Taiko Group to feature at Anzac Day Concert with workshops to follow
Gisborne Concert Band’s annual Anzac Day Concert this year will featuring the music of Ray Charles, Hoagy Carmichael, Horace Silver, and Count Basie and the world premiere of Gisborne Onwards, a fanfare and march written specifically for the Gisborne Concert Band by John E. Joyce will be a highlight of the performance.
The Band will be will be sharing the bill with WaiTaiko, a Taiko drumming group from Hamilton. Taiko is a Japanese musical art-form which combines drumming with dance-like, martial arts style movements. Taiko drums have been used traditionally in temples, festivals and battles for thousands of years but their use in groups while relatively new, has developed a strong following internationally as well as in Japan.
WaiTaiko Drummers were established at the University of Waikato in early 2000 to highlight this unique aspect of Japanese culture. Along with dynamic interplaying rhythms, their performances are filled with visual drama. The group is made up of students and staff from the University of Waikato, and members of the general public. They are based in the Department of Humanities at the University of Waikato and were awarded a University Blues Award for being the Cultural Performance Group of the Year in 2004.
Led by Lianne Stephenson and Michelle Miles, WaiTaiko performances have included the Big Day Out and the NZ premiere of The Last Samurai in New Plymouth. The Gisborne concert will take place at 2 pm on Friday April 25 and on Saturday April 26 WaiTaiko will conduct two workshops in which participants can try Taiko drumming in a fun, friendly atmosphere. No prior musical experience is needed, just a love of bashing things and a basic fitness level.
Both the Concert and Workshops will take place at Te Wananga o Aotearoa.
Purchase Tickets for the Concert and register for the workshops at The Music Factory
Concert - $10 for adults and $5 under-18s.
Workshops - $20 for adults and $10 for under-18s.
The Band will be will be sharing the bill with WaiTaiko, a Taiko drumming group from Hamilton. Taiko is a Japanese musical art-form which combines drumming with dance-like, martial arts style movements. Taiko drums have been used traditionally in temples, festivals and battles for thousands of years but their use in groups while relatively new, has developed a strong following internationally as well as in Japan.
WaiTaiko Drummers were established at the University of Waikato in early 2000 to highlight this unique aspect of Japanese culture. Along with dynamic interplaying rhythms, their performances are filled with visual drama. The group is made up of students and staff from the University of Waikato, and members of the general public. They are based in the Department of Humanities at the University of Waikato and were awarded a University Blues Award for being the Cultural Performance Group of the Year in 2004.
Led by Lianne Stephenson and Michelle Miles, WaiTaiko performances have included the Big Day Out and the NZ premiere of The Last Samurai in New Plymouth. The Gisborne concert will take place at 2 pm on Friday April 25 and on Saturday April 26 WaiTaiko will conduct two workshops in which participants can try Taiko drumming in a fun, friendly atmosphere. No prior musical experience is needed, just a love of bashing things and a basic fitness level.
Both the Concert and Workshops will take place at Te Wananga o Aotearoa.
Purchase Tickets for the Concert and register for the workshops at The Music Factory
Concert - $10 for adults and $5 under-18s.
Workshops - $20 for adults and $10 for under-18s.
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