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Zenshin Daiko's 26th Annual Taiko Festival Concert will be at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Castle Theater on June 7 at 7:00 pm.  This year's concert will feature guest taiko artist Eien Hunter-Ishikawa and Portland Shishimai Kai.  Of course, Zenshin Daiko will be taking the stage with over 40 members to perform some traditional taiko songs and some of their favorite pieces.

This year’s concert is sponsored in part by:

The Will Smith Foundation

The Roy H. & Lorraine M. Okumura Foundation

Taiko Ventures

Tickets are available online at MauiArts.org.

Portland Shishimai Kai is dedicated to preserving the Edo Kotobuki Jishi (traditional celebratory shishimai of Tokyo) as well as Ryomen Odori (double mask dance) and Edo Bayashi (traditional festival music of Tokyo). The group is closely mentored by Kyosuke Suzuki, an integral member of Wakayama Taneo Shachu which is designated in Japan as a Nationally Important Intangible Cultural Asset in Folk Arts. The group founder and leader is Eien Hunter-Ishikawa, a musician, educator, and composer specializing in taiko, shinobue, percussion, and shishimai.

Zenshin Daiko is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation that is dedicated to teaching taiko to children and sharing it with the community. Since forming in 1999, Zenshin Daiko has performed in over 1,100 cultural and community events all over Maui and the neighbor islands. Zenshin Daiko has also performed in California, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Texas and Japan.

Zenshin Daiko currently has over 40 members ages 3 - 18.