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Come and Enjoy Our Free Performances!!
Sundays: July 06, August 17,
12pm and 2pm.
Tsukasa Youth Performance at Millennium Park.
July 20, Sunday,
Chinatown
August 02, Saturday,
Mitswa Obon Festival at Mitsuwa Marketplace
100 E Algonquin Rd, Arlington Heights, IL
Admission is FREE!
More Upcoming Performances
JASC Tsukasa Taiko
JASC Tsukasa Taiko is one of the leading taiko (Japanese drumming) programs in the Midwest. Head Sensei (Instructor) Hide Yoshihashi founded the group in 1996 and in 2004, moved its location to the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago (JASC), where it now bases its activities.
The goals of JASC Tsukasa Taiko are to:
- Preserve our cultural traditions by providing the highest quality music instruction to people of all ages
- Present world-class performances and educational programs
- Be an active and positive presence in our community
For more information please visit:
tsukasataiko.com
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
Toyoaki Shamisen Photo Gallery
CHICAGO TAIKO LEGACY
Save the date!
CHICAGO TAIKO LEGACY 2008
The Fifth Annual Chicago Taiko Legacy featuring JASC Taiko will be Sunday December 14, 2008 at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art. (MCA)
The Fourth Annual
CHICAGO TAIKO LEGACY
December 29-30, 2007
A concert presentation featuring HIDE YOSHIHASHI, AMY HOMMA and JASC TSUKASA TAIKO. with special guests, FUJIMA SHUNOJO of Fujima Ryu of Chicago, MELODY TAKATA of San Francisco's Gen Taiko, JASON MATSUMOTO of Chicago's Ho Etsu Taiko, and from Tokyo, Japan -shamisen masters- CHIZURU KINEYA and KOUJIME YOSHIMURA.
For more information please visit:
taikolegacy.com/2007
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, and the Alphawood 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
