RHYTHM SUMMIT in Concert !!!
World Class Musicians Kenny Endo (taiko), Noel Okimoto (drumset, vibraphones), and Dean Taba (bass, kalimba) reunite for an afternoon concert at the Honolulu Academy of Arts’ Doris Duke Theatre on Sunday April 3, 2011 at 4 pm
Purchase tickets at:
http://www.honoluluacademy.org/events/lectures_performances/5324-na_mele_o_hawaii_rhythm_summit_kenny_endo_noel_okimoto_dean_taba
See KETE perform at Ala Moana Center Stage THIS SATURDAY 3.5.11
at 12 noon and
MEET the 2011 Cherry Blossom Queen Contestants!
This year, KETE collaborates with
West African drum specialist Kapono Ciotti and
shekere specialist Tirrell McGruder!
Come hear about SABAR, a unique style of Senagalese Drumming
in a Talk Story Session with Kapono
Wednesday, February 16 6:30-7:30 pm
Kapiolani Community College’s OHIA 118
Free.
The TAIKO and Sabar project will premiere in Fall 2011.
Supported in part by Taiko Arts Center; and the Mayor’s Office on
Culture and the Arts.
a time of unhurried pace, tranquility, peace, and more rabbits!
Was in Crestone, Colorado at the beginning of the year…..
beautiful spiritual center in the Rockies.
Worked on a recording with singer Madi Sato.
Here’s a clip of what we were doing:
“Return to the River”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd6sr6wy-Pk
The celebrations continue!
Join KETE on Saturday 2.12.11 10 AM
Market City’s New Year’s Celebration
Kenny Endo will be In Pittsburgh on April 1 at
Westmoreland Community College
TAIKO CENTER of the PACIFIC FELLOWSHIP
Application Deadline is APRIL 2nd!
Come to Hawaii and study taiko with Kenny Endo!
For more information:
http://www.kennyendo.com/taiko-center-of-the-pacific/tcp-fellowship
Sunday, April 24th TOKYO!!!
Oedo Sukeroku Taiko with Kenny Endo!!!
Tokyo Live House!
Details forthcoming.
Check back at:
http://www.kennyendo.com/calendar
Aloha all! Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu!
Happy New Year!
Best Wishes to All for a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year!
May Peace Prevail!
Taki is gone…..Bonenkai is PAU…..no more taiko in the chapel til the new year….
Obama due in the islands……Let there be PEACE on EARTH!
ARTIST 3, a PBS Hawaii Special featuring TAIKO (Kenny Endo and Kirstin Pauka), Classical Okinawan Dance, Windward Atelier, and The Art of Exhibition Design,
will be aired on Thursday, December 30th at 8:30 pm on Channel 11 (Oceanic Channel 10).
Until we meet again, BEST WISHES for a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!
Join KETE in celebrating the NEW YEAR on Saturday, January 1st at Ala Moana Center’s FUKUBUKURO event – 10 am – 12 noon.
http://www.alamoanacenter.com/Events/Fukubukuro-
TCP Skinning & Oosoji on January 2 and January 11
TCP classes resume January 16
http://www.kennyendo.com/calendar
Kenny Endo’s 35th Anniversary Concert Tour KICK OFF!
Saturday 10.24 4 pm BE THERE!!!!!!!!
Joining Kenny Endo will be….
HITOSHI HAMADA, vibes (just IN from TOKYO)
TADAYOSHI YASUDA (shamisen) (just IN from TOKYO
KAORU WATANABE (fue, taiko) (justs IN from NYC)
Admission: Donation
JOIN US Today!
Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble opens for the Hands Percussion Team from Malaysia on September 18 and 19.
For details, visit: http://www.kennyendo.com/calendar
Tune in to KGMB Morning News on Tuesday, August 10 at 7:50 am, 8:45 am and 8:50 am and hear Kenny Endo and Dean Taba (bass) of the Rhythm Summit Trio!!!
Support the Kenny Endo 35th Anniversary Celebration with your donation to Taiko Arts Center! Donations will help support school and community outreach programs, Fall 2010 “Gateway – ‘Ma’ vs. Groove” concert tour with artists from Japan and the US including Kenny Endo (taiko), Hitoshi Hamada (vibraphones), Tadayoshi Yasuda (nagauta shamisen), Kaoru Watanabe (bamboo flutes), Shoko Hikage (koto), and more! Your tax-deductible donations are being accepted now at Taiko Arts Center, a 501c3 non-profit organization. VIsit: www.taikoartscenter.org
Fall tour dates include:
October 27 – Honolulu, HI
October 30 – Sewanee, TN
November 1 – Nashville, TN (cancelled)
November 2 – Oberlin, OH (pending)
November 3-4 – Kalamazoo, MI
November 5 – Bowling Green, OH (cancelled)
November 6 – Pittsburgh, PA
November 8 – Westminster, MD
November 10 – Fredericksburg, VA
November 13-14 – Stonybrook, NY
November 19 – U Penn, PA
November 20 – Skirball, NYU, NY
Also, catch Kenny at Town Hall in Seattle on Friday, October 8 with Kaoru Watanabe (bamboo flutes, taiko) and Ringtaro Tateishi (taiko)
