Adelphi University to Host the Dynamic Music and Dance Performance, “Taikoza: Live!,” on October 9, 2010

Adelphi University is pleased to host the thundering drum group, Taikoza. The group will perform two shows on Saturday, October 9, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center (AU PAC), 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. The day will also feature a Taikoza: Live! Children's Workshop at 1:00 p.m., in which a limited number of children will have the opportunity to work with the Taikoza Company and play the drums themselves. 

The taiko is a large, barrel-like drum that can fill the air with the sounds of rolling thunder. Drawing from Japan's rich tradition of music and performance, Taikoza incorporates two kinds of bamboo flutes called the shakuhachi and the fue, a stringed instrument called the koto, and the ancestral drums, to create a new sound from these traditional instruments. 

Individual tickets for this event are on sale now and will be available at the door for $12 or $15 depending on seating, and $10 for the Taikoza: Live! Children's Workshop. This is the first event of a new AU PAC Family Series, the next event will be "Knick Knack Paddy Whack Sing Along" with folk singer Nyssa Brown on Thursday, November 11, 2010. To learn more about AU PAC's 2010-2011 season, please visit aupac.adelphi.edu or call the AU PAC Box Office at (516) 877-4000.