Jishin Taiko

CSUN IEP End of the Semester Event

2011-12-10T16:00:00.006-08:00

On Friday, December 9th, we were invited to perform at CSUN's International Exchange Program's End of the Semester Event. We've been performing at this event for nearly 7 years, and we've really enjoyed every time we have! Thanks for the long-time support! We really enjoyed the energy that was there!

Photo credit goes to Jeffrey Sabino! Thanks Jeff!!!

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(UPDATE) Fundraiser at Wrappidup!!

2011-11-22T16:44:00.000-08:00

Jishin would like to give a big THANK YOU to all of you who came and supported us at the Wrappidup fundraiser!

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Fundraiser at Wrappidup!!

2011-11-07T16:07:00.001-08:00

Help support Jishin Taiko Ensemble while having a tasty meal at Wrappidup on November 16th and 17th!!! Bring in your student ID, and help us out while receiving a 10% discount.
Make sure you have our flyer with you! (You can print one out yourself! Click on the image above for the embiggened image of the flyer.)

If you haven't had Wrappidup yet, please go try it out! Jishin members love their food!

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New Schedule

2011-10-31T16:53:00.000-07:00

We have decided to change our performing member practice to Friday nights.

Member practices are now Monday and Wednesday nights.

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon Casino Night Performance

2011-10-30T16:00:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, we had a great time performing at Sigma Alpha Epsilon's Casino Night as a part of their Variety Show. We performed on the CSUN campus in the Grand Salon during the event. Thanks for having us, Steven!

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Joint Practice with Valley Charter School

2011-10-26T15:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, we had our first ever joint practice with the Valley Charter School's taiko players. Thanks for having us! We had a great time! We hope to play taiko with you guys again.

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Sheet Music!

2011-10-07T15:51:00.000-07:00

Hey newbies!

We have sheet music for the songs "Accents" and "Renshuu" on the left column of this page! It's under the "Warm Up Music" section.

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Just click on the link, and you should be able to access the PDF file!

See you at practice!

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Newbie Orientation Day!

2011-09-24T16:15:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!
Jishin Taiko's Newbie Orientation Day is:

+Wednesday, 28th
+7:00pm to 8:00pm
+We'll be providing refreshments!

Come and check us out! We'll perform a couple of songs, introduce you to the group, and have a workshop where you'll get to hit the taiko!

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Matafest 2011

2011-08-31T16:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome back, Matadors! We started off the new school year by playing at the Matafest!

Thanks to everyone who came out! Let's have a great school year!

Stone Soup Music Faire 2011

2011-08-21T15:57:00.001-07:00

UPDATE:

Thank you, Grover Beach, for all your love and support! We had a blast playing at the Stone Soup Music Faire! Hopefully, we'll see you again soon!

Video credit goes to Sparkydan639. Thanks for coming out!

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Hello everyone!
Jishin will be performing at the Stone Soup Music Faire 2011 in Grover Beach!! It'll take place next weekend (Saturday, August 27th to Sunday, August 28th!) Please come and give us your support and join us for a fun time at the festival!

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Link:
http://www.groverbeachchamber.com/cm/Home.html

Evergreen Baptist Church, LA Performance

2011-08-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

On August 14th 2011, Jishin Taiko performed at Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles.

The pieces performed were Korekara, Matsuri, and Suzume.

After the performance, people from the audience were given a chance to hit the drums. Members of Jishin Taiko aided the volunteers through basic rhythms and kuchi shōga exercises.

We enjoyed performing for you guys! Thank you for having us!

Summer Practice Schedule

2011-06-24T16:49:00.001-07:00

Taiko practice for the summer is the same as our schedule before; Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 7-10pm in the taiko room. Summer practice is not mandatory, but we highly recommend it to those interested in joining in the fall or planning to become performing members! Also, due to a couple of important shows coming up in August, Wednesday practices may prioritize performing members once again. Just as practice during school session, do not see this as a discouragement to attend this day. This is an opportunity, especially for those aspiring to become performing members, to practice learning the songs we perform by watching, listening, and shadowing on the sideline. Keep in mind, it is not often so many of the performing members are in attendance on any other practice day during the summer. All we ask is for your attention and serious attitude/interest towards taiko. But other than that, we wish you all a great summer and hope to see you at practice! :)

Charity Concert for Japan

2011-06-13T01:10:00.000-07:00

We are on a paper! :D

Sunday, June 12th @ 4pm in Torrance

The Lighthouse Foundation asked us to perform for their benefit concert to raise funds for Japan.

