Sazanami 漣 Taiko Arts Ensemble will perform (2:00-2:20pm) for Japan Culture Festival 2025 at the University of Michigan! This event #JCF2025 is a free and open to the public, starting at 12pm with fun activity booths at Mason Hall plus #Folklore performances in adjacent Angell Hall: Aud. A from 2pm to 4pm (auditorium opens for seating at 1:40pm).
GLTC’s Sazanami 漣 Taiko Arts Ensemble: members: Jianin Chen, Maro Beauchamp, Ash Brown, Mathew Jacqmin-Kramer, Eileen S. Ho [photo: 2023-12-05 from performance & presentation for UM Asian Music Festival at University of Michigan - Flint campus] and this year joined by student member Jerry Mao.
Sazanami 漣 Taiko Arts Ensemble (formed in 2023 with a debut at UM JCF) is led by Ann Arbor-based Taiko artist Mathew Jacqmin-Kramer as part of the Great Lakes Taiko Center (GLTC) Taiko Arts Collective.
Sazanami 漣 “ripples” #JCF2025 Playlist:
DANDADAN by Mathew Jacqmin-Kramer 2025
BETOBETO-SAN (a friendly walking yokai spirit) by Ash Brown 2018
DAICHI NO ARASHI 大地の嵐 “earth storm” by Asano Otoha
HARUKA by Kodo One Earth Music 2021
MUSHI OKURI 虫送り “Send Away Bugs!” trad. from Kaga region, Ishikawa, Japan
University of Michigan’s Japan Student Association JSA presents Japan Culture Festival 2025 on Sunday 4/6 from 12-4pm ET at Mason Hall, with activity booths & performances starting with GLTC Sazanami Taiko Arts Ensemble at 2pm in Angell Hall Aud. A…JCF 2025 is free and open to the public!