The Los Angeles Taiko Institute (LATI) is a dedicated taiko (Japanese drumming) school in Torrance, CA offering 12-week courses, drop-in classes, multi-day intensives, and one-time workshops on a variety of taiko topics.
The "Learn-Taiko!" link above provides the full list of classes at the Institute!
LATI is housed at Asano Taiko U.S. a full-service taiko maker offering exquisite Japanese drums and accessories, as well as on-site taiko repair and reskinning.
Los Angeles Taiko Institute/Asano Taiko U.S. location:
20909 S. Western Ave.
Torrance, CA 90501
310-974-4490
taiko@asano.us
Ensemble Fundamentals Thursdays 8-10PM / Free Trial Class July 4
Naname Fundamentals Fridays 6-8PM / Free Trial Class July 5
Advanced Odaiko Rei Saturdays 2-4PM / Free Trial Class July 6
My 2019 home concert is June 8 at Grand Annex and I'm excited! In addition to improvements to pieces like Suga 3 and the mochi-pounding music, we'll be performing...
- a new piece for "kawatsura" (shime head) and brushes, with electronics
- a new naname piece I wrote at my Albuquerque choreography residency
- a new dance piece by Minh Nguyen to music I wrote on Amtrak
Please come!
This is a friendly reminder there is NO BON DAIKO CLASS tomorrow. (Friday, April 19) Class will resume April 27. Thank you!
We are excited to announce that we will be having our very first LATI CAMPING TRIP!
Click the link here to get all the info regarding the trip:
https://sites.google.com/view/laticamp/home
Camp Information:
Oso Group Campground
San Bernardino National Forest
Dates: Fri, June 28th ~ Sun, June 30th
Price: $60 for adults & $30 for children under 10
(price includes: campground fees, Fri dinner, Sat breakfast, Sat lunch, Sat dinner, & Sun breakfast)
Isaku's new classes start April 5 and April 6:
Bon Daiko Fridays 6-8PM / Odaiko Fundamentals Saturdays 2-4PM
Sign up here: http://bit.ly/IK10-April2019
Yuta's new 12-week courses have finally been decided on!
Yodan-Uchi has come back, and this is his first attempt to teach Jack Bazaar in full. The first 12-weeks of Jack Bazaar will mainly cover KarC (the intro to Jack Bazaar) and drills that will be helpful for the rest of Jack Bazaar.
Click on "Learn Taiko" to sign up for classes!
Hello LATI friends, my flight from Boston to LAX was cancelled tonight. I will be returning tomorrow late evening instead. For those who are planning to join my course, sorry that we will have to postpone the start date to next Tuesday Mar 12-Apr 2.
Odaiko Mini Instensive with Tiffany Tamaribuchi
March 30 and 31st from 10AM-5PM
Sign Up Here: https://store.asano.us/products/odaiko-mini-intensive-with-tiffany-tamar...
Subscribe to the Asano Taiko US YouTube channel for tutorials and performance videos!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH05IMWazXLjCFKyureCcfA
Asano Taiko U.S./LATI will be closed December 17th~January 7th.
Holiday Hours will be:
December 4th~16th
Tues-Fri 12pm-8pm
Sat-Sun 10am-6pm
Happy Holidays!