The Weis Center for the Performing Arts kicks off its spring programming at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30, with a show by DRUM ...

Train horns blaring as they passed by were not the only loud sound booming around the Dixon Library on Wednesday morning. The Japanese Taiko Drum also echoed throughout the downtown area thanks to a ...

Over a thousand people gathered for the Japanese American National Museum’s annual Oshogatsu Family Festival, celebrating the ...

On Thursday, March 9, the world-famous Japanese drum troupe Kodo brought a stunning performance to Jorgensen Center. As a celebration of its 42-year anniversary, Kodo put on a North American premiere ...

From Drum Tao's Taiko drums and acrobatics to a complex performance from Les Ballets Africains, WBUR arts contributor Shira ...

In the Japanese language, the word " Kodo" has two meanings. It can mean "heartbeat" — the fundamental source of all rhythm. However, the characters used for the group's name have a different meaning, ...

Surely, some of the most valuable traditional art forms are those that can be reshaped over time. The ages-old art of taiko, referring to Japanese drum ensembles (taiko literally means "fat drum") ...

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 ...

Photo provided Members of the Southern Indiana Taiko performance group are shown at an outdoor performance. Sounds of traditional taiko drums will soon reverberate through the halls of the Crump ...

On Tuesday, at the top of Piestewa Peak, a Japanese taiko drummer began to pray. It was just before sunrise as he bowed to the four cardinal points. Against the wind, his hair flowed out behind him, ...