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DESCRIPTION:Premier Toronto taiko group &lsquo\;Nagata Shachu&rsquo\; conti
 nue their 18th annual concert season titled &lsquo\;Toronto Taiko Tales &n
 dash\; Global Beats from Around the City&rsquo\; in the vibrant community 
 of Regent Park. They reach out with a series of four concerts featuring ne
 w\, original live performance works and launch their new and fourth DVD &l
 squo\;Toronto Taiko Tales&rsquo\; on April 7\, 8 and 9\, 2017 (including t
 wo weekend matinee shows).\n\n<strong>VIDEO (DVD Preview):</strong> <a hre
 f="https://youtu.be/WDQz2sEHgvs">https://youtu.be/WDQz2sEHgvs</a>.\n\n<str
 ong>WHEN:</strong>\n\nFriday\, April 7 at 8:00 p.m.\nSaturday\, April 8 at
  2:00 p.m. (matinee).\nSaturday\, April 8 at 8:00 p.m.\nSunday\, April 9 a
 t 2:00 p.m. (matinee).\n\n<strong>HOW MUCH:</strong> Advance tickets are $
 20.00&nbsp\;(seniors\, students\, arts workers)&nbsp\;to $30.00 (adults).&
 nbsp\;\n\n<strong>Box Office\;</strong> <a href="http://www.nativeearth.ca
 /taiko/">http://www.nativeearth.ca/taiko/</a>.\n<a href="http://regentpark
 taiko3.bpt.me/"></a>\n<strong>FACEBOOK EVENT:</strong> <a href="https://ww
 w.facebook.com/events/260582211021989">https://www.facebook.com/events/260
 582211021989</a>\n\nArtistic director Kiyoshi Nagata states\, &ldquo\;In o
 ur 18<sup>th</sup> season\, Nagata Shachu is excited to be celebrating new
  performance pieces and the official release of our new DVD &lsquo\;Toront
 o Taiko Tales&rsquo\; in the area where the DVD was filmed\, one of Toront
 o's most ethnically diverse and culturally active neighbourhoods &ndash\; 
 Regent Park.&nbsp\;The sound of the drum is a universal language that has 
 the power to bring people together.&nbsp\;It is our hope that our Taiko ca
 n play a positive role in the community.&rdquo\;\n\nIn addition to providi
 ng a number of free and discounted tickets to the public concerts through 
 Artscape\, Nagata Shachu will perform two afternoon concerts on Friday\, A
 pril 7 specifically donated to local children in the Regent Park neighbour
 hood at Sprucecourt and Nelson Mandela Park Public Schools.\n\nNagata Shac
 hu thanks community partners and organizations involved with the Regent Pa
 rk concerts: Artscape\, Pathways to Education\, Regent Park School of Musi
 c\, Centre for Social Innovation and Native Earth Performing Arts.\n\nNaga
 ta Shachu members are Kiyoshi Nagata (taiko\, shinobue/flute)\, Aki Takaha
 shi (shamisen\, vocals)\, Tony Nguyen (taiko)\, Kayo Homma-Komori (taiko)\
 , Jason Huang (taiko) and Naoya Kobayashi (taiko).\n\nNagata Shachu has to
 ured extensively (most recently played at the&nbsp\;Centre for Social Inno
 vation&rsquo\;s gala opening event for its&nbsp\;&lsquo\;Toronto for Every
 one&rsquo\; initiative)\,&nbsp\;and played rare collaborations with artist
 s including pianist Ron Davis&rsquo\; jazz/string ensemble Symphronica\, a
 cclaimed percussion quartet TorQ and Juno nominated Toronto Tabla Ensemble
 . Nagata Shachu has previously released six original CDs (latest\; Hymus R
 oad\, 2013) and three DVDs.\n\nKiyoshi Nagata is Canada&rsquo\;s pre-emine
 nt taiko soloist\, whose career spans over three decades. His principal st
 udies were with &lsquo\;Kodo&rsquo\; in Japan and Daihachi Oguchi (artisti
 c director of Toronto&rsquo\;s Suwa Daiko). In 1998\, he founded Nagata Sh
 achu\, and currently teaches at the University of Toronto&rsquo\;s Faculty
  of Music and at the Royal Conservatory of Music.\n\n<strong>ARTIST WEBSIT
 E:</strong>&nbsp\;<a href="http://nagatashachu.com/">http://nagatashachu.c
 om</a>.
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SUMMARY:Nagata Shachu - Toronto Taiko Tales
URL:/en/events/2017/04/07/nagata-shachu-toronto-taiko-tales/
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