A person may wonder how the music of Beethoven or Chopin might have changed if someone from the future had brought them modern ideas such as jazz rhythms and instrumentation. That’s basically what ...

WALTER: THE BEAT OF JAPAN ON DISPLAY IN SACRAMENTO. THE TAIKO DRUMMING GROUP SHIDARA SHOWCASING ITS EXPLOSIVE MUSICAL STYLE ON THE STEPS OF THE MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM ON J STREET. NORMALLY, YOU’D HAVE TO ...

Performers from Sacramento Taiko Dan, a traditional Japanese drum group, perform. The group raised more than $11,000 in a Kickstarter campaign, well over the initial goal. The money is intended for ...

In the Ballico and Cressey areas, they march to the beat of a different drummer. Members of the Ballico Taiko Club’s performing group will be demonstrating their unique drum-playing talents later this ...

Secretary Ian Flores (right) and a club member Patrick Ranada, a Junior, sand down Bachi outside Cypress Hall on Oct. 17. Each member makes their own Bachi, or drumstick, as part of initiation. Photo ...