Basic Information
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Background Information
Missão e Motivação
Share the enjoyment of taiko.
Personal development.
Estrutura e Filosofia
Describe the ensemble's organizational structure and philosophy, including leadership structure, membership policy, and instructional process.
We are simply students of of Fushicho Daiko. We operate though consensual anarchy, guided by our sensei. Each of us contributes what we can, whether that be the anchoring lead of a performance piece, a performance idea, computer administrivia, taking photos or loading the van. Each of us needs something from Taiko, the exercise, the musical aesthetic, the ensemble achievement or the universal connection of the drumbeat with the human condition. It makes us feel better.
Group History
Describe how, where, and why the ensemble was founded. What was its inspiration?
Intermediate students from the Fushicho Daiko Dojo have been performing as Phoenix Tako Kai since 2002. We are proud to carry the name as it was the name of the group founded in Arizona in 1992 by Esther Vandecar before it was superseded by Fushicho Daiko
Lista de membros fundadores
Esther Vandecar, Diane Walker, Carie Modeer, Murray Writtle, Emma Sansone, Beth Rahe.
Lista de membros atuais
Carie, Diane, Emma, Murray, Rebecca R, Laura, Robert
Composição do grupo
(i.e. ethnicity, generation, average years of experience, musical backgrounds, and motivation for playing)
Average about 9 years of experience.
Some musicians, some with no other musical experiance.
No Japanese heritage, but some connection with and love for Japanese culture.
Comunidade
Description of the group's community - regional, ethnic, social, etc.
The Valley of the Sun, Phoenix Arizona
Principais evoluções
Describe two of the biggest changes that have characterized the group's development since its founding
Sharing a dojo for a year with Takeru Matsushita of Yamato.
The rotation of members.
Passing the torch from our founding sensei Esther Vandecar to Eileen Morgan.
Performances, Gravações, Publicações
Performances
List a selection of your regular performance venues (for example, Denver Sakura Matsuri, Seabrook obon, business conventions, Manzanar Pilgrimage, Maui Marathon, etc.)
Phoenix Matsuri.
Concerts at RO HO EN the Japanese Friendship Garden.
Arisona Asian Festival.
Church and school festivals.
Instrutores, Professores e Mentores
List the instructors, teachers and mentors who have worked with the ensemble.
Esther Vandecar. Eileen Morgan, Ken Koshio of Fushicho Daiko.
We have also benefitted from workshops in the Arizona Taiko community with Eichi Saito, Chieko Kojima, Yoko and Yoshikazu Fujimoto of Kodo, Tiffany Tamaribuchi, San Jose Taiko, Linda Uyehara-Hoffman, Kenny Endo, Hiro Ito, On Ensemble, the Kono family, Miyagawa-sensei, Takeru Matsushita, and TAIKOPROJECT.
Taiko Collaborators
List a selection of taiko players or groups that have collaborated with the ensemble.
Fushicho Daiko
Odaiko Sonora
Estilos musicais e de performance
Describe the ensemble's musical and performance styles.
Traditional Kumi-Daiko repertoire from Hiroshima, Matsuyama, Kawamoto and rural Shikoku.
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