Japanese Blizzard Drums Beat in Spruce Grove
Fubuki Daiko performs at Horizon Stage on March 4
Merge the art of traditional Japanese drumming into the 21st century with influences from Arlo Guthrie and Led Zeplin: add rigorous choreography and a flair for performance and you’ve got Fubuki Daiko. Canada’s hottest emissaries of Japan’s most renowned performing art form might make their home in Winnipeg but they have performed across our country and the United States. Experience their blizzard drums Up Close and Personal at Horizon Stage on Saturday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. Fubuki Daiko will ignite the stage, creating a stunning experience that is part martial art, part dance and all rhythm.
For group members Hiroshi Kishiyama, Naomi Guilbert and Bruce Robertson, taiko is not just a performance art but a way of life. All three perform, train and teach year round, and have over ten years of experience, including four years of traditional Japanese apprenticeship under Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka in San Francisco. The trio performed at Carnegie Hall in 1995 and then relocated to Winnipeg from California, officially forming Fubuki Daiko at that time. The ensemble is rounded out by Kimi Guilbert who has been with the group since their arrival in Manitoba.
Fubuki Daiko has electrified audiences at festivals, bars, hockey arenas, theatres, temples, land fills, legions, weddings and bar mitzvahs. Their debut CD, Fubuki, was voted ‘Outstanding Instrumental Recording’ at the 2001 Prairie Music Awards. The company has taught numerous workshops for students and will be touring Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County schools before their public performance at Horizon Stage.
Called “ground breaking”, “breathtaking” and “an enchanting tidal wave of sound ” Fubuki Daiko transplants Japanese drums and music onto the prairies. Their repertoire of hard driving rhythms mixed with soft and subtle musical pieces will transcend musical boundaries and appeal to people of all ages, backgrounds and tastes. Tickets to their March 4 concert are just $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Call the Horizon Stage Box Office at 962-8995 for more information or to purchase yours today!
“Some of the most overwhelmingly visceral and hypnotic music on the scene today”
Rachel Stone – Stylus Magazine (Winnipeg)
“Spectacle galore… technical proficiency, athleticism, and tight ensemble work”
Andrew Thompson – Winnipeg Free Press
“Dazzling stage energy.”
Uptown Magazine (Winnipeg)
Be sure to visit www.horizonstage.com & www.fubuki.ca
Fubuki Daiko performs at Horizon Stage on March 4
Merge the art of traditional Japanese drumming into the 21st century with influences from Arlo Guthrie and Led Zeplin: add rigorous choreography and a flair for performance and you’ve got Fubuki Daiko. Canada’s hottest emissaries of Japan’s most renowned performing art form might make their home in Winnipeg but they have performed across our country and the United States. Experience their blizzard drums Up Close and Personal at Horizon Stage on Saturday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. Fubuki Daiko will ignite the stage, creating a stunning experience that is part martial art, part dance and all rhythm.
For group members Hiroshi Kishiyama, Naomi Guilbert and Bruce Robertson, taiko is not just a performance art but a way of life. All three perform, train and teach year round, and have over ten years of experience, including four years of traditional Japanese apprenticeship under Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka in San Francisco. The trio performed at Carnegie Hall in 1995 and then relocated to Winnipeg from California, officially forming Fubuki Daiko at that time. The ensemble is rounded out by Kimi Guilbert who has been with the group since their arrival in Manitoba.
Fubuki Daiko has electrified audiences at festivals, bars, hockey arenas, theatres, temples, land fills, legions, weddings and bar mitzvahs. Their debut CD, Fubuki, was voted ‘Outstanding Instrumental Recording’ at the 2001 Prairie Music Awards. The company has taught numerous workshops for students and will be touring Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County schools before their public performance at Horizon Stage.
Called “ground breaking”, “breathtaking” and “an enchanting tidal wave of sound ” Fubuki Daiko transplants Japanese drums and music onto the prairies. Their repertoire of hard driving rhythms mixed with soft and subtle musical pieces will transcend musical boundaries and appeal to people of all ages, backgrounds and tastes. Tickets to their March 4 concert are just $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Call the Horizon Stage Box Office at 962-8995 for more information or to purchase yours today!
“Some of the most overwhelmingly visceral and hypnotic music on the scene today”
Rachel Stone – Stylus Magazine (Winnipeg)
“Spectacle galore… technical proficiency, athleticism, and tight ensemble work”
Andrew Thompson – Winnipeg Free Press
“Dazzling stage energy.”
Uptown Magazine (Winnipeg)
Be sure to visit www.horizonstage.com & www.fubuki.ca
Special Thanks to the sponsors for this event: The Alberta Foundation For The Arts, Canadian Heritage, Royal Inn Express, The Edmonton Journal, CBC Television , CBC Radio and Birdsell, Grant, Gardner, Morck Barristers and Solicitors
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