Taiko Journey

Big Beats
2024-11-11 17:00 - 17:45, 2024-11-18 17:00 - 17:45, 2024-12-02 17:00 - 17:45, 2024-12-09 17:00 - 17:45, 2024-12-16 17:00 - 17:45 (Europe/London) | The Kenn Centre, The Kenn Centre, Exeter Road, Kennford, Exeter, Exeter, Devon, EX6 7UE, United Kingdom
A junior taiko class for children 5yrs+ and their accompanying adults.
Unlike other kids’ classes, this experience is for both adult and child to enjoy a meaningful, challenging, rewarding activity together. Some of our adult/child duos have been playing taiko with us for some years and now enjoy performing out in the community with us.
A 45-minute session of warm-up games, drum skills, full-bodied movement, teamwork games, and lots of fun. There will be a section of the session where you get to work with just your child, giving a new dynamic to your unique relationship with your child.
You can attend if you have more than one child in this age range – just add the sibling ticket to your initial adult/child duo ticket.
You can join at any time as a one-off. Going forwards we ask you to book every half-term.

Taiko Beats
2024-11-11 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-18 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-25 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-12-02 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-12-09 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-12-16 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-01-13 18:00 - 19:00
Taiko Beats is a learn taiko class where adult beginners are welcomed and experienced players in the community can practice their skills and learn a new taiko rhythm or song.
A 60-minute session starting with a short warm-up, moving on to some foundational technique practice, and focusses on learning a new taiko rhythm or song. There is always a part to play if you’re new to taiko, supported by our more experienced players that will give you the experience of playing with a taiko group. This class is about having fun, spending meaningful time for yourself, meeting people and learning something new.
This is a pay-as-you-go class, but you can also pay for a half-term at a time.
Sliding scales work best when there are clear guidelines and when users are honest about their usage. Some organisations require proof of wealth or income to use certain tiers of the sliding scale. This sliding scale is intentionally honour – based and not income – based. Please read the guidelines for our various tiers below before purchasing and thanks for your support!

​Supporting:This tier is for you if you have access to financial security on your own or through your family. If you own property, have personal savings, comfortably meet your basic needs through your employment or can comfortably not work, and can partake in activities like multiple wellness classes, purchase many wants throughout the year or travel by plane for leisure trips. This Supporting level supports members who do not have access to financial resources for leisure activities and need to utilize the Supported tier.
​Basic:The price the practitioner would charge all members in the absence of a sliding scale. This rate is for those who do not honestly find themselves reflected in either of the other tier descriptions and who are not in a place to pay the Supporting price.
​Supported:Supported classes are for those for whom it is a struggle to maintain access to basic needs such as housing, food, healthcare, child care, or are financially debilitated by debt, if budgeting for our classes means cutting into funds for housing, food, etc. This level is also for those who have experienced generational and/or systemic disadvantage in accessing resources.

This sliding scale is inspired by Ruth Janssen of Exe Movement, who in turn was inspired by Annie Zylstra from Heartland Harmony, both also working with the arts in communities. My hope is that it works out and we can all have access to things that make us happy.

TJ Collective
2024-11-11 19:00 - 19:30, 2024-11-18 19:00 - 19:30, 2024-11-25 19:00 - 19:30, 2024-12-02 19:00 - 19:30, 2024-12-09 19:00 - 19:30, 2024-12-16 19:00 - 19:30, 2025-01-13 19:00 - 19:30
Taiko Journey Collective practice session, to keep songs ticking over so they don’t become lost in time!
This is paid-for by half-termly subscriptions…

Zassō
2024-11-11 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-11-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-11-25 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-12-02 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-12-09 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-12-16 19:30 - 21:00
A 90-minute session for taiko players interested in the Zassō project.
Paid-for half-termly…
Sliding scales work best when there are clear guidelines and when users are honest about their usage. Some organisations require proof of wealth or income to use certain tiers of the sliding scale. This sliding scale is intentionally honour – based and not income – based. Please read the guidelines for our various tiers below before purchasing and thanks for your support!

​Supporting:This tier is for you if you have access to financial security on your own or through your family. If you own property, have personal savings, comfortably meet your basic needs through your employment or can comfortably not work, and can partake in activities like multiple wellness classes, purchase many wants throughout the year or travel by plane for leisure trips. This Supporting level supports members who do not have access to financial resources for leisure activities and need to utilize the Supported tier.
​Basic:The price the practitioner would charge all members in the absence of a sliding scale. This rate is for those who do not honestly find themselves reflected in either of the other tier descriptions and who are not in a place to pay the Supporting price.
​Supported:Supported classes are for those for whom it is a struggle to maintain access to basic needs such as housing, food, healthcare, child care, or are financially debilitated by debt, if budgeting for our classes means cutting into funds for housing, food, etc. This level is also for those who have experienced generational and/or systemic disadvantage in accessing resources.

This sliding scale is inspired by Ruth Janssen of Exe Movement, who in turn was inspired by Annie Zylstra from Heartland Harmony, both also working with the arts in communities. My hope is that it works out and we can all have access to things that make us happy.

Big Beats - CANCELLED
2024-11-25 17:00 - 17:45

Taiko for 8yrs+
2024-12-02 17:45 - 18:30
A junior taiko class for children 8yrs+.
A 45-minute session of warm-up games, drum skills, movement, teamwork games, and lots of fun.
You can join at any time as a one-off. Going forwards we ask you to book every half-term.

Rising Beats
2025-01-13 17:00 - 17:45
A junior taiko class for children 5yrs+ and their accompanying adults.
Unlike other kids’ classes, this experience is for both adult and child to enjoy a meaningful, challenging, rewarding activity together. Some of our adult/child duos have been playing taiko with us for some years and now enjoy performing out in the community with us.
A 45-minute session of warm-up games, drum skills, full-bodied movement, teamwork games, and lots of fun. There will be a section of the session where you get to work with just your child, giving a new dynamic to your unique relationship.
You can attend if you have more than one child in this age range – just add the sibling ticket to your initial adult/child duo ticket.
You can join at any time as a one-off – just bring the cash for that session (£6 for adult & child duo, £3 for siblings). Going forwards we ask you to book every half-term.

Big Beats
2025-01-13 17:45 - 18:30
A junior taiko class for beginner 10yrs+.
A 45-minute session of warm-up games, drum skills, learning a taiko song, and lots of fun.
You can join at any time as a one-off – just turn up with cash for the session (£4).
Going forwards we ask you to book every half-term.

Taiko Technic
2025-01-13 19:30 - 20:30
Taiko Technic is 60-minutes of learning a technical taiko song.
Experience is necessary as it will be faster paced than the community class.