Intercollegiate Taiko Invitationals!

2011-05-26T23:13:00.000-07:00

Woo! We are so excited for the Intercollegiate Taiko Invitational. :D The host this year is UCLA's Yukai and Kyodo. Come out on Saturday and Sunday night to watch all the participating taiko groups perform, including us! :D
17th Annual Intercollegiate Taiko Concert info.

Edit: Tiring weekend of walking and workshops, but had a blast mingling with all the other taiko groups and workshop leaders there! Our performance, although only one song (Yamabiko), was successful and received praise from those who barely knew who we are as a collegiate taiko group. :) Thanks to Philip, Blaine, Arisa, and Ai for performing as members/alumni members of Jishin Taiko! <3 Congrats to all the groups that performed; both concerts were great. Can't wait to see you all again at next years Invitational hosted by Stanford!

(more photos coming soon...)

Jishin SPRING CONCERT 2011

2011-05-06T14:44:00.000-07:00

Edit: ~Thank you for those who came out and supported us! Our annual spring concert is done for our family, friends, and fans. ;) None of our effort is worth it without you in mind.

"An Evening with Dr. Cornel West"

2011-02-04T22:21:00.000-08:00

CSUN's brand new Valley Performing Arts Center presents Dr. Cornel West as key speaker to kick-off Black History Month. We were honored to have been chosen to perform for the opening ceremony in this event. The huge stage was overwhelming, but was a wonderful experience for our group.

CSUN Hockey Game

2011-01-29T22:11:00.000-08:00

This is one of our favorite events to perform for. We enjoy cheering on our school's hockey team. It's cold, but the energy from our excitement towards the game helps warm us up. ;)

IEP...

2010-12-14T21:33:00.000-08:00

Elementary school performance...!

2010-12-14T20:14:00.000-08:00

Music Sheets & New Videos

2010-09-20T12:56:00.000-07:00

Are you a taiko newb and want to progress?
<--Our warm up music sheets are now located on the left.
Those of you interested in joining Jishin Taiko can start by mastering our warm ups! :D So practice at home, while you're walking, while at a stop sign, waiting for a long line at a restaurant or restroom, etc. Looking silly is just a risk you're going to have to take. Just don't hurt yourself in the process or you'll be no good to us. :P Ganbatte!~

By the way, our 2010 Spring Concert videos are also up in the video section of this site. Be sure to check those out as well.

New Practice Schedule

2010-08-23T09:12:00.000-07:00

Practices will now be three days! Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Same time: 7pm-10pm. Try to make it to as many as possible! :)

Orientation Day (Friday, September 3)

2010-08-18T17:32:00.000-07:00

We hope everyone had a great summer! A new semester is finally here. Time to get down to Taiko business. :D All who are interested in joining this year are welcome to our 2nd annual orientation day! It will be held in our Taiko practice room (Cypress Hall, room 145) on Friday, September 3 starting at 7pm. There will be refreshments and an introduction on who we are and what we do. Afterwards, we will have a small performance for you all, including a short tutorial you may participate in on our specific way of playing. Don't miss your chance to mingle with our members and others interested in becoming a member! We all hope to see YOU there. :)

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We'd like to thank all who came to our orientation day! There was a great turn out of people interested and we hope many of you return! :) For those who were not able to make it, but still wish to check us out, be sure to note down our practice days! You are very much welcome to come watch. Those in our mailing list will be contacted by us about it. We hope to see you around!~

Jishin Taiko on LA Weekly!

2009-09-22T10:46:00.000-07:00

Liz Ohanesian from the LA Weekly Blog has written an article on Jishin Taiko. She has pictures and video of the Micomicon show. Enjoy!

