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
Asano Taiko US store will be open until December 24th. Have a great holiday season!
Asano Taiko US holiday store hours:
December 23: 12pm - 6pm
December 24: 12pm - 6pm
Closed December 25 - January 2
80 hours!
In celebration of the upcoming 2015 East Coast Taiko Conference, a group of us is making a practice pledge. Between now and Feb 13, 2015, amongst the five of us, we will practice 80 hours.
Each of us has picked a topic and created a goal and a plan using LATI's practice "Target" form. We'll be tracking our progress with LATI's "Practice Logs" and measuring only the time we're actually on the drum, doing concentrated practice.
If you'd like to join the pledge, let me know!
Here we go!
Announcing "Groups @US" in collaboration with LATI instructors!
(get it? atUS? ATUS? Asano Taiko US?)
Start organizing your dream group today!
Beginning January 2015, ATUS will feature student-organized groups of all types! Like-minded taiko friends design their ideal taiko group and meet once a week with access to the full range of Asano instruments. LATI staff provide as little or as much support as needed, to make every group a success.
Yuta, Jen, Julia and I performed a massive version of Karc / Jack Bazaar with LATI students, Sharon, Aya, Doreen, and Young, plus members of On Ensemble.
Thanks to Katsuji for taking video!
Jack Bazaar, with Karc / Duet intro from Kristofer Bergstrom on Vimeo.
LATI students, staff, and especially Kris Bergstrom, what an amazing feat!
Looking forward to more taiko at Ciclavia~
...for a series of wonderful, thoughtful, and fun workshops!
Thank you all participants for signing up and coming to LATI :)
We'll see you again very soon, and hope to have Suzuki-sensei back in LA.
We are very excited to announce that the great musician and dancer, Suzuki Kyosuke, will be coming to the Institute! Suzuki Sensei will give a two-day intensive on lion dance, for which we'll be preparing practice shishi gashira (lion masks) for each participant. The intensive will be 12 hours of instruction and an optional dinner with our favorite lion dancer! Suzuki Sensei will also be teaching two workshops on the music that accompanies the dance, called Kotobuki Jishi.
In preparation for my new term, I'll be teaching a week of free Try Taiko classes. In 60 fast-paced minutes, get a tour of the facility, learn about the school, see a demo by professional players, and try the amazing drums! RSVP appreciated.
If you're already a member of the LATI community and know someone who needs to try taiko, please pass this flyer along. Thanks to Katsuji for commissioning the new design!
Here is a sample of the new Matsuri Crashers battle structure videos we made here at LATI. I think they turned out well and hope they'll help people prepare for our July 20 battle at WTG.
RSVP if you'll be joining us!
http://onensemble.org/2013/05/matsuri-crashers-battle-structures/
I just got an email from Yuta letting us know that Julia gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Aika-chan! Congratulations Julia and Katsuji. Miyori-chan, you're now a sister!