Join us as our friends the Burlington Taiko Group ret urns to Claremont for an afternoon outdoor performance.

This progr am is presented in collaboration with Claremont Parks and Recreation\, and included residency activities with Claremont Middle School music students .

In case of inclement weather\, the event location will be at the Claremont Creative Center\, 56 Opera House Square\, right across the street from Broad Street Park.

Since its inception in 1987\, Burlington Taiko Group has been involved in hundr eds of performances\, including feature performances at the 100th running of the Boston Marathon\, annual performances at Burlington’s First Night\, the Joseph Campbell – Keepers of the Lore festival\, the Black Ships Fest ival in Newport\, Rhode Island\, and over 200 corporate\, collegiate and p ublic performances.

Taiko (太鼓) are a broad rang e of Japanese percussion instruments. In Japanese\, the term taiko refers to any kind of drum\, but outside Japan\, it is used specifically to refer to any of the various Japanese dr ums called wadaiko (和太鼓\, lit. ‘Japanese drums’) and to the form of ensemble taiko drumming more specifically ca lled kumi-daiko (組太鼓\, lit. ‘set of drums’). The process of constructing taiko varies between manufacturers\, an d the preparation of both the drum body and skin can take several years de pending on the method.

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\n< p>Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts\, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New E ngland state arts agencies.
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