Upcoming Performances
June 13, 2009 at 9:30pm
Japonesque Blues @ Katarina's
1920 W Irving Park Rd
Chicago, IL 60613
June 14, 2009 at 1pm and 1:45pm
Tsukasa youth at Millennium Park
June 23, 2009 at 4:30pm
Bunka shutter BX Hall,
Tokyo, Japan
A Chizuru Kai (Chizuru Kineya) concert
featuring Tsukasa Taiko, Toyoaki Shamisen, and Genryu Arts
details (pdf)
July 4, 2009 at 9pm
Private event at Marriott Hotel
July 12, 2009 at 1pm and 1:45pm
Tsukasa Youth at Millennium Park
July 14, 2009 at 9am
School event
July 18, 2009 at 5:45pm
Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival
Dawes Park, Sheridan Rd at Church
Free admission
July 19, 2009 at 5pm
30th Annual Chinatown Summer Fair
on Wentworth Ave. and 23rd Pl
Chicago, IL 60616
August 1, 2009 all day
Mitsuwa Obon Festival
at 100 E Algonquin, Arlington Heights
August 2, 2009 at 3pm
Midwest Folk Festival
in statefs western Henry County, Bishop Hill, IL
August 9, 2009 at 1pm and 1:45pm
Tsukasa Youth at Millennium Park
August 29 and 30, 2009
Bristol Renaissance Fair
12550 120th Ave
Kenosha, WI 53142
September 19, 2009 at 9:00pm
Miyumi Project at Velvet Lounge
September 26, 2009
Miyumi Project
at Hyde Park Jazz Fest
October 9 & 10, 2009
Japonesque Blues
at Andy's Jazz Club
11 E Hubbard St Chicago, IL 60611
December 27, 2009
Annual Taiko Legacy 6 Concert
at Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St
Chicago, IL 60602
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National presence, community roots
JASC Tsukasa Taiko maintains an active, national performance schedule and has presented its works at major venues including Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, the Chicago Jazz Festival, the Chicago Cultural Center and Millennium Park, as well as the Smithsonian, the Indiana State Museum, the Saint Louis Art Museum and San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens. We collaborate regularly with our sister taiko ensemble, Gen Taiko of San Francisco.
In addition to presenting artistic programs of the highest caliber, JASC Tsukasa Taiko is deeply committed to its roots in Chicago's Japanese American community and performing regularly at various festivals, special events and other programs in the Japanese American and Asian American communities of the Chicagoland area.
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 performs at a variety of events, from corporate and government events to community celebrations to cultural programs on major stages throughout the Midwest and the nation.
On top of an active performance schedule, Tsukasa Taiko presents programs including lectures and demonstrations designed to advance the understanding of taiko and its role in Asian and Asian American culture. Tsukasa Taiko works closely with the public schools and community centers of the Chicago area, presenting demonstrations, classes and performances in addition to special workshops held throughout the year.
