Toowoomba Taiko offers free beginner lessons in traditional Japanese drumming, promising mental health benefits and exercise for anyone willing to try the ancient art form. Taiko drumming, otherwise ...

TORRANCE, Calif. - If there’s one fun way to raise your heart beat, that’s to beat some drums. Barefoot and clad in sweatpants, Julia Asano is gathering with a group of seniors for a music lesson and ...

SPACES are filling up fast for the Taiko drumming workshops that start again at Pocklington Arts Centre on May 18. Earlier this year, PAC teamed up with the York Tengu School of Taiko to launch a new ...

This article is part of a three-part series. To learn about a biwa master and her music lessons, see here. To learn about a shamisen, koto and sanshin master and his music lessons, see here. From ...

Taiko is simply the Japanese word for “big drum.” At its core, it can be a powerful, booming instrument played with energy ...

It takes an intense full-body workout just to keep the rhythm of the drums going. Every hit sends a shock wave of noise that reverberates through the audience’s bones and around the packed auditorium.

Taiko drumming, otherwise known as Kumi-daiko, is a traditional Japanese art form performed on various sizes of barrel shaped drums using heavy wooden sticks. Toowoomba Taiko is a group who meet to ...