Senryu Taiko » Front Page http://2010.senryutaiko.com Making noise since 1998! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:07:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 About Senryu Taiko http://2010.senryutaiko.com/2012/01/front-page/about-senryu-taiko http://2010.senryutaiko.com/2012/01/front-page/about-senryu-taiko#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:57:51 +0000 Senryu Taiko http://2010.senryutaiko.com/?p=935 Founding members were once part of a class devoted to taiko but wanted to further explore their love for taiko by creating Senryu Taiko. “Senryu” is made up of two separate kanji characters: “river” and “willow” respectively. A senryu is a type of Japanese structured poem that can depict just about anything; from nature to political satire. By embracing such a rigid structure one can realize an overwhelming freedom. The structure defines a rule playing by which we must reach deep within ourselves and far beyond our own worlds in order to create individuality, yet this freedom thrives because of the existence of a structure. In this sense the need for structure and the need for freedom are interdependent. Which is how we at Senryu believe taiko should be played. Senryu Taiko’s mission is to share their love and knowledge of taiko by performing around the UCR campus, Riverside County, and the Inland Empire.

The 2005-06 school year was the first time that UCR undertook the tremendous task of hosting the Intercollegiate Taiko Invitational, an annual event now in its sixteenth year which brings together almost 200 college-age taiko players for one weekend of pure taiko in the form of performance, socializing, and workshops.
*Note, the UCR Taiko Ensemble is the class that occurs every quarter with Rev. Tom Kurai, not Senryu Taiko!

]]> Founding members were once part of a class devoted to taiko but wanted to further explore their love for taiko by creating Senryu Taiko. “Senryu” is made up of two separate kanji characters: “river” and “willow” respectively. A senryu is a type of Japanese structured poem that can depict just about anything; from nature to political satire. By embracing such a rigid structure one can realize an overwhelming freedom. The structure defines a rule playing by which we must reach deep within ourselves and far beyond our own worlds in order to create individuality, yet this freedom thrives because of the existence of a structure. In this sense the need for structure and the need for freedom are interdependent. Which is how we at Senryu believe taiko should be played. Senryu Taiko’s mission is to share their love and knowledge of taiko by performing around the UCR campus, Riverside County, and the Inland Empire.

The 2005-06 school year was the first time that UCR undertook the tremendous task of hosting the Intercollegiate Taiko Invitational, an annual event now in its sixteenth year which brings together almost 200 college-age taiko players for one weekend of pure taiko in the form of performance, socializing, and workshops.
*Note, the UCR Taiko Ensemble is the class that occurs every quarter with Rev. Tom Kurai, not Senryu Taiko!

]]> http://2010.senryutaiko.com/2012/01/front-page/about-senryu-taiko/feed 0 About Senryu Taiko http://2010.senryutaiko.com/2011/07/front-page/senryu-taiko http://2010.senryutaiko.com/2011/07/front-page/senryu-taiko#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:32:45 +0000 Senryu Taiko http://2010.senryutaiko.com/?p=712 Founding members were once part of a class devoted to taiko but wanted to further explore their love for taiko by creating Senryu Taiko.  “Senryu” is made up of two separate kanji characters: “river” and “willow” respectively. A senryu is a type of Japanese structured poem that can depict just about anything; from nature to political satire. By embracing such a rigid structure one can realize an overwhelming freedom. The structure defines a rule playing by which we must reach deep within ourselves and far beyond our own worlds in order to create individuality, yet this freedom thrives because of the existence of a structure. In this sense the need for structure and the need for freedom are interdependent. Which is how we at Senryu believe taiko should be played. Senryu Taiko’s mission is to share their love and knowledge of taiko by performing around the UCR campus, Riverside County, and the Inland Empire.

 

The 2005-06 school year was the first time that UCR undertook the tremendous task of hosting the Intercollegiate Taiko Invitational, an annual event now in its sixteenth year which brings together almost 200 college-age taiko players for one weekend of pure taiko in the form of performance, socializing, and workshops.

*Note, the UCR Taiko Ensemble is the class that occurs every quarter with Rev. Tom Kurai, not Senryu Taiko!

]]> Founding members were once part of a class devoted to taiko but wanted to further explore their love for taiko by creating Senryu Taiko.  “Senryu” is made up of two separate kanji characters: “river” and “willow” respectively. A senryu is a type of Japanese structured poem that can depict just about anything; from nature to political satire. By embracing such a rigid structure one can realize an overwhelming freedom. The structure defines a rule playing by which we must reach deep within ourselves and far beyond our own worlds in order to create individuality, yet this freedom thrives because of the existence of a structure. In this sense the need for structure and the need for freedom are interdependent. Which is how we at Senryu believe taiko should be played. Senryu Taiko’s mission is to share their love and knowledge of taiko by performing around the UCR campus, Riverside County, and the Inland Empire.

 

The 2005-06 school year was the first time that UCR undertook the tremendous task of hosting the Intercollegiate Taiko Invitational, an annual event now in its sixteenth year which brings together almost 200 college-age taiko players for one weekend of pure taiko in the form of performance, socializing, and workshops.

*Note, the UCR Taiko Ensemble is the class that occurs every quarter with Rev. Tom Kurai, not Senryu Taiko!

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