MIAMI, Fla. (Oct.
2, 2002) -- Japanese Taiko drummers FUSHU DAIKO of South
Florida will perform at The Art Museum at Florida International
University, Wed., Oct. 9, at 6:30 p.m.
Part of the museum’s “Wednesday After Hours”
series, the concert is free and open to the public.
The word “Fushu” is Japanese
for Florida, while “Taiko” literally means “big
drum.” Charles Cane, founder of FUSHU DAIKO, hand fashioned
the drums used by the group from authentic Kentucky whiskey barrels.
The drums as well as the drummers have to be strong: Taiko drumming
is an intense musical and physical experience demanding stamina,
both of the mind and of the body, in the manner of martial arts.
FUSHU DAIKO Taiko drummers are presented in conjunction with Unexpected
Selections From the Martin Z. Margulies Collection: Art From 1985
to the Present exhibition at The Art Museum at FIU.
The Art Museum at FIU is located at
University Park (S.W. 107th Avenue and S.W. 8th Street) in PC-110.
The Art Museum is free and open to the public 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday;
and noon to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. The Museum’s Martin
Z. Margulies Sculpture Park -- a 68-piece collection of modern
outdoor sculpture and one of the largest such collections nationwide
on a university campus -- is open to the public year-round.
A high-resolution photograph of the Fushu Daiko drummers is available
at http://news.fiu.edu/downloads.htm.
Additional information on the Art Museum at FIU is available at
http://www.fiu.edu/~museum/.
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