We’re happy to announce the date of our next Beginners Workshop! It’ll be held Saturday, October 15, 3-5:30 PM, at the Winchester Thurston City Campus Lower School.
For more information, please check out the Beginners Workshops page!
We hope to see you there!
The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania is proud to present the Kenny Endo Ensemble Taiko concert at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild on Thursday, March 24th at 7PM. He is returning to Pittsburgh as a part of his 40th Anniversary Celebration tour and will be performing as an emsemble with Abe Lagrimas Jr (vibes, ukulele, drumset) and Sumie Kaneko (koto, shamisen, vocals).
Kenny Endo is a world famous taiko drum artist who has the honor of being the first non-Japanese national to receive the title of Natori (stage name and master’s degree) of Hogaku hayashi – traditional drumming. He has performed for Michael Jackson, Princess Di, opened for The Who, and was recorded in motion-capture suit for James Cameron’s “Avatar.”
Ticket prices are as follows:
$30 for the public
$25 for students and seniors
$20 for JASP members
To purchase tickets, please visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2515383
The concert in Pittsburgh is sponsored by the Toshiba International Foundation.
Happy New Year everyone!
We’ll be participating in the Lunar New Year Kick-Off Celebration on Saturday, February 6 at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill, 5738 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh. The event runs 1-5 PM, and we’ll be performing at 4:30.
For more information about the event, as well as other Year of the Red Fire Monkey festivities taking place in Squirrel Hill, check out Uncover Squirrel Hill’s event page! We hope to see you there!
The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh Taiko are proud to present On Ensemble in concert at the Hill House in the Elsie H. Hillman Auditorium, January 14, 2016, at 7:00PM.
On Ensemble is at the forefront of the growing taiko (Japanese ensemble drumming) community in the United States. Led by childhood friends Shoji Kameda and Masato Baba, On Ensemble has made a name for itself by combining the powerful rhythms and singing of traditional taiko with vibrant jazzy melodies.
The group has achieved recognition worldwide, from being the first American group to have been invited to perform at the prestigious Nihon no Taiko concert series in Japan in 2013, to their three critically acclaimed albums. Their fearless musical explorations have taken the ancient instruments of taiko into new realms and have established a distinctly modern expression for the art form.
The concert will be from 7:00-9:00PM, with doors opening at 6:30PM. Tickets are $20 for JASP members, $25 for non-members, and $10 for children and students with valid I.D. Tickets are available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2475571, and will be sold at the door.
This Friday, November 13, 2015, we’ll be giving a lecture/demonstration at Carnegie Mellon University for the CMU Japanese Student Association! The event will be at 6 PM in McConomy Auditorium in the CMU University Center.
Visit the event page on Facebook for more info!
We’re happy to announce the date of our next Beginners Workshop! The FREE workshop will be held on Saturday, September 19, beginning at 3 PM, at the Winchester Thurston Lower School in Shadyside (555 Morewood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213).
You can find more about the workshop at the Beginners Workshop page – you’ll soon be able to register there as well! (we’re still working out a few final details re. registration – more info soon!).
We hope to see you there!
Our next Beginners Workshop has been scheduled! We’ll be holding it on Saturday, February 28, at 1:30 at the Winchester Thurston City Campus Lower school (555 Morewood Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213).
The participation fee is $25, or $15 for students (high school age and up) and JASP members.
For more information and to register, please visit the workshop page.
We hope to see you there!
We’ll be performing this upcoming Sunday, December 7, and 12:15 PM, as part of the University of Pittsburgh’s Nationality Rooms Holiday Open House! It’s a great event, with lots of tables representing the various Nationality Rooms and many different performances. We’ve participated in this event in the past, and are happy to be doing so again!
For more information about the Open House, check out http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/pitt-s-nationality-rooms-holiday-open-house-be-held.
We hope to see you there!
We’ve added pictures from our performance as part of the Carnegie LIbrary of Pittsburgh’s World Kaleidoscope series on September 28, 2014 to our Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.741661362538133.1073741829.503409239696681&type=3
Unfortunately, we cannot embed pictures from Facebook at the moment, but head over to our Facebook site to check them out!
