Our Workshops
Thursdays
19:00pm - 21:00pm
These sessions are split into two separate hours, but will be beginner friendly. Perfect for those who are brand new, or already attend our beginner class on a Saturday, and are getting ready to move up!
We’ll start off with some basic and slightly more advanced drills, moving into learning songs from scratch!
The exercises that we do consist of many different ways to hone your skills, not only as a drummer, but as a musician. Taiko is not just about music, but about the connection between your body and mind. Joe will teach many many tips and tricks to improve your playing, all in a broken down, and easy to understand way with patience and understanding.
As for learning new songs, those will be broken down from the beginning, and taught in a set structure such as teaching individual parts, how they fit into the song, and building everything together piece by piece. All building to a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment as we get to the end!
Saturdays
9:30am - 12:30am
Our main day for workshops! Our Saturdays are split into three separate sessions, all broken down into their own focuses.
9:30am - The first session is for beginners, whether you are brand new to taiko or have played before, it’s open to everyone! Peter will teach you the very basics, various beginner exercises and rudiments, and begin to teach some of our songs!
10:30am - We refer to this session as our advanced class, where Joe teaches more advanced rhythms, techniques and skills, all with the goal of ascending your playing to the next level! We also tend to start rehearsing our repertoire, though sometimes we focus on learning brand new pieces!
11:30am - After a break, we get back to it. This session is sometimes reserved just for our performing group if we have a performance coming up, but usually it’s for rehearsing our more difficult pieces!