LA Weekly Article

Orientation Day - Thursday, September 10th.

2009-09-08T11:56:00.001-07:00

Welcome back everyone, to a new semester and to our new prospective members! And to welcome everyone back and to have people who are interested in joining Jishin Taiko, we are having an Orientation Day on Thursday, September 10th. Come by to our practice room and mingle with our members! We will have refreshments and talk a little about who we are and what we do. After that, we will have a small show for everyone! We'll even teach you how to play a little on our drums if you're interested :)

Festivities will start 7:00pm at Cypress Hall -145

Practice Shcedule has changed!!

2009-06-29T15:00:00.000-07:00

From July, it is going to be Monday/Thursday practices!!
Time is same and it is 7:00-10:00pm.

Thank you!!

Summer Schedule

2009-06-02T20:35:00.000-07:00

Our Summer rehearsal schedule is Monday and Wednesday from 7:00-10:00pm.

Taiko Invitational 2009

2009-06-02T20:19:00.000-07:00

We went to UCI for Taiko Invitational.
We had great workshops with Taiko masters and enjoyed them a lot, and made a lot of friends from other Taiko groups.

Practice Schedule

2009-05-04T23:55:00.000-07:00

Since we have Final exams next week, we will not have rehearsals this week and next week. So, study!!

No practice-5/6, 8, 13

We will have practice from 5/15(Fri) for the Taiko Invitational.

Jishin Taiko Spring Concert 09

2009-02-11T23:30:00.000-08:00

Hello Family and Friends,

It's that time of year again!
Our Spring Concert is coming up soon!
We will have a great performance for you
filled with taiko, dancing, and fun.

Where? Northridge Center in the CSUN USU
When? April 28, Tuesday

Doors Open @ 6:30
Show Starts @ 7:00
Price:FOR FREE!!!

We're so excited to see you there!

-Jishin Taiko

CSUN Taiko Class Performance

2008-11-12T09:44:00.000-08:00

It's that time again. On November 24 at 8 pm, the Taiko class that is taught at CSUN is having their concert that is usually held at the end of the semester. And again, Jishin Taiko is going to perform as an honorary guest. The concert is going to be on campus (18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330) at Cypress Hall, in the Recital Hall. Tickets are available at the box office right outside the hall for $10 ($5 for students). Hope to see you all there!

CSUN Ice Hockey Game

2008-11-12T09:30:00.000-08:00

We are going to be playing at the Valley Ice Center in Panorama City on November 22. We are supporting our fine CSUN Ice Hockey Team and we hope you do too! The address is 8750 Van Nuys Blvd Panorama City, CA 91402 and the game should start at 8:00 pm. See you there!

Welcome back!

2008-08-26T09:44:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Welcome back to the fall semester. I hope everyone is happy to return and start classes again :) I am happy to report that the summer practice was great and was very productive. We had lots of fun and got a lot of work done at the same time. There are a few things I want to remind everyone about the fall semester:

We are now back to the regular practice format.
Those of you who joined in the fall need to renew your membership.
Auditions to become a performing member are open!
Practice days/time have changed and have been posted on the left.

Get ready to start the semester strong! I hope to see you all there.

-Philip

Voting

2008-08-14T10:27:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

The new semester is coming up and we need to decide on which days we are practicing. There is a new poll up (on the left side), so please vote on which days you want practice to be on. You can have multiple votes so please choose all the days you can practice. Please note that on Weekdays the hours will be 7:00 - 10:00 pm because of parking issues. We will decide on days first, then worry about the time, so take that into consideration. Also, this vote will end on the 24th, in order to give everyone some more time! Thanks and see you at practice!

-Philip

We're back! (Again)

2008-07-20T01:18:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone! We are now back online with a new site...Jishin Taiko Website version 2. This time, it's in a blog format so everyone should be familiar with it, complete with comments and everything. I hope you all use and enjoy the site for years to come. Yay.

Oh, and don't forget to use the poll on the left!

-Philip