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Contact information:
Dr. Roger Purdy
Coordinator
East Asian Studies
John Carroll University
20700 North Park Boulevard
University Heights , OH 44118
(216) 397-4776
eas@jcu.edu
Yuzuriha Taiko Perfromance

Yuzuriha Taiko Performance

East Asian Studies Program presented a performance of the Yuzuriha Taiko on JCU campus on April 25, 2008.

Yuzuriha is a four-member taiko group from Kanazawa, Japan. Their performances inlcude traditional pieces, original arrangements, and original works. The main instruments include three types of taiko (nagado, big and medium oke-taiko, and shime-taiko) Additional instruments played at this performance include flute (shinobue) and shamisen (tsugaru shamisen).

Yuzuriha Performance of Contemporary Taiko Music (video clip)

 

Taiko Drums of Different Sizes and Shapes

 

Yuzuriha Drummer Demonstrating the Largest Taiko Drum

 

Taiko Demonstration and Practice Session in the LSC Atrium

 

Yuzuriha Performance of Contemporary Taiko Music

Yuzuriha Member Playing the Bamboo Flute

Drum Duet: the Drummer on the Left Played Both Drums while the One on the Right only Played the Larger One

 

Some of the Folk Songs Utilized a Three-Stringed Instrument Called

a Tsugaru-Shamisen

 

Two Members on the Mid-Sized Drum

 

Yuzuriha Responding to a Standing Ovation

 

Audience Members Trying the Instruments for Themselves after the Concert


 

Packing the Drums for the Long Trip back to Kanazawa, Japan

 
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