Open to all levels, Kaoru will go over hand positions, posture, various breathing techniques, embouchure, basic exercises.
Please bring your own fue (western tuning, preferrably a number 6).
$40 / workshop
$30 for LATI / college students
RSVP taiko@asano.us / 310-974-4490 (Please pay at the door)
Date:
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 18:00 to 19:30
Facilitator:
Kaoru Watanabe
Biography:
Kaoru Watanabe is one of the leading shinobue and taiko performers in the US and the only former Kodo performing member and artistic director living outside of Japan. He performers regularly across globe in a variety of musical settings and has taught courses on taiko at Princeton, Wesleyan and Dickinson Universities and Colby College, as well as out of his own studio in Brooklyn, NY.