Thank You!

On behalf of the members of Yukai Daiko, we would like to thank you all very much for coming out and making this year's concert, Ashita He, a wonderful experience. It was great to see your familiar faces in the audience and feel your support as we drummed through the night! To old friends, alumni, and new friends alike, thank you so much for your continued support and we hope to see some of you when Fall Quarter Workshop Period rolls around! Til then, Ja ne~!

Posted May 20, 2010

Yukai Daiko 6th Annual Spring Concert

Ashita he - To Tomorrow

Yukai Daiko invites you to join us for our 6th annual Spring Concert, "Ashita he" (To Tomorrow). Please come to enjoy a fun and festive evening of taiko and Yukai, featuring four new songs by our very own members and new twists on old favorites. This year is definitely not one to miss! We will be performing once again in Northwest Auditorium, and we can't wait to see you there!

Date: Sunday, May 16th
When: Doors open at 6:45 PM. Concert starts at 7 PM.
Where: Northwest Campus Auditorium
Admission: FREE (no tickets required, just bring yourself!)
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And finally, DVD's of Spring Concert from this year and last year available for sale if you are interested in ordering.

Posted April 29, 2010

Welcome Yukai Daiko Generation 6

After six weeks of exciting and challenging workshops, Yukai's Trial Period 2009 has come to a close. We are happy to welcome our Generation 6 newbie class - Loraine Laguerta, Amanda Loh, Hotaru Naya, Amy Hartendorp, Peter Chang, Florence Lin, and Fred Arino. Congratulations to each of our newbies, and thank you to everyone who made these past six weeks such a great experience and made Trial Period a success!

Posted November 15, 2009

Yukai Daiko 6th Annual Open House

Interested in taiko (Japanese drumming)? You've found the right place!

Yukai Daiko welcomes you to our OPEN HOUSE and FALL TRIAL PERIOD!

With the start of the new year, Yukai Daiko would like to invite you to our 6th Annual OPEN HOUSE on Oct. 7th, Wednesday, from 8-10 PM. Please meet us at the Bear in Bruin Plaza at 8pm for a fun info session with ice-breakers and a mini performance. During Open House we will also be answering any questions you might have about Yukai's trial process and our free workshops.

The weekend following Open House will be the start of our Fall Trial Period. Yukai's trial period is designed in a workshop style, during which we will be teaching students how to play taiko. In the beginning, we will start out with taiko basics, and then we will gradually work up to learning songs. By the end of 5 weeks, you will have learned at least one song and be left with a basic understanding of North American Taiko. Also, close to the end of Fall Quarter, we will be passing out applications to those who are interested in joining our taiko team. However, whether or not you are interested in joining our team, we wish that you will come out and enjoy our trial period workshops!

Our practice schedule for this year's trial period is: Every Friday from 8-10 PM at the Parking Lot beneath the Wooden Center (Lot 4, level 2), and Every Saturday from 10-12 PM in the Wooden Center

Trial Period begins on Friday, October 9th and lasts until Saturday, November 14th.

If you cannot find us, please email us at yukai.daiko@gmail.com. We will be going into more detail during our Open House so please come if you can.

We hope to see you there!

- Jessica and Isabella (Directors of Yukai Daiko for 2009-2010)

Posted October 2, 2009

Yukai Daiko 5th Annual Spring Concert

Koko ni Iru Yo - Here We Are!

Yukai Daiko would like to invite YOU to our fifth annual spring concert, "Koko ni Iru Yo!" (Here We Are!). Come enjoy an evening of music and fun as you experience our unique blend of the traditional and the modern. Koko ni Iru Yo will be the culmination of the hard work of all of our members this past year, and we can't wait to share it with all of you. There will also be an interactive preshow workshop where you can learn more about North American taiko as well as the history of Yukai. Don't miss out! The concert will take place on Sunday, May 31 in the Covel Grand Horizon Ballroom at UCLA. The concert is FREE so invite your friends! Hope to see all of you there!

