We are based in Exeter, in the south-west of England.  We give professional taiko concerts and run a pioneering taiko education programme including workshops and teacher-training nationwide.  In addition, we have an award-winning youth taiko programme.  We also provide teambuilding events for business organisations.

Taiko Performance

We have three different performing groups who have played nationally and internationally in a wide range of locations, from street and village festivals to major venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, and even the Milan Fashion Show.

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Teaching Taiko

Education is a major part of our work.  We would like to see at least one taiko group in every town in the country and to this end we train teachers to introduce taiko to their schools.  Our next teacher-training day is Saturday 6th February 2010, in Exeter.

All that's required to start teaching taiko is some basic training and access to some resource material.  We can provide you with all of this, including Jonathan Kirby's critically acclaimed book "Teaching Taiko: Principles and Practice" with its accompanying set of training dvds which are now selling worldwide.

Teaching Taiko: Principles and Practice Complete package - book and 4 dvds £95.00 + £10 postage & packing for UK and Europe Save £20 on cost of buying items separately  Click here to read a review.

Taiko is spreading rapidly in schools across the UK.  If you've got the will, there is very definitely a way that you can introduce taiko too.  If seeing is believing, then come to the annual UK Taiko Festival, where you will see some amazing youth groups.

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Learning Taiko

We run occasional short courses at the Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre, and also offer half-day "taiko taster" workshops.  These are suitable for adult beginners including those who already have some experience.  Taking a number of courses can be a route into Kagemusha Festival Group for those who want to perform in public.

Kagemusha Taiko can be booked to provide workshops in schools, anywhere in the country.

Taiko sessions can also make valuable contributions to business organisations, sometimes with the focus on teambuilding, sometimes as part of change management or leadership development programmes.   We have more than 10 years experience of doing this successfully, always working to ensure transferability of learning to the workplace.

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