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KODO Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble – APPlause! performance SOLD OUT
March 23 | 10:00 am
Kodo One Earth Tour 2023: TSUZUMI
Kodo’s school program is a cultural and musical experience, designed to allow students to feel the sound of the Japanese taiko drum with their whole body. The students will get a chance to learn about who Kodo is as traveling musicians, the various Japanese musical instruments that are used in the performance, dive deep on what taiko is, and discover the different sounds that these instruments can make.
In Japanese, the word “Kodo” holds a double meaning. It can be translated as “heartbeat,” the primal source of all rhythm. However, the group’s name is written with different characters, which mean “drum” and “child.” This reflects Kodo’s desire to play the drums with the simple heart of a child.
Since the group’s debut at the Berlin Festival in 1981, Kodo has given over 7,000 performances on all five continents, spending about a third of the year overseas, a third touring in Japan, and a third rehearsing and preparing new material on Sado Island. Kodo strives to both preserve and re-interpret traditional Japanese performing arts.
A full-length evening performance takes place at 7pm, as part of The Schaefer Center Presents series.
SHOWTIME:
Thursday, March 23, 2023 | 10am
RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades 3-12
STUDY GUIDE: Click HERE for printable pdf
LOCATION: Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
RUN TIME: Approximately 60 minutes
FOR MORE INFORMATION: contact the Box Office at
theschaefercenter@appstate.edu / 800-841-2787 or 828-262-4046
SOLD OUT
TICKETS FOR GROUPS OF 25 OR MORE PEOPLE
$5/person
TICKETS FOR GROUPS OF FEWER THAN 25 PEOPLE
$5/person
ABOUT KODO
Exploring the limitless possibilities of the traditional Japanese drum, the taiko, Kodo is forging new directions for a vibrant living art-form. Since the group’s debut at the Berlin Festival in 1981, Kodo has given over 6,500 performances on all five continents, spending about a third of the year overseas, a third touring in Japan and a third rehearsing and preparing new material on Sado Island. Kodo strives to both preserve and re-interpret traditional Japanese performing arts. Beyond this, members on tours and research trips all over the globe have brought back to Sado a kaleidoscope of world music and experiences which now exerts a strong influence on the group’s performances and compositions. Collaborations with other artists and composers extend right across the musical spectrum, and Kodo’s lack of preconceptions about its music continues to produce startling new fusion and forms.
photos by Takashi Okamoto
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APPlause! Sponsors
The APPlause! 2023-24 season has been generously supported by a grant from the
JAMES G. HANES MEMORIAL FUND
and
individual support from
SUE AND STEVE CHASE
and
sustaining support provided by the
CHRISTINE PETTI OPPORTUNITY FUND
CHRISTINE PETTI OPPORTUNITY FUND
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