Sonoma County Taiko
Building a community of acceptance, harmony, and respect through our love of taiko
Dear Friends of Sonoma County Taiko,
Thanks to everyone’s help, we maintained our enthusiasm for taiko through the challenging last 3 years.
We’ve had an encouraging 2023 with several new members and many performance requests. We are still rebuilding our membership and ramping up our taiko classes and performance offerings, all of which help us to make ends meet. Now we are looking forward to our 30th anniversary (only 2 years away!) and are happy to once again be able to make full use of our dojo practice space. We have been very fortunate to have a wonderful community for encouragement and support throughout these difficult times.
Your support helps us fulfill our mission to “build a community of acceptance, harmony, and respect through our love of taiko.” We welcome any and all contributions as we continue through this next more hopeful year. We are grateful to those who have previously donated and look forward to including those who may be giving for the first time.
Please enjoy this short video about who we are, what we bring to the community, and how we benefit from your support: 
We Are Sonoma County Taiko!
Arigato gozaimasu!
The Sonoma County Taiko Leadership Team
”We need your support!
We rely on the generosity of our community more than ever right now.
Please give what you can.
Donations are tax-deductible and any amount helps!
We’d like to thank the following who contributed to the video:
Taiko performers and teachers: David Hidalgo, Silvia Shostakovich, John Cooper, Irma Spars, Andrew Pastor, Dylan Henriksen, Sandra Bowman, Diego Solano, Alexa Riner, Simon Youssef, Byron Spars, Óscar Arce, Masumi O’Brien, Arnold Shimizu, Meg Mizutani, Sage Rasmussen, Takako Rasmussen, Sheri Peterson, Miwa Smith. Photos and video clips by Deanne DiPietro, Terry Connelly, Irma Spars, Grace Cheung-Schulman, Keith Wyner, Brandon Spars, Rick Tang, and others. Video production by Deanne DiPietro. Narration by Alexa Riner.
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We offer classes and workshops for children and adults. They are open to anyone who is interested in trying it out to someone who would like to delve deeper into the culture and performing. Come join us, we would love to share our enjoyment of this wonderful art with you.
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Sonoma County Taiko News
Update on Maui Fundraiser
We are pleased that the fundraiser for Maui hosted by Enmanji Buddhist Temple on Saturday October 28th, 2023 at the Memorial Hall at Enmanji raised upwards of $20,000. We are grateful to everyone who contributed to making the event such a success.
SCT Drums for Maui
On Saturday October 28 from 12 - 4 a fundraising event will be held at the Memorial Hall at Enmanji. Suggested Donation is $30 at the door. Entertainment will be provided by: Faith Ako with additional performances from Bill...
Obon on the Square: Saturday July 31, 2021 at 5pm, Santa Rosa Courthouse Square
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Happy New Year!!
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Embodying our mission.
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SCT Covid 19 Update
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NEW CLASS!
Kids Class Fridays 4-5pm First Session 4 classes April 13, 20, 27, May 4 Ages 7-12 Fee: $50 online convenience fee $2 Do you love loud, joyful drums? Taiko means big drum in Japanese. Did you know that Taiko drums can “talk?“ In our high energy class we will learn...
March Update
After a busy February participating and performing at Multi-cultural and benefit events, we are readying ourselves for an intense workshop with Akio and Haruyoshi Tsumura of Miyakejima Geinou Doushikai. We are looking forward to learning first hand from practitioners...
February / March
Upcoming performances: Wed Feb, 21 Rancho Cotate High School Unity Week Sat Feb, 24 Firestorm Benefit at Enmanji Buddhist Temple 11-3pm Fri Mar, 2 Santa Rosa Middle School Fri Mar 2 Taiko Basics-introduction to Taiko class 6-8pm Sat Mar, 10 SRJC Taiko Workshop @ SCT...
February
Upcoming performances: Wed Feb, 21 Rancho Cotate High School Unity Week Sat Feb, 24 Firestorm Benefit at Enmanji Buddhist Temple Fri Mar, 2 Santa Rosa Middle School
Start Now
Join our Taiko Basics introductory class. Held the first Friday each month. Begin your exploration of the art of Taiko! Ages 12 and up.
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