Date: Sunday, May 31
When: Doors open at 6:45. Informational workshop from 7:00. Concert begins at 7:30.
Where: Covel Grand Horizon Ballroom, UCLA
Admission: FREE (no tickets required)
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Posted April 23, 2009

Yukai Daiko Spring Quarter Update

Welcome to Spring 2009!

After a long hiatus from our website, Yukai would like to welcome everyone to Spring Quarter 2009! We have an amazing line up for this quarter and we would love to share this excitement with all of our supporters, friends, and family.

First off, Yukai is extremely honored to be performing in UCLA's oldest and greatest musical tradition -- Spring Sing 2009! For those who are unfamiliar with Spring Sing, it is a huge collection of performances put together annually by UCLA's very own. Sponsored and hosted by the Student Alumni Association, Spring Sing features highly talented students from all across campus, ranging from fraternities and sororities to student-formed garage bands. From drumming to singing to dancing to celebrity sightings, Spring Sing is one amazing show you will NOT want to miss! This year, the show is bigger than ever and is scheduled for Friday, May 8th in Pauley Pavilion. Expected to come accept the Ira and George Gershwin Award is the one and only Julie Andrews! For tickets and more information, please visit http://www.uclalumni.net/CalendarEvents/springsing/2009/home.cfm.

After Spring Sing, Yukai will be taking its annual trip to the Collegiate Taiko Invitational during Memorial Day weekend (May 23-25), which is hosted this year at University of California Irvine! The Collegiate Taiko Invitational is a gathering of college-based taiko groups from all over the country. It is a chance for collegiate taiko groups to come together to share their own unique styles and interpretations of the art, while also being able to attend workshops led and taught by many prominent names of North American taiko -- On Ensemble, Kenny Endo, San Francisco Taiko Dojo, Michelle Fuji, to name a few. On May 24 and May 25, there will be two (different) concerts featuring select pieces from each group. Anyone and everyone is welcomed to come check it out! For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Evelyn at justwangit@gmail.com.

As if that wasn't enough, to end the year with a huge bang, Yukai will be hosting its 5th annual SPRING CONCERT, entitled "Kokoni Iru Yo (Here We Are)." This year's show will be held in Covel Grand Horizon Ballroom on Sunday, May 31 -- mark your calendars! Like always, this event is FREE, so please come join us as we put on a display of what we've been working on all year! Hope to see you there. :)

Finally, last but by far not least, we would like to post an belated official welcome to Yukai's Generation 5 newbies! A warm welcome to: Kristin Lo, Martin Fong, Phoebe Ping, Benjamin Liu, Erik Lee, Kevin Jercinovich, Jaclyn Chen, Alexander Sy, Michael Hirota, and Steve Chung. Congratulations and welcome to the Yukai family! To find out more about our new members, please visit the newly updated Members page!

Posted April 16, 2009

Yukai Daiko 5th Annual Open House

Welcome to Fall 2008 Trial Period!

Yukai Daiko will be kicking off our Fall Trial Period with our annual Open House on October 8th. Please meet us out at the Bear in Bruin Plaza at 8pm for a night of awesome performances, meet-and-greets with our current members, and a short info session where we'll be answering any questions you might have about Yukai's trial process.

Yukai's trial period is an annual event that spans about five weeks where college students of any level of taiko experience (including none!) can come and enjoy a series of workshops designed to help introduce this amazing cultural art to the UCLA community. Our practice schedule for Trial Period is:
Open House - Wednesday October 8th from 8pm-10pm
Trial Period - Every Friday from 8pm-10pm and Saturday from 10am-12pm

Trial Period begins on Friday October 10th and lasts until Friday, November 14th. We hope to see you there!

Posted October 6, 2008

Yukai Daiko 4th Annual Spring Concert

Issho Ni Ikou - Let's Go!

It's that time again! Yukai Daiko will be presenting our fourth annual Spring Concert on Sunday, June 1 at 7pm in Northwest Campus Auditorium.

Come enjoy an evening of taiko drumming, featuring traditional elements alongside more modern interpretations of this Japanese artform. Doors open at 6:30 and tickets are free! Come be a part of Yukai Daiko's last performance of the 2007-2008 season!

Posted May 15, 2008