On Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Wesleyan’s Taiko Drumming Ensemble performed the thunderous and thrilling rhythms of Japanese kumi daiko drumming under the direction of Adjunct Instructor in Music Barbara Merjan. Beginning students of the Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble played a variety of mesmerizing rhythmic patterns derived from tradition and new creative sounds on various instruments under the direction of Adjunct Professor of Music Jin Hi Kim and in collaboration with Visiting Artist-in-Residence and master dancer Pamardi Tjiptopradonggo from Indonesia.
Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the full album on Flickr.
