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Please join your friendly neighborhood taiko group for an afternoon of Japanese drumming!  Senryu Taiko presents their annual spring concert entitled “A Bunch of Drums with People
Hitting Them” on Saturday, May 1st. Senryu Taiko promises to explain the reason why they’ve given their concert such an unusual name while delivering their most ambitious performance
yet! With four new taiko songs, reworked favorites, original fue and shamisen pieces and a grand finale, Senryu Taiko promises that you’ll pay for your seat… but you’ll only use the edge!

Doors open at 3:30 PM, show starts at 4 and tickets are $12 general, $8 for children and students with ID. Tickets are available at the University Theatre Box Office, Monday through Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM, or online at ticketmaster.com (search ‘Japanese drumming’). Call 510-552-7873 or visit the website at senryutaiko.com for more information.

Thank you for your support and we’ll see you at the show!

Organization Website: http://senryutaiko.com

Organization Contact: Elizabeth Tiglao, 510-552-7873

Tickets Website: http://www.ticketmaster.com/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&q=senryu+taiko&search.x=0&search.y=07

Box Office Contact: 951-827-4331

Heritage Day

On March 27th, 2010, we will host Heritage Day. This special day honors the history and unity of many cultures within this one valley. The event includes a look at the international cultures who have settled in the Coachella Valley as well as the story of the early homesteaders and pioneers who cultivated this land. The day includes entertainers from a variety of cultures, international food, pioneer trades and crafts, including rug hooking, quilting, and candle making, and just maybe a little sarsaparilla.

See the CVHM website here!

See the Asian Pacific Student Programs website here for information regarding the event.

Senryu Taiko will be joining the festivities with an all-female crew to kick off the night!

See the Women’s Resource Center website for updated information and to RSVP for this event!

Come see us at a local Riverside university, Cal Baptist! More information to follow.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009

8:00 PM

MULTICULTURAL MUSIC ¤ HAPPY HOUR BARN MENU ¤ FREE ADMISSION

THE JAVANESE GAMELAN CLUB

ORKES PANTAI BARAT

KUSISQA

THAI TRADITIONAL MUSIC ENSEMBLE AT UCR

THE RIVERSIDE SANSHIN CLUB

SENRYU TAIKO

Senryu Taiko is hosting Fall World Music Night this Thursday, November 12th! Come out to experience music from all over the world, played by ensembles right here on the UCR campus! The event begins at 8:00 PM to give you the opportunity to meet the performers, with the show beginning soon after. Here’s a listing of the groups you’ll see Thursday night:

The Javanese Gamelan Club, Central Java

Formed in 2007, the Javanese Gamelan club is a musical community dedicated to the study and performance of gamelan music both traditional and contemporary. Gamelan is a communal music used for ritual, art, entertainment and the accompaniment of shadow puppet theater. It consists of vertically and horizontally suspended tuned gongs, metallophones, xylophones, flutes and string instruments.

Orkes Pantai Barat, Indonesia and Malaysia

Orkes Pantai Barat (which means “West Coast Orchestra” in the Malay language) began playing keroncong together in the Fall of 2008.  Keroncong is a music found in Indonesia and Malaysia that has its roots in Portuguese music brought this region during the 16th century.  In the year that we’ve been together, we’ve had a great time learning to play this music and hope to continue playing shows on campus and beyond this year!

Kusisqa, South America

Through the performance of music from the countries along the west coast of South America, Kusisqa (meaning ‘Happiness’ in the Quechua language) introduces to their audiences the rich culture of the Andes.  Kusisqa focuses on the use of indigenous instruments such as the sikuri (panpipe) from the highlands of Peru and Bolivia, the Afro-Peruvian cajon (box drum) and the Bolivian charango (10 string mini-lute).  Each instrument represents a piece of the Andean culture that Kusisqa wishes to share with their audiences.

Thai Traditional Music Ensemble at UCR, Thailand

The Thai Traditional Music Ensemble at UCR began in the spring of 2008, under the direction of Supeena Insee Adler. We offer lessons on traditional instruments including fiddles (saw oo and saw duang), zither (jakhe), hammer dulcimer, xylophone, singing and percussion; and rehearse repertoire for concert performance. We also collaborate with Thai dancers and are now associated with the Thai Club at UCR.

The Riverside Sanshin Club, Okinawa

The Riverside Sanshin Club was established in the Fall of 2009 by Supeena Insee Adler and Aaron Singer, based on their shared interest in Ryukyu minyo (Okinawan folk song). Okinawa is a chain of islands located south of mainland Japan. The main musical instrument, the sanshin, is a three-stringed, plucked instrument, which is related to the Chinese sanxian and the Japanese shamisen.

Senryu Taiko, Japan

From the handful of students who formed Senryu Taiko in 1998, the Japanese drumming group has grown in size, repertoire and celebrity, so well-known that it is listed in the Press Enterprise’s “101 Things to Do in Riverside.” In its mission to spread the love of taiko, Senryu has performed, lectured and taught taiko throughout California. Taiko, which is Japanese for “big drum,” is recognized for the marriage of explosive and resonating sound with dynamic and expressive movements.

The event runs from 8:30 to 10:30 PM with virtually non-stop music and exciting opportunities to find out how you can learn to play the music you’ll hear!

Contact Elizabeth Tiglao for more information regarding the show at elizabeth.tiglao@email.ucr.edu.