaii to aspiring taiko practitioners
2000
Taiko in the New Millenium supported in part by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism
Other Annual Events which Taiko Arts Center supports in part:
Ohana Festival
“Adopt-a-Mom”
Habilitat Lecture/Demonstration
Cherry Blossom Festival