Sonoma County Taiko
Building a community of acceptance, harmony, and respect through our love of taiko

2023 was an encouraging year, and 2024 is shaping up to be even better!

We are working to grow our membership through classes and performances,

and planning to celebrate our 30th Anniversary next year.

Your donations help us provide the space, personnel, and equipment 

to accomplish these goals and fulfill our mission to 

“build a community of acceptance, harmony, and respect through our love of taiko“.

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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See a Live Taiko Performance

Witness the excitement and dynamics of taiko first hand. Come see the blend of percussion power and dance that makes taiko such an exciting and unique art-form. We perform around the county for local community events, school assemblies and also private parties.
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Drop us a line, inquire about classes, book a performance, find out where we’ll be, or join our mailing list to keep up to date on what we’re getting up to. We’d love to hear from you.
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Sonoma County Taiko is  a 501 (c)3 not for profit organization. Your donations help us to provide cultural outreach to our local schools and community events in the form of workshops, demonstrations and performances. Through your generous support we can continue to express the vibrant diverse community that we enjoy in Sonoma County.
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Sonoma County Taiko News

Update on Maui Fundraiser

by | Nov 1, 2023 | | 0 Comments

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

by | Oct 18, 2023 | | 0 Comments

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...

Happy New Year!!

by | Jan 9, 2021 | | 0 Comments

Happy New Year from Sonoma County Taiko. We hope that this message finds everyone safe. 2020 was a year of unprecedented challenges. You may or may not know that from mid March through October our dojo was shut down completely and all of the performances that were...

Embodying our mission.

by | Jul 31, 2020 | | 0 Comments

A month of civil unrest urged us, like many in the art community, to reflect on our role in advancing racial equality. The mission of Sonoma County Taiko is “to build a community of acceptance, harmony, and respect through our love of taiko.” We are a cultural...

SCT Covid 19 Update

by | Mar 29, 2020 | | 0 Comments

Due to the quarantine conditions imposed on the State and County Sonoma County Taiko is suspending activities until further notice. Thank you for understanding, and please stay safe. We hope that after we weather this emergent situation we will be able to share with...

NEW CLASS!

by | Mar 22, 2018 | | 0 Comments

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

by | Mar 5, 2018 | | 0 Comments

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

by | Feb 19, 2018 | | 0 Comments

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

by | Feb 15, 2018 | | 0 Comments

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

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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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