Past Highlights

2024-2027

2024 Saturday, August 16 - 30 minute workshop and 60 minute performance at Alexmuir Park as part of Arts in the Parks, an initiative of the Toronto Arts Foundation and Toronto Arts Council Saturday, August 10 - 30 minute workshop and 60 minute performance at Prairie Drive...

2002 – 1998

2002 Saturday, November 9CD release concert at Hart House Theatre, University of Toronto, celebrating Kiyoshi’s 20 years of performing taiko. Saturday, October 19Full concert presented by the Brampton Heritage Theatre as part of its World Music Series. Tuesday, August 27 to Saturday, August 31Canadian National Exhibition, National Trade...

2007 – 2003

2007 Saturday, December 1Annual self-presented concert ‘Tsuzure’. Ryerson Theatre, Toronto, ON. Saturday, November 3Full concert presented by Strathroy Arts Council. Strathroy, ON Friday, October 19 and Saturday, October 20Various performances at the Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF). Black Mountain, North Carolina. Sunday, October 14One-hour family concert presented by the...

2012 – 2008

2012 Saturday, November 10 and Sunday, November 11Fourteenth Annual Concert “Work Songs”. Enwave Theater, Toronto, ON. Sunday, October 27Performance for the Toronto Children’s Chorus. St. Anne’s Church, Toronto, ON. Saturday, September 29Performance for the East Asian Festival. Renison University College, Waterloo, ON. Saturday, July 28Joint/collaborative concert with Chicago’s Ho Etsu Taiko....

2018 – 2013

2018 Saturday, November 24  20th Season opening concert Rhythm, Stories, Movement in collaboration with acclaimed story teller Rui Umezawa and contemporary dancers Yuichiro  Inoue and Noriko Kusama.  Al Green Theatre, Toronto. Sunday, November 11 One-hour finale performance for Festival Internacional De Santa Lucia. Explanada de los Héroes, Monterrey, Mexico. Friday, October 26 Full...

2023-2019

2023 Saturday, December 9 Kiyoshi Nagata's 40th Anniversary as a taiko artist with guests Rusterrat Korean Music and Dance Collective, Canadian Chinese Orchestra, Oregano Percussion and Korokoro duo.  Season opening concert of Nagata Shachu's 2023-2024 season. Al Green Theatre, Toronto. Sunday, November 12 Nagata Shachu and the Niagara...