Taiko Source Highlights - March 2024
As Spring is upon us, this month's highlight will help you emerge from the cold and refresh your skills and your equipment.
Drum Building with Stockton Bukkyo Taiko: Featured on the Equipment and Gear section, this video by Susan, Matthew, and Robert walks us through the entire process from wine barrel to taiko in under 15 minutes.
"Taiko Right-Left Practice Drill"
To help "warm-up" for the spring and summer months, head to the Song Database to check out our collection of material and drills to refresh your repertoire! This month's feature is a short, but challenging drill submitted by Andrea Prescher of of Kumano Taiko Dojo. Available in notation and audio file formats.
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!