With Koji Nakamura & NY Makoto Taiko

CONCERT:
Saturday, July 12 @ 1PM
Free Admission
Doctorow Center for the Arts

WORKSHOP:
Sunday, July 13 from 10AM–Noon
Sugar Maples Farm Building, Mapelcrest, NY
$15 per person/register at cmfgreenthumb@gmail.com

"Taiko," means big drum in Japanese and has come to mean any small or large drum used to make taiko music. As such, "taiko" encompasses a very wide range of percussion instruments.

Taiko drumming captures our attention and brings us into the present through the powerful and invigorating sounds it creates. By banishing thoughts of past and the future, taiko clears our minds and lightens our hearts. Taiko harmoniously combines physical discipline, aesthetic sense, and spiritual cultivation. Taiko's dramatic body movements and dynamic rhythms are exhilarating to both eyes and ears! But most important, the spirit of taiko is sure to awaken and renew the spirit within us.

Koji Nakamura was one of the original three performers who established the internationally acclaimed Japanese taiko drumming group, Shumei Taiko Ensemble. Shumei Taiko Ensemble has become one of the top taiko groups in Japan.They have performed in Hong Kong, all across the United States, the Parliament of World Religions in 1999, the World Festival of Sacred Music that was promoted by the Dalai Lama XIV in South Africa and the opening ceremony of the 2000 Millennium World Peace Summit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Most recently Koji worked with Paul Winter on his Grammy Award winning CD, "CRESTONE: A Celebration of the World of Crestone."