Passing the Beat 2024
Student Recital program
Sunday, July 21, 2024 4:00pm
E.M. Pearson Theatre
Concordia University
312 Hamiline Ave N, St. Paul MN 55104
ACT I
Matsuri (Traditional)
Kokorozashi (by Tiffany Tamaribuchi)
The Mighty Drumming Club (Instructor: Megan Chao Smith)
Nico Gonzalez, Sasha Watson Kohler, True Polinske, Josephine Smith-Weir, Gabe Wallenfeldt, Hiroko Zeleke
Taiko Sound Byte: Jan Do (by Liz Kane)
Taiko Sound Byte: Craig Johnson
Matsuri (Traditional, arr by Rick Shiomi)
MuShu (composed by Seiichi Tanaka, arr by Rick Shiomi and Chiaki O'Brien)
Taiko Energy Basics Class (Instructor: Chiaki O’Brien)
Andrea Dolan, Grace Ouyang, Glo Sink, Rob Sink
Taiko Sound Byte: Ryukyu Gissha – Remix (by Hiroshi Yoshino)
Journey to Toji Temple (by Rick Shiomi)
Pounding Hooves (by Rick Shiomi)
Taiko Energy Intermediate Class (Instructor: Craig Johnson)
Janelle Carlson, Malcolm Cooke, Jacinda Davis, Christine DeZelar-Tiedman, Meghan Allen Eliason, Hailey Gabriel, Holly Johnson (shinobue), Roberta Jones, Ruby Martin, Paul Sisolak, Heidi Swank, Charissa Uemura
Excerpts from Edo Bayashi/Edo Matsuri Bayashi: Shichome, Yatai (Traditional)
Edo Kotobuki Jishi - Subayashi (Traditional)
Edo-Bayashi Ensemble (Leader: Michiko Todokoro Buchanan)
Michiko Todokoro Buchanan, Jeff Ellsworth, Junko Kumamoto, Chiaki O’Brien, Susan Tanabe, Arlene Teraoka (not performing), Hiroshi Yoshino
Omiyage (by Shoji Kameda)
Taiko Energy Advanced (Instructor: Craig Johnson)
Rose Chu, Vanessa East, Hailey Gabriel, Susan Hasti, Holly Johnson, Amy Kaminski (not appearing), Lydia Komatsu, Ruby Martin, Erika Neely, Megumi Takahashi, Charissa Uemura
15 MINUTE INTERMISSION
ACT II
Ryomen Odori (Traditional)
Edo-Bayashi Ensemble (Leader: Michiko Todokoro Buchanan)
Taiko Sound Byte: Lu Dort Taiko (by Eika Tokunaga)
Taiko Sound Byte: Densha no Uta (by Vanessa East)
Kumano Ki (by Rick Shiomi)
Taiko Energy Advanced (Instructor: Craig Johnson)
Taiko Sound Byte: Forward (by Chiaki O’Brien)
Taiko Sound Byte: Jennifer Weir
Ichigen Sanryu (by Taketeru Aoki)
Taiko Instructors: Chiaki O’Brien, Craig Johnson, Megan Chao Smith
Taiko Sound Byte: Jeff Ellsworth
Naihatsu (by Jennifer Weir)
Enso Daiko Interns:
Rose Chu, Vanessa East, Lydia Komatsu, Alyssa Romportl, Kimi Romportl
and Eika Tokunaga
Taiko Sound Byte: Hive (by Megan Chao Smith)
Kaiyo (by Yuichi Kimura)
Enso Daiko & Interns:
Jeff Ellsworth, Craig Johnson, Liz Kane, Junko Kumamoto, Chiaki O’Brien, Jennifer Weir, Hiroshi Yoshino
Rose Chu, Vanessa East, Lydia Komatsu, Alyssa Romportl, Kimi Romportl
and Eika Tokunaga
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Our Mission:
To develop, produce, and promote artistic excellence in taiko performance, using taiko as a way to strengthen and build community in the Midwest.
THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS
This activity is made possible in part by the Japan Foundation, City of St. Paul Cultural Star Program, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. This engagement is also supported by the Arts Midwest GIG Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
