Great Lakes Taiko Center

Come DRUM DANCE DREAM with us !!! https://michigantaiko.net/events/gltc-a2sf-2026

Celebrate the Ann Arbor Summer Festival & Japan Week 2026 with members of the Great Lakes Taiko Center (GLTC) Taiko Arts Collective. [Free Public Event]

GREAT LAKES TAIKO CENTER (GLTC) presents “Drum, Dance, Dream !!!” at Top of The Park 2026: SHARE IN THE GIFT OF TAIKO with us as we DRUM with full heartbeats & heartsong, DANCE with our whole body & being, and DREAM with collective care & spirit !!!

A2SF 2026 Japan Week | Great Lakes Taiko Center @Ann Arbor — Great Lakes Taiko Center Celebrate the Ann Arbor Summer Festival & Japan Week 2026 with members of the Great Lakes Taiko Center (GLTC) Taiko Arts Collective. [Free Public Event] GREAT LAKES TAIKO CENTER (GLTC) presents “Drum, Dance, Dream !!!” at Top of The Park 2026: SHARE IN THE GIFT OF TAIKO with us as w

All aboard for an afternoon of festivities at this year's UMich Japan Culture Festival on Sunday, March 29th! GLTC's Sazanami Taiko Arts Ensemble will kick off performances at 2:00pm with a debut of their new song “Eki” composed by director Mathew Jacqmin-Kramer, followed by many exciting music and dance groups, including young artists of Ensemble Hanabi (3pm).

Japan Culture Festival at UMich | Sazanami — Great Lakes Taiko Center Join the 2026 Japan Culture Festival (JCF), an annual event hosted by the University of Michigan Japan Student Association (JSA), on Sunday afternoon, March 29th (12-4pm): Cultural booths and activities with this year’s theme “Eki” or train station will be open from 12pm to 2pm at the Mason Ha...

Raion Taiko Drummers will be joining this wonderful collaboration of Taiko and orchestra with Michigan Philharmonic performing in Kaoru Wada's Folkloric Dance Suite! https://michigantaiko.net/events/raion-taiko-mi-philharmonic-2026-04-24

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Dear Consul General Kishimori, It is an honor to receive your Consul General Commendation. On behalf of the Great Lakes Taiko Center, thank you so very much!

岸守総領事様, このような素晴らしい賞をいただき、誠にありがとうございます。
Great Lakes太鼓センターを代表して、この表彰を受け取れることを、大変光栄に思います。

We also want to thank all of our Taiko Center members over the years (including our performers, teachers, and students), our family and friends and community partners who always support us, and everyone in our audiences and broader community who join us to make the experience of Taiko together possible.

これまで活動を支えてくださったすべてのメンバー、演奏者、先生方、生徒の皆さん、家族、友人、地域の仲間たち、そして太鼓を楽しみに会場に来てくださった皆さま――本当にありがとうございます。

Taiko is truly a gift to community in many ways, giving us opportunities to make cultural connections with each other... whether you are thrilled by the heartbeats of a Kumidaiko ensemble drumming performance, blessed with good luck by a bite on the head during a Shishimai Japanese lion dance, or given a pair of Bachi sticks to play on a Taiko drum. Our members at the Great Lakes Taiko Center (GLTC) Taiko Arts Collective look forward to joyfully Drum Dance & Dream with you all in the years to come!

太鼓は、音を通して人と人をつなぐ、不思議な力を持っています。
組太鼓の響きに心を震わせたり、獅子舞に頭を噛まれて笑ったり、初めてバチを持って太鼓をたたいたときのワクワク感――そのすべてが、文化と心をつなぐ体験だと思います。これからも、私たちGreat Lakes太鼓センターは、地域の皆さんとともに太鼓を楽しみながら、日本の文化の魅力と、そこにある“つながりの喜び”を伝えていきたいと思います。

// Eileen S. Ho & Larry An, GLTC co-directors and collective members, with gratitude for GLTC co-founders (2009) Brian Sole and Mayumi Sole.

Many thanks to Consulate General of Japan in Detroit 在デトロイト日本国総領事館 for hosting a wonderful Japanese festival and inviting collective members of Great Lakes Taiko to receive your commendation as we share with our community representatives❣️

🌸 Sakura Japanese Instrumental Group at Ann Arbor District Library on Monday, December 8th (6pm ET) Downtown Lobby!

Sakura Instrumental Group | Ann Arbor District Library Sakura Instrumental Group When Monday December 8, 2025: 6:00pm to 7:00pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar Where Downtown Library: 1st Floor Lobby For Whom Grade K–Adult Description Join us for a Japanese Festival with SAKURA Japanese Instrumental Group. The performing artists, haili...

We welcome GLTC Fall 2025 guest artist *Eien Hunter-Ishikawa* with these exciting free public events, including premiere public performances of our *Michigan Shishimai Kai* ensemble!
https://michigantaiko.net/gltc-blog/2025-mi-shishimai

SAT Nov. 8th (1:30pm ET) in Novi-Wixom For Performance Arts and Learning: Shishimai (Japanese Lion Dance) & Ryomen Odori (Double-Mask Dance) Demonstrations
https://michigantaiko.net/events/2025-eien-shishimai-nov8

SUN Nov. 9th (3:00pm ET) in Ann Arbor Steiner HS: Shishimai (Japanese Lion Dance) Demo & Interactive Workshop
https://michigantaiko.net/events/2025-eien-shishimai-nov9

And a special workshop offering: Japanese Knife Sharpening w/Eien Hunter-Ishikawa on SUN Nov. 9th (12:30-2:30pm ET) in Ann Arbor Steiner HS [pay-as-you-can $10-$50]
https://michigantaiko.net/events/2025-eien-knife

Michigan Shishimai Kai 2025 Premiere Public Performance — Great Lakes Taiko Center 🎋✨ Michigan Shishimai Kai — Premiere Public Performance! ✨🎋 Michigan Shishimai Kai is thrilled to invite you to our first-ever public demonstration! Experience the powerful rhythm and graceful movements of traditional Japanese performing arts: Wakayama-ryu Shishimai (Lion Dance) and Ryom...

Come drum, dance, dream with us !!! https://michigantaiko.net/aareced

>>> Intro to Taiko Drumming demo & workshop on Sunday, October 26th or November 23rd from 3:00-4:30pm ET at Rudolf Steiner High School. Register through our community partner Ann Arbor Rec & Ed for this adult enrichment offering!

Ann Arbor Rec & Ed — Great Lakes Taiko Center DATES (register by day): September 21st, October 26th, November 23rdTIME: Sunday 3:00-4:30pm ETLOCATION: Rudolf Steiner HS (Assembly Hall) 2230 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105