Taiko Source Highlights - April 2025
Taiko Source Highlights - April 2025
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Welcome back for another month of highlights to Taiko Source!
First off, check in with our friends from Peaceful Forest - Takumi Kato and family who are continuing their dream project to bring taiko to all 50 US States!
In the Song Database, we're excited to share Kinnara Taiko's signature piece "Ashura". (Thank you to the Buddhist Churches of America Music Committee for permission to share the instructional videos from their 2022 webinar.)
Lastly, check out the TCA YouTube Channel for the newly released Taiko Jam concert playlist from NATC 2019 in Portland Oregon! Featuring Kenny Endo and the Taiko Center of the Pacific, Chieko Kojima, San Francisco Taiko Dojo, and Kinnara Taiko, enjoy their performances (and look for the Taiko Jam 2025 announcement coming up soon!)
What is Taiko Source?
What is Taiko Source?
NATC 2009 Opening Ceremony
Photo Credit: UnknownTaiko Source, acquired by Taiko Community Alliance in 2022, is a digital space for the taiko community to share resources and make connections. TaikoSource is dedicated to the development of information resources to empower the people and advance the art of taiko. Original creators of Taiko Source include Ben Patcher and Wendy Jedlička.
The mission of Taiko Community Alliance (TCA) is to empower the people and advance the art of taiko.
Emergeng from the COVID-19 pandemic with a renewed focus to "Empower the people and advance the art of taiko", TCA revitalized the bi-annual North American Taiko Conference by implementing an annual "Conference series" which features smaller, geographically afiled NATC-Regionals which strives to increase the accesibility of the NATC experience.
In addition to NATC and NATC-R, highlights of TCA's efforts include the annual Grant Program, "Congra-CHU-lations" recognition event, "Taiko-thon" community showcase, ongoing Leadership Program, and periodic web-based seminars and mixers.
Behind the scenes, future plans are underway to directly expand the adminstrative and financial offerings to support taiko organizations small and large. Stay tuned for updates in the coming months!
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