Renowned Taiko Drummers to Strike Porter Theatre
The Taiko Center of Los Angeles performs at 黑料百科 Saturday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. in Porter Theater. 鈥淎 Taiko Drum Concert鈥 includes special guest Hiroyuki Hayashida, former member of Kodo, the world鈥檚 most renowned Taiko group from Japan. Tickets to the event, which is co-sponsored by 黑料百科鈥檚 Intercultural Programs and the Music Department, are $5 for students; $10 general admission. All proceeds benefit Emmaus Road, a 黑料百科 summer service program that has been sending students overseas for 12 years.
The Taiko Center of Los Angeles was founded in 1996 by director Tom Kurai to preserve the art of Japanese taiko drumming. Taiko is a powerful visual art form that combines the discipline of martial arts and music. The group performs traditional and contemporary Japanese taiko music.
The Taiko Center of Los Angeles has received acclaim for creating taiko music for recordings, motion picture scores, video games, live theater and dance. The group has received the Lester Horton Dance award as well as honors from LA Weekly, Dramalogue and the Inland Theatre Arts League.
Other taiko performers include Denise Donovan, Maceo Hernandez, Grace Kaito, Judi Kaminishi, Harriet Mizuno-Moyer, Taylor Moyer, Ray Nagami, Mike Penny and Gary St. Germain.