University of Pittsburgh
September 4, 2007

The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center to Present Japanese Taiko Drumming: East Meets West

Contact: 

PITTSBURGH-The University of Pittsburgh will host the thunderous beats and dynamic movement of Master Musicians Takumi Kato and Ryo Shiobara and musician and professor Pandel Collaros at 8 p.m. Oct. 13, in the Assembly Room of the William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland.

The free public event is sponsored by the Asian Studies Center, an affiliate of Pitt's University Center for International Studies; the Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania; and Bethany College of West Virginia.

For more information, visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/news/taiko.html or contact

Doreen Hernandez with Pitt's Asian Studies Center at 412-648-7370 or edoreen@pitt.edu.

###

9/5/07/tmw