DRUM TAO
The Best
Your learners will experience explosive Japanese drumming, elegant traditional instruments, and a contemporary take on cultural performance.
DRUM TAO’s spectacle is created through phenomenal expressions of traditional Japanese instruments featuring wadaiko (“big drums”), flutes, and harps. It is an engaging, live performing-arts experience that provides the opportunity for global and intercultural understanding for all learners.
The observation and listening required in attending a live arts event provide a key component of cross-cultural exchange in our information-rich era of social media. Your follow-up classroom discussions can include examining one’s own perspectives, assumptions, and lives when learning about those of others.
Reserve by Friday, January 9, 2026.
Support provided by
Honey and Bill Jaffe Endowment for Audience Services
McQuaide Blasko Endowment
Accessibility services provided by
Sidney and Helen S. Friedman Endowment
Artist Websites:
Drum Tao
Suggested Grades:
Pre-K through 12
Key Learning Areas:
- History and cultural contexts in art
- Forces and motion
Curriculum Connections:
- PA Curriculum Frameworks: Theatre, Dance, Music—Big Idea Categorization; Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities 9.1 Production, Performance, and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts; 9.2 Historical and Cultural Contexts
- PA Academic Standards: Geography 7.1 Basic Geographic Literacy; 7.3 The Human Characteristics of Places and Regions
- (For Educators) Culturally Relevant and Sustaining Education (CR-SE) Competency 1A: Reflect on One’s Cultural Lens; Competency 6: Collaborate with Families and Communities through Authentic Engagement Practices