Cover art by Yidan Zeng of Gendo Taiko

We’re excited and honored to be serving as workshop leaders and performers at this year’s East Coast Taiko Conference (ECTC), hosted by Gendo Taiko at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. To participate in our workshops and attend the star-studded evening concert, you must register on the official ECTC website. Take a look at this year’s participating professionals and workshop offerings, and join us at one of the largest annual taiko events hosted on the east coast!

Retrieved from the ECTC 2017 Official Website
The East Coast Taiko Conference is a gathering of all levels of taiko players to celebrate their love for taiko. Through the sharing of diverse skills and styles both inside and outside professional workshops, the conference serves as a place of learning and strengthening of bonds within the East Coast taiko community.

The conference itself was started in 2011, hosted by Yamatai at Cornell University. Over 100 students from taiko teams across the region’s universities congregated for a weekend of taiko workshops, discussion sessions, and performances. Since then, ECTC has been hosted by Kaze at Wesleyan University (2012), Gendo Taiko at Brown University (2013), Skidaiko at Skidmore College (2014), and Yamatai again at Cornell University (2015).