All events are free and open to the public.
All of the programs listed below take place at Columbia University, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. To view a campus map, click here . While the origins of Taiko drumming are said to go back more than 1500 years, Taiko drums remain an integral part of Japanese cultural history today. The applicability of Taiko music to contemporary music has been especially evident since the 1950's, when jazz musicians began to incorporate Taiko scores and rhythms in their compositions. Yoshinori Fumon A Biwa is a short-necked plucked lute, of which various types are used for various kinds of music.