Mark H Rooney

Connect with your fellow taiko players ... register for Mark H's Taiko Communication Workshop! This unique workshop emphasizes the connection and communication among taiko players, which also provides groundwork for improvisation and soloing! We'll do a variety of fun exercises designed to increase your skills in interacting with, listening to, and being aware of your fellow taiko drummers as you play. We will explore listening skills, passing energies, vocabulary expansion, and other aspects of soloing within a kumidaiko context. Open…

Join us for an intro to one of the most popular taiko styles! Naname uchi (playing the taiko on a slanted stand) offers a broad range of options for movement and expression. Which also makes it a very challenging and rewarding style to learn! The style was originally developed in the Tokyo area by the group Oedo Sukeroku and is based on local temple festival drumming. Open to anyone who has taken two full series of Mark's Rec Class or…