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Portland Taiko, Fall concert - Crossings
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P ortland T a ik o ’s fall co ncert,
‘Crossings’, featuring guest artists
Kenny Endo, Obo Addy and Jeffrey
Peyton, will take place September
8-9,2000 at 8 p.m. a the Newmark
Theater, Portland Center for the
Performing Arts.
‘Crossings’ will feature the world
premiere o f E ndo’s Continental
Harmony composition for Portland
Taiko, entitled Wind, Water, and
Wood. As the recipient ofO regon’s
C o n tin e n ta l H a rm o n y aw ard,
Portland Taiko was funded by the
National Endowment for the Arts
and the A m erican C om posers
Forum to commission this new work
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by Endo.
This collaborative peformance o f
E n d o ’s c o m p o sitio n w ill be
Wind, Water, and Wood will be the
perform ed by Portland T aiko’s highlight o f an evening full o f
ensemble o f drummers, joined by Portland Taiko’s original repertoire.
Endo on taiko, Addy on African The group’s power, humor, and
percussion, and Peyton on marimba exuberance will weave through a
and latin percussion.
b le n d o f c o n tem p o rary taiko
The piece draws from traditional rhythms, movement, and stories.
Tokyo festival music, Afro-cuban Portland Taiko will also premiere
rhythms, and driving kumi-daiko Bamboo Bridge, a work that fuses
(e n se m b le d ru m m in g ), w ith spoken word with Filipino and
extensive improvisation by each Japanese American communities.
guest artist and Portland Taiko Endo, Addy and Peyton will also
performer.
perform solo works.
The work explores a broad range o f For more information on Taiko,
m u sic a l so u n d sc a p e s, from call 503/224-1458.
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