We are very happy to announce that Odaiko New England will be hosting workshops taught by a very special master taiko artist, Tiffany Tamaribuchi.
Odaiko Workshop (Monday, 12/10, 6:30 – 9:30 PM)
Great tips and techniques for approaching this fun and powerful style of drumming. We’ll begin with core fundamentals and expand from there to address common problems and work on developing your own style and sense of expression. Mixed Level. Taiko experience required.
Current & Past Rec students are welcome.
Cost is $65.
Also check out the second workshop: KATA, INJURY PREVENTION, CONTROL & EXPRESSION on Tuesday.
Cost for both workshops is $100. Space is limited, so email info@onetaiko.org with
“TT Workshops” in the subject line to reserve your spot.
These workshops will be AWESOME. Don’t miss out on this amazing learning opportunity with one of the leaders in the global taiko community!
About Tiffany Tamaribuchi:
Champion of the 2002 OTAIKO Hibike All Japan Odaiko Contest and a finalist in the first Tokyo International Ippon-Uchi Odaiko Competition, Tiffany is widely recognized as one of the best instructors and workshop facilitators in North America. Her Odaiko workshops at events like the North American Taiko Conference, Taiko Camp, and the Regional Taiko Gatherings are always filled to capacity. Having taught hundreds of workshops, Tamaribuchi has honed her technique and instruction. She brings 22 years experience touring and training professionally with several top companies and folk artists throughout Japan.
Here’s your chance to learn from Tiffany Tamaribuchi sensei without having to travel to taiko conferences. And even if you do travel to taiko conferences, you are never guaranteed to be able to get in her workshop because space is limited and everyone signs up for her workshops.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the greats in the world.
The Arlington Commission on Arts & Culture is hosting Garage Band, a dance party at the Arlington Service Station, a gas station on Mass Ave in Arlington. Arlington Service Station is located within Arlington’s newly minted Cultural District, and owner Abe Sahli was inspired by the designation to commission local artist Johnny Lapham to paint a mural on his station, including on the pumps! It’s exuberant and beautiful, as you may have seen, and now Abe is getting into concert presenting. Our first event was last June, and we had a crowd of about 1,500 joyful, dancing people. This is a free event focused on bringing together the community.
Join the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture for a festive celebration of art in public places! Take a walking tour with the 4 artists involved in this season’s PATHWAYS, installations of temporary public art inspired by the Minuteman Bikeway in Arlington’s Cultural District. Enjoy an open air concert by the raucous, soulful Revolutionary Snake Ensemble and Odaiko New England’s dynamic Taiko drummers. Activities take place in SPY POND PARK (located at Linwood Circle), at the Kickstand Cafe and along the Minuteman Bikeway. Odaiko New England will be playing at the Kickstand Cafe plaza at 3pm and 3:45pm located at the intersection of the Bikeway and Swan Place/Mass Ave.
You can bike, take the Mass Ave Bus, or park for free in nearby neighborhood streets. Light refreshments served, including pizza donated by Za Restaurant. Raindate: September 22.
SCHEDULE: SPY POND PARK
At Linwood Circle
4 to 4:30 pm REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE
Enjoy the joyful sounds of this innovative group of superb musicians inspired by New Orleans Mardi Gras music and spirit
4:30 pm ARTIST WALKING TOUR – remarks artists Freedom Baird, Resa Blatman, Chris Frost, and Johnny Lapham and curator Cecily Miller
5 to 6 pm REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE second set
SCHEDULE: KICKSTAND CAFE PLAZA
At the intersection of the Bikeway and Swan Place/Mass Ave, in Arlington Center
3 to 3:15 pm ODAIKO NEW ENGLAND
A dynamic performance of Japanese Taiko drumming by students and teachers of this Arlington school dedicated to preserving this traditional art form.
3:15 pm THANK YOU to 6 Transformer Box artists who have painted 5 utility boxes around town — collaborators Laurie Bogdan & Karen McCarthy, Aubrey Cloutier, Chi-Yun Lau, Molly Scannell and Shun Yamaguchi — and their sponsors.
3:45 to 4 pm ODAIKO Second Set
