{"id":1556,"date":"2023-02-24T23:40:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T09:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/?page_id=1556"},"modified":"2025-04-22T02:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:40:24","slug":"announcements-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/announcements-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"
CELEBRATE in 2025!\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
June-July 2025\u00a0 Edo Bayashi and Edo Kotobuki Jishi Hybrid Classes<\/strong><\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0In-Person classes in Honolulu and Live-Streamed around the world<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Sponsored in part by Hawaii Community Foundation\"\"<\/div>\n
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August 9-10, 2025 Kenny Endo’s 50th Anniversary Concerts<\/p>\n

\u9593 MA vs Groove Concerts I and II
\nTWO uniquely Different Concerts
\nReflecting Endo’s influences, inspirations, and impact on the world of taiko.
\nCelebrate with us!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 Kennedy Theater, University of Hawaii<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 Special Guests<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 KETE and TCP Alumni invited!<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 SAVE the DATES!<\/div>\n
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August 9 – Traditional Japanese Music and Dance with special guests:<\/strong>
\nKyosuke Suzuki (Festival Music of Edo), and Saburo Mochizuki (Hogaku Hayashi,<\/div>\n
\u00a0 classical japanese music from the Kabuki), and others<\/div>\n
\u00a0 and Contemporary Collaborations with special guests:<\/div>\n
\u00a0 Noel Okimoto (drums, vibes), Dean Taba (bass), Todd Yukumoto (sax, flute),<\/div>\n
\u00a0 Abe Lagrimas Jr.(drums, ukulele), Peiling Kao, and others<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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August 10 – Taiko Center of the Pacific (Adult & Youth Ensembles)<\/strong><\/div>\n
\u00a0 with special guests!!!<\/strong>\u00a0 (All alumni invited! Contact:\u00a0kpauka@hawaii.edu<\/a>)
\nShoji Kameda, Hiroshi “Rosh” Tanaka, Mo Kearns and more!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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August 12-14, 2025\u00a0 \u9593 MA vs Groove Workshops – The Summer Taiko Intensives
\nEdo Kotobuki Jishi (Lion Dance & Drumming) Intensive<\/strong><\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 Special guest Instructor: Suzuki Kyosuke from Wakayama Shachu of Tokyo<\/div>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Sponsored in part by Hawaii Community Foundation
\nPLUS Daily Workshops
\nHogaku Bayashi, Tatsumaki Basics, Taiko Set, Katsugi Okedo Daiko,
\nEi Ja Nai Ka?! Taiko TaiChi, Kokon (Ancient and Modern), and more<\/p>\n

August 12-14, 2025\u00a0 – Nightly Cultural Presentations<\/strong>
\nHogaku Bayashi – Past and Present
\nEdo Sato Kagura and Japanese Festival Music
\nTradition as a Basis for Innovation – Symmetrical Soundscapes<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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August 15, 2025\u00a0 U.S. Premiere of “Healing Beats” <\/strong><\/div>\n
a documentary on taiko by Spanish film-maker Ivan Munoz<\/div>\n
Doris Duke Theater<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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September 2025<\/strong>
\n50th Celebration Concerts on neighbor islands
\nfor bookings, contact:<\/div>\n
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October-November 2025
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50th Celebration Concerts U.S. Tour
\nCalifornia, Ohio, Colorado, Oregon, and more<\/div>\n
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Taiko Arts Center Silent Auction 2024
\n<\/strong>The silent auction will be held again this year at Taiko Center of the Pacific’s 31st Annual Bonenkai, scheduled for December 14th, 2024. Donations will be accepted beginning November 2024. Please contact: info@taikoartscenter.org for any questions regarding this year’s donations.<\/p>\n

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\nYouth Group Recital Celebrating Blaise and Cameron
\nCongratulations to Blaise and Cameron for putting on a wonderful senior recital!
\nGood luck as you continue on your journey!
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AME, Tears of the Earth, IN-PERSON concert
\n<\/strong>View Performance Clips
\nAme, Tears of the Earth<\/a>
\nRites of Thundering<\/a>
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FEATURING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kenny Endo
\nTaiko Center of the Pacific<\/p>\n

SPECIAL GUESTS<\/strong>
\nPeter Rockford Espiritu and TAU Dance Theatre
\nSumie Kaneko
\nAbe Lagrimas Jr
\nAmelia Lukas
\nAki “Ten Ten” Takahashi<\/p>\n

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Kenny and Chizuko Endo were honored with the Japan America Society of Hawaii’s “Bridge Award”<\/strong> along with Roy and Denise Yamaguchi.\u00a0One of JASH\u2019s most prestigious events, the Bridge Awards Event recognizes U.S.-Japan leaders in Hawaii for their lifetime of work in building bridges of friendship and understanding between the U.S., Hawaii and Japan!<\/div>\n
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(L>R) Roy Yamaguchi, Denise Yamaguchi, Chizuko Endo, and Kenny Endo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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CONGRATULATIONS<\/b>\u00a0to\u00a0Kenny Endo\u00a0<\/b>being honored as one of the 2022 Hompa Hongwanji’s Living Treasures of Hawaii awardees. 2022 and 2023 Living Treasures of Hawaii Awardees were celebrated at a Luncheon at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on February 11, 2023. View the 2022 virtual ceremony on Hawaii News Now:<\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/video\/2022\/05\/23\/th-living-treasures-hawaii-2\/?fbclid=IwAR0JJr6XTozhz9UY_EzflgDGFyijWnvE9GTKgWNRyeaBr<\/a>
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CELEBRATE in 2025!\u00a0 June-July 2025\u00a0 Edo Bayashi and Edo Kotobuki Jishi Hybrid Classes \u00a0 \u00a0In-Person classes in Honolulu and Live-Streamed around the world \u00a0 \u00a0Sponsored in part by Hawaii Community Foundation August 9-10, 2025 Kenny Endo’s 50th Anniversary Concerts \u9593 MA vs Groove Concerts I and II TWO uniquely Different Concerts Reflecting Endo’s influences, inspirations, … Continue reading Announcements<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1556","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1556"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1901,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1556\/revisions\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}