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Taiko awakens the winds of a distant time to stir the primordial world of our imagination. https://www.ikuyoconant.com/about daily 0.75 2025-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e01c5d95bd4b19977c16f3/37fe8c24-86ee-4fde-bc75-6464b513f323/about.jpg About Ikuyo Conant is a composer and choreographer based in Santa Cruz, CA. She is the Artistic Director of Watsonville Taiko, and has written and arranged the group’s music and developed the choreography since l992. In 1996, she created Shinsei Daiko, a youth drumming and performing arts group, and in 1999, she established Shinsho Mugen Daiko in Monterey. She is the resident teacher for Sandoshin Taiko and Niseishin Daiko in Morgan Hill, and has taught Taiko drumming at CSUMB. While a member of SPECTRA, the Cultural Council’s Arts in Education Program, she created a program for children integrating storytelling with drumming and music. She continues to work with children through school programs and cultural programs at elementary schools in Santa Cruz County, Monterey Bay, and San Jose. In 2000, she received the Calabash Award, and the following year she received the Gail Rich Award from the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County. She was named Community Partner of the Year by the Pajaro Valley Education Foundation in Watsonville and received the Community Partner Award in 2025. https://www.ikuyoconant.com/classes daily 0.75 2026-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e01c5d95bd4b19977c16f3/f872e163-74b8-4d62-baf9-87a8f8774505/Kids%27Kodomow.jpg Classes & Workshops Watsonville Taiko Kizuka Hall 150 Blackburn Street, Watsonville Fridays: 10:00 - 11:00 am - Adults: Introduction to Taiko 11:15 am - 12:15 pm - Adults: Beginning 4:30 - 5:30 pm - Children: Beginning (age 8 and up) 5:30 - 6:30 pm - Children: Intermediate 7:00 - 8:00 pm - Adults: Beginning 8:00 - 9:00 pm - Adults: Introduction to Performance 9:00 - 10:00 pm - Adults: Introduction to Performance II Saturdays: 9:00 -10:00 am - Adult: Introduction to Taiko 10:00 am - 12:30 pm: Community Performers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e01c5d95bd4b19977c16f3/afbf66c8-09d0-48ef-a1e3-6f97822a8a76/S-MObon.jpg Classes & Workshops Shinsho-Mugen Daiko Bethlehem Lutheran Church 800 Cass Street, Monterey Mondays: 5:00 - 6:00 pm Introduction to Taiko 6:00 - 7:00 pm Beginning 7:00 - 8:00 pm Intermediate 8:00 - 9:00 pm Introduction to Performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e01c5d95bd4b19977c16f3/cbfd2fb5-40ee-4643-8950-c4c9c32182a8/13164467_994255387349100_3734420329402681960_n.jpg Classes & Workshops Niseishin Daiko Morgan Hill Buddhist Community 16450 Murphy Ave, Morgan Hill Sundays: 11:00 - 12:00 pm - Children 12:30 - 2:30 pm - Adults: Beginning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e01c5d95bd4b19977c16f3/1681ccaf-5211-419f-bfa0-12acbb9a5fbe/Parkinson%27s19-2.jpg Classes & Workshops - Taiko Program for people with Parkinson's Disease, 2026 Trinity Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 420 MelroseAve, Santa Cruz Session 1: Mondays, January 12 - March 9 Session 2: Mondays, April 13 - June 8 Session 3: Mondays, July 20 - September 14 Session 4: Mondays, October 19 - December 14 https://www.ikuyoconant.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e01c5d95bd4b19977c16f3/faa94ab5-447f-49bb-9cac-65c3fafd1e6c/Ikuyojukai.jpg Contact Ikuyo teaches at various locations in Monterey Bay and Beyond. To book a class, workshop or bespoke session, please contact her directly via kirintaiko@gmail.com to enquire.