Friday, May 9, 2008, Tatsu Aoki's Miyumi Project @ Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago IL
new CD: THE MIYUMI PROJECT LIVE IN POLAND
What's new
Come and Enjoy Our Free Performances!!
Sundays: July 06, August 17,
12pm and 2pm.
Tsukasa Youth Performance at Millennium Park.
August 02, Saturday,
Mitswa Obon Festival at Mitsuwa Marketplace
100 E Algonquin Rd, Arlington Heights, IL
Admission is FREE!
Photo Gallery Update
Photo from The Fourth Annual CHICAGO TAIKO LEGACY
Drumming the Legacy
JASC Tsukasa Taiko is the leading taiko (Japanese drumming) ensemble in the Chicago area.
Basing its operations out of the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago (JASC), JASC Tsukasa Taiko's mission is to preserve and pass on the traditional concepts of taiko as a cultural legacy and to utilize these concepts in expanding and evolving the taiko form.
Dedicated to building community and being a leader in the taiko drumming culture of the Midwest, Tsukasa Taiko maintains a national profile by presenting powerful performances across the country throughout the year.
Tsukasa Taiko has also made an impact outside of the usual taiko arena by participating in multi-cultural musical
collaborations in creative music.
What is Taiko?
TOYOAKI SHAMISEN
| a division of JASC Tsukasa Taiko TOYOAKI SHAMISEN |
Discover the Japanese traditional lute, SHAMISEN !
Legendary "Ozashiki" shamisen music from Toyoaki family.
www.toyoaki.org
JASC: Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago
Celebrating its 60th year of serving the community, the mission of the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago is to preserve and raise awareness of Japanese American culture and heritage, and promote the physical and spiritual well-being of Japanese Americans and the greater multicultural community in the Midwest. Visit www.jasc-chicago.org for more information.
AIRMW: Asian Improv aRts Midwest
Asian Improv aRts Midwest's mission is to build a vital, self-empowered Asian American community in the Chicago area by advancing the understanding and profile of Asian and Asian American cultures through the traditional and contemporary cultural arts. AIRMW is dedicated to creating productive relationships with artists, community and institutions in order to produce high quality arts programs that accurately reflect the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic reality of Chicago and the nation. Visit www.airmw.org for more information.
Acknowledgments
JASC Tsukasa Taiko is a program of the Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) and Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIRMW) and is supported in part by the Illinois Arts Council, the Illinois Humanities Council, the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Chicago Tribune Foundation, Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs, the Alphawood Foundation and The Joyce Foundation.
the Illinois Arts Council
the Illinois Humanities Council
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
the Chicago Tribune Foundation
Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs
the Alphawood Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
