Time: 05/14/08, Wednesday, 7:15pm
Place: Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park
Admission: Free The Ten Percussion Group was formed in March of
2000. The group is lead by Hsieh Shi. Since its culmination, the
group has traveled to perform several times outside of Taiwan. In
June of 2002, Ten-Percussion performed in Sydney, Australia. In
2001 the group performed their ‘Ten Thousand Drum’ show,
with 250 drummers
performing together, at the Yi Zai Jin Cheng, in Tainan. And in
May of 2002 the group performed in Korea at the opening of the World
Cup soccer finals. The school also organizes a national drum competition
in Taiwan, every August. This competition includes several performances
by original drum composers.

Up till now, the Ten Percussion group has put out more than 300
performances around Taiwan. We have videos of the group performing
at National Holiday Festivals in Taiwan and at International Concerts
around the island. Besides performing and preparing for performances,
Hsieh Shi teaches regularly and continually works on his own compositions.
The Ten Percussion School has its own performance hall and art museum.
We anticipate that Ten Percussion
School will continue to grow on to our next generations. The statement
of this drumming group and school is to develop and spread knowledge
of our traditional drumming, percussion music, and worldly culture.
We look forward to performing more on international stages, and
becoming an internationally recognized group, both inside and outside
of Taiwan.
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