Stanford Taiko is a collegiate performing ensemble devoted to bringing the awareness of taiko to the greater community. Composed of 15-20 Stanford students, Stanford Taiko is an entirely student run group under the guidance of the Department of Music.
Stanford Taiko was started in 1992 by Ann Ishimaru, Valerie Mih, and eleven other charter members with help from San Jose Taiko and other professional taiko players. Since then, Stanford Taiko has built up its collection of drums and developed its own style of performance. Stanford Taiko now has an entirely original, student-composed repertoire and makes all of their own chu-daiko and performance costumes. The group puts on an annual spring concert each year as well as other community performances and workshops.