{"id":1668,"date":"2024-08-29T00:18:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T10:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/?page_id=1668"},"modified":"2024-08-29T00:25:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T10:25:50","slug":"past-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/past-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2023<\/strong>
\u96e8 AME  Concert at Hawaii Theatre, Honolulu HI
Kenny Endo Ensemble at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley CA
Youth Group performance at TaikoGo! North American Taiko Conference-Regional, Hilo HI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/strong>
Kenny Endo 45th Anniversary Celebration US Tour (March 24 – May 22)
Macon, GA; Fredericksburg, VA; Washington DC; Amherst, MA; Philadelphia, PA;
Slippery Rock, PA; Central Ohio; Oberlin, OH; Ann Arbor, MI; Urbana-Champaign, IL;
Minneapolis, MN; Phoenix, AZ; Tucson, AZ; Stanford and Bay Area, CA; Oxnard, CA;
Los Angeles, CA; Beaverton, OR
Supported in part by Taiko Arts Center, Japan Foundation, and private donations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/strong>
The “DOJO” Project
\u96e8 Ame, Tears of the Earth, a virtual concert live-streamed around the world in the midst of
the corona virus pandemic
Watch video here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/strong>
World Taiko Conference — Japan (virtual) support
HERbeat Residency and Concert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong>
North American Taiko Conference — Portland, OR; support for TCP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018<\/strong>
Summer Taiko & Shamisen Intensives featuring Hiromitsu Agatsuma (shamisen), Chieko Kojima (Hana Hachijo), Yosuke Oda (taiko), Kenny Endo (taiko), Sho\u2019on Shibata (taiko)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cGannenmono,\u201d 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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/strong>
“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\u2019s Office of Culture & the Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2016<\/strong>
\u201cEdo Sato Kagura\u201d (Japanese Shrine Music and Dance) project with master artist Kyosuke Suzuki (Wakayama Shachu of Tokyo).
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2015<\/strong>
\u201cMidnight Moon,\u201d 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaboration between Taiko and Sabar, West African Drumming<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/strong>
“Developing The Next Generation of Taiko Artists” project supported in part by Mayor Kirk Caldwell\u2019s Office on Culture & the Arts and the Japan Foundation Los Angeles.
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2013<\/strong>
The Taiko Path, a residency at Lanai School supported in part by the Lanai Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classical and Contemporary Japanese Drumming project supported in part by Mayor Kirk Caldwell\u2019s Office of Culture & the Arts featuring Saburo Mochizuki with a special commission for “Samurai,” a composition by Yuu Ishizuka, contemporary Tokyo taiko artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012<\/strong>
\u201cMidnight Moon\u201d a commission for the Taiko Drums and Dance project at the University of Hawaii supported in part by Mayor Kirk Caldwell\u2019s Office of Culture & the Arts. Music composed by Kenny Endo, with dance choreographed by Peggy Adams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011<\/strong>
Taiko and West African Drumming project, a collaboration between Taiko and Sabar supported in part by Mayor Kirk Caldwell\u2019s Office of Culture & the Arts featuring Kenny Endo (taiko) and Kapono Ciotti (West African drums).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KETE & Guests Pearl City Cultural Center Taimane 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2009<\/strong>
\u201cUncommon Time,\u201d a collaboration of taiko, Indian tabla, and Afro-Caribbean percussion) supported in part by a MAP grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taiko and Bharatanatyam, a collaboration between Taiko and South Indian Percussive Dance supported in part by the Mayor Mufi Hanneman\u2019s Office on Culture & the Arts Production Grant featuring Kenny Endo (Taiko) and Sonia Sironen (Bharatanatyam).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Sosen” (Ancestors), a “Taiko and Percussive Dance,” project with Sonja Sironen (choreographer), Kenny Endo (composer), and Taiko Center of the Pacific (performers) – supported in part by the Mayor’s Office on Culture and the Arts, 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2008<\/strong>
\u201cRhythm Summit,\u201d a taiko and jazz collaboration supported in part by the Mayor Mufi Hanneman\u2019s Office on Culture & the Arts Production Grant featuring Noel Okimoto (drumset, vibraphone), Dean Taba (bass), and Kenny Endo (taiko)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taiko Center of the Pacific Youth Group\u2019s Taiko Exchange and Performance Tour to Japan (workshops with Hono Daiko, Gojinjo Daiko, Amanojaku) and exchanges and performances on the Noto peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007<\/strong>
\u201cNature Will Prevail,\u201d a collaboration of musicians from Japan and US<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003<\/strong>
Taiko Scholarship Program launched – providing scholarships for the study of taiko in Hawaii to aspiring taiko practitioners<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000<\/strong>
Taiko in the New Millenium supported in part by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Annual Events which Taiko Arts Center supports in part:
Drum Reskinnings
JCCH Ohana Festival
\u201cAdopt-a-Mom\u201d
Habilitat Lecture\/Demonstration
HJJCC Cherry Blossom Festival
Educational Outreach Programs
Foodland’s Annual “Give Aloha”
TAC Annual Silent Auction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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