*For MBT members, friends, affiliate groups, or previous class participants only. Ho etsu is excited to start taiko workshops on June 26, 27 and July 6, 10. Longterm member Emily Harada has brought back a new style of taiko playing following her 20 month study...
*For MBT members, friends, affiliate groups, or previous class participants only. Ho etsu is excited to start taiko workshops on June 26, 27 and July 6, 10. Longterm member Emily Harada has brought back a new style of taiko playing following her 20 month study...
*For MBT members, friends, affiliate groups, or previous class participants only. Ho etsu is excited to start taiko workshops on June 26, 27 and July 6, 10. Longterm member Emily Harada has brought back a new style of taiko playing following her 20 month study...
Ho Etsu is excited to start taiko workshops on August 23rd and August 29th. Long term member Emily Harada has brought back a new style of taiko playing to Chicago following her 20 month study in Tokyo under Kaoly Asano and Tawoo Dojo. This style...
Ho Etsu will perform in concert at the First Presbyterian Church Performing Arts Series on November 9 in Davenport, Iowa. NOVEMBER 9th, at 7:30 pm First Presbyterian Church 1702 Iowa St. Davenport, IA 52803 for tickets (adults and student prices) follow the link below FPC...
Interested in playing taiko? Join us for one workshop, or all four! All are welcome, no experience required. Where: Midwest Buddhist Temple Sessions: Workshop 1 of 4: Thursday, January 16th Workshop 2 of 4: Thursday, January 23rd Workshop 3 of 4: Thursday, January 30th Workshop...
Interested in playing taiko? Join us for one workshop, or all four! All are welcome, no experience required. Where: Midwest Buddhist Temple Sessions: Workshop 1 of 4: Thursday, January 16th Workshop 2 of 4: Thursday, January 23rd Workshop 3 of 4: Thursday, January 30th Workshop...
Interested in playing taiko? Join us for one workshop, or all four! All are welcome, no experience required. Where: Midwest Buddhist Temple Sessions: Workshop 1 of 4: Thursday, January 16th Workshop 2 of 4: Thursday, January 23rd Workshop 3 of 4: Thursday, January 30th Workshop...
Interested in playing taiko? Join us for one workshop, or all four! All are welcome, no experience required. Where: Midwest Buddhist Temple Sessions: Workshop 1 of 4: Thursday, January 16th Workshop 2 of 4: Thursday, January 23rd Workshop 3 of 4: Thursday, January 30th Workshop...
Ho Etsu to perform at MBT's Ginza Holiday Festival August 8-10 MBT's Ginza Holiday Festival is back on August 8th through 10th. Ho Etsu will perform on Ginza's outdoor stage with shows on Saturday and Sunday. To get exact time of our shows and to...
Composer’s note: Poston is an incarceration camp in Arizona that held over 17,000 Japanese American citizens rounded up and displaced by the US government during World War II.
Only what you can carry, they said
An unknown future, moving forward
Separation, nulled identities
Stories hidden, some may never know
Divided by war (Unified to forge ahead)
What lies ahead from here? (We’re staring into present day)
No time for the past (Unified in face of hate)
What lies ahead from here? (Won’t let it repeat again)
All life
All life is
All the love you give
Tell me Where does your heart
Your heart live?
In the nightwood, dark and deep
The tiny songbird cries in sleep
Sleep my love, though the wind do wail
And snow clouds pile, and storm and hail
Black bough trees, cold earth beneath
The breath of night bares icy teeth
Water moves, though the moving’s slow
And the deepest root guards life below
Fire flicker, warm and bright
Bind us in your ring of light
Shadows tall on the cold ground cast
Draw dancing shapes of those who passed
Gather now in the circle round
While the hoarfrost kiss the ground
Heart and hand and drum and song
We speak of them, we speak of them, our voices strong
Mountains high and oceans wide
The dead stand with us, side by side
Greeting’s sweet and parting’s sore
And still time’s tide wears on our shore, wears on our shore
And still time’s tide wears on our shore
Come by me and share your light
Walk hand in hand into the night
Glowing hearts and our faces cold
Life catches us in a web of gold
In the nightwood, dark and deep
A tiny songbird sighs in sleep
Sleep my child though the wind do cry
My love will keep you by and by
All life
All life is
All the love you give
Tell me Where does your heart
Your heart live?