The first iteration took place as a showcase of pan-Asian percussion groups at Dream in High Park (Sept 2021) featuring RAW Taiko; Hasheel with Naghmeh Farahmand and Ramona; Pantayo; Roa (HyunYoung) Lee with SamulNori Canada; ten ten; Apex Drumming Team; and Roa (HyunYoung) Lee with Amely Zhou and Heidi Chan.

 

In April 2024, TTF presented Unit Souzou's (Portland, OR) Constant State of Otherness at Hart House Theatre: a multi-layered performance work rooted in questions of identity and self worth. Through taiko, Japanese folk dance, song, and personal story, six performers guided the audience through a four-part journey inspired by experiences of isolation and displacement that come from not having an easy sense of home. 

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The following April 2025, we presented Lineage: a tender sound. Honoured as the living ancestors of Canadian kumi-daiko, San Jose Taiko (est. 1973, San Jose, CA) took the stage of the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto, ON, as the last stop of their 2025 Rhythm Journey Tour. This performance included opening performances by RAW Taiko and Ame no Ato (Montreal, QC)​​​​.

 

These concerts extend and compliment our regular festival cycle, aiming to provide more opportunities to embrace and revel in the breadth of pan-Asian percussive arts within the Toronto taiko community and beyond.