The 300 people packed into Thornton Wilder Hall in Hamden were not quite enough to absorb the floor-rumbling vibrations of Taikoza’s drums on Saturday afternoon. When the four-member group appeared at ...

Eva Nagase remembers well the beating of taiko drums reverberating through the air like “background music” during her childhood in Japan. “Every summer, my parents brought me back to Japan to spend ...

According to a long-time member of Taiko, Joshua Lau ’26, these three words encapsulate the student group. Taiko is an ancient Japanese drum tradition dating back to the sixth century C.E., and it has ...

The 92037 ZIP code is more than 5,500 miles from Tokyo, but a performing troupe rooted in La Jolla is bringing an ancient Japanese drumming practice to various parts of San Diego. The drum ensemble La ...

There are precious few forms of music that are as physical, as intense, and as palpable as taiko, the Japanese drums and drumming art form that goes as far back as the sixth century. Thought to have ...