Try taiko drumming with Pittsburgh Taiko!
Pittsburgh Taiko is offering several beginner workshops this fall. They’re designed for people who just want to give taiko a try, or folks who might be interested in joining our performing group.
No experience is necessary!
Taiko combines energetic hits with calm focus, balances group unity with individual expression, and requires both power and subtlety.
Each workshop is a 3-hour introduction to taiko, including some taiko history and culture and focusing on hands-on basics. You’ll learn how to stand, how to hit, and some simple patterns that come together to make a percussion melody.
Workshops are from 10 am to 1 pm at our studio in Bellevue. The workshops are designed for adults and older kids (high school or older).
Our studio is a masked space, and unfortunately it is not accessible to folks who can't climb stairs.
Please read the information at pittsburghtaiko.com/classes before registering.
This competition is designed for high school students from Western Pennsylvania and the tristate area studying Japanese language. Japanese language students of all levels and students who are involved in Japan-related cultural activities, are able to compete against other area students in speech or poster activities. Non-language students are eligible to compete in the poster contest. Each year over 80 students participate. There will be lots of fun Japan-related activities for participating students and parents.
Students who compete in speech levels are required to write and memorize a speech on the chosen topic for the contest. Winners receive prizes and trophies! Please visit the contest page for more information.
2025 Themes:
Poster Session: Japanese Songs Beginner Level: Self-Introduction Intermediate: Japanese Songs Advanced: Japanese Songs Advanced Plus: Japanese Songs
Heritage: Japanese Songs
Japanese language teachers or students studying Japanese in high school should contact the JASP office at 412-856-8608 or email Katsuko Shellhammer to learn more about the competition. The contest is held in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Museum of Art.
Save the date! Registration for this event will open in 2025.
Network with JASP members and supporters at this day-long event. This is a great opportunity to spend the day with a client, treat employees, or network with industry colleagues while supporting a worthy cause.
Take your team-building and networking to the course for a fun day on the links.
This year's event will be held at Edgewood Country Club, designed by Donald Ross. Ross's philosophy of golf architecture can best be described by a quotation he often used, "Golf should be a pleasure, not a penance." his interpretation of the word pleasure was very broad, implying not only a fair course which presents problems and challenges to all types of golfers, but also which is a natural as possible. Visit their website for a tour.
The golf tournament will begin at noon. Golfers compete for winning team trophies, individual skill prizes, and hole-in-one prizes. A post-golf cocktail hour will provide opportunities to meet the other guests and win raffle prizes, including a Grand Prize!
We hope you will join us for this fun and popular event.
10 AM – Registration Opens
11 AM – Lunch, Driving Range and Putting Green open
Noon – Shotgun start
5 PM – Raffle drawing & Cocktails
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The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
PHONE: 412-856-8608
EMAIL: jasp@japansocietypa.org
