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Tiffany Tamaribuchi workshop in Swansea

We are very pleased to be able to offer a few spaces at a Taiko workshop led by Tiffany Tamaribuchi, who is stoping in Swansea on her way to Taiko Baka on Gower.

When: Saturday January 24th 2026 10am – 4pm

Where: Hangar 18, 50 Plymouth Street, SA1 3QQ; Several pay-and-display car parks can be found close to the venue.

What: Tiffany will teach the basic tenets of playing Taiko safely and joyfully:  stance, grip, striking technique, movement and attitude to performing and practicing. In the morning we will learn ‘Joy Bubble’ – Tiffany’s piece suitable for all levels of experience; in the afternoon we will get stuck in on two drum work, playing parts of her piece ‘Kokorozashi‘.

Costs and requirements: £85 for the full day; let us know if you can bring a shime or a mia; shime especially would be most welcome! bring your own bachi.

Suitable for those who play taiko regularly for at least one year.

About Tiffany Tamaribuchi

Tiffany sensei is an internationally recognized Taiko artist whose career spans more than three decades of performance, instruction, composition and artistic leadership. She toured in Japan with well-known groups such as Ondekoza, founded Sacramento Taiko Dan and the all-women’s Jodaiko. In 2002 Tiffany became the first woman to win the All-Japan Odaiko Competition in Fukui. She was also one of the Taiko artists featured in the ‘Her Beat’ documentary and always a sought-out instructor in Taiko conferences in the US.

Interested?

Contact us at aber.taiko@gmail.com for payment details.

Payment secures your place.

Summer Taiko

Summer  has been a busy time for us, with gigs almost every weekend of July. After the Tanabata festival we played for the

lovely day for a beer mile!

tipsy runners of the beer mile relay in the Love Trails Festival. We gave them an ‘Oroshi’ (a kind of a drum roll that conveys the feeling of wind swooshing down a mountain) to start the drinking and while they ran we played our pieces for the cheering audience. This repeated 7 times – the last of which we had taken turns playing improvised solos to the mitsu-uchi (don d0 ko) back beat. Indeed we have come a long way since we had been wincing to the thought of soloing in front of anybody!

Drum line and set list at the Gower Chilli Festival

2 weeks later we played at the Gower Chilli festival. It was a bit more grim and the rain was absolutely pouring down but this didn’t stop us having fun and cheering wet people up.

Immediately after we went down the road and gave a workshop to the guests of a lovely wedding. They had then played their hearts out for the bride and groom who enjoyed the show immensely. It was nice to be part of that.

 

 

In August we had a break from gigs and group practice but some of us had gone to study taiko – with Mark Alcock at his summer school for chappa and Yoko Uchi and then – Taiko Baka with Tiffany Tamaribuchi. Taiko Baka happened for the first time in the UK, 3 days of Odaiko playing.

We couldn’t really let Tiffany leave the UK without teaching us some more so we invited her to our practice session and she helped us find energy and spirit when playing Buchi Awase, one of our favourite songs. And she also gave us some tips on playing 2 or more drums. We now have many ideas for drills and movement. We are so inspired by Tiffany’s teaching and demonstrations – ready to start our 4th year together now in